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Iraq extends Baghdad curfew into Saturday
24 Nov 2006 18:44:34 GMT
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BAGHDAD, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Iraqi authorities have extended a curfew imposed on Baghdad after a massive bomb attack so that vehicles will continue to be banned in city on Saturday, a Defence Ministry spokesman said on Friday.

The curfew was declared after more than 200 people were killed in a coordinate series of bombings in the Shi'ite Sadr City stronghold on Thursday. On Friday, gunmen attacked a Sunni enclave in the city, burning mosques, in an apparent reprisal.

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Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh (3rd L) speaks during a news conference after a meeting of top government officials in Baghdad, November 26, 2006. Iraqi Prime Minister Buri al- Maliki made an urgent plea on Sunday to the rival sectarian factions in his national unity government to end disputes that he said were behind the bloodshed and crisis of recent days. Iraq's government officials from (L-R) are Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi, President Jalal Talabani, al-Dabbagh, Parliament Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki, and Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zobaie.


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