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IRAQ - SADR
Iraq's militia Mahdi Army to stop attacks
Iraq's radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his Mahdi Army to stop operations Thursday. The militia is accused of killing thousands of Iraqi Sunnis, and was considered the greatest threat to the country's stability.
IRAQ - SECURITY
In the south of Iraq, a fragile victory over the Mahdi army
In southern Iraq, government security forces appear to have finally regained control of the area from the Mahdi army. Residents are pleased but know that violence could return at any time.
FIVE YEARS AFTER BAGHDAD FELL
Sadr City, the forbidden city
Completely sealed off by US and Iraqi forces, Sadr City is emblematic of Iraq today. Mortar attacks killed at least 13 people on Wednesday, in the Baghdad stronghold of Moqtada Sadr. (Report: L. Menget, G. Martin and M. Ibrahim)
5 YEARS AFTER BAGHDAD FELL
Chola: life under ceasefire
A curfew enforced in the wake of the March clashes between the Mahdi Army and Iraqi and US forces has recently been lifted. But Chola, along with two other Baghdad neighbourhoods, were left out. L. Menget, G. Martin and M. Ibrahim report.
IRAQ - KIDNAPPING
Students released after mass Iraq kidnapping
A group of at least 40 university students were freed hours after gunmen abducted them while travelling in a bus near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, Sunday.
IRAQ - KIDNAPPING
Gunmen kidnap 42 students near Mosul
In one of the biggest mass abductions in Iraq in recent months, gunmen kidnapped 42 university students travelling in a bus near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, Sunday.
IRAQ - MILITIAS
Talabani calls on militias to disband
Iraqi leaders have called on all political groups to disband their militias, according to a statement by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's office. The call was particularly aimed at Shia leader Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia.
IRAQ - USA
Bush praises Iraqi premier over Basra crackdown
US President George W. Bush praised Iraqi PM Nuri al-Maliki on Thursday for launching a "tough battle against militia fighters and criminals" in the southern city of Basra.
IRAQ
New clashes in Basra
Fighting that has killed 40 people and injured 200 continued on Wednesday for a second day after Iraqi security forces launched an offensive against forces loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Basra.
IRAQ - USA
US troops in Iraq to number 140,000 in July
The Pentagon expects to have 140,000 troops still deployed in Iraq after the planned withdrawal of five combat brigades by July, thus leaving a force larger than before it began pouring in troops early last year.
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