Government to lift Baghdad curfew

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Source: BBC

The Iraqi government is due to lift a curfew in Baghdad, after Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr ordered his fighters off the streets of Iraqi cities.

The government said the curfew would end at 0600 local time (0300 GMT), but a vehicle ban would remain in three Shia areas of the capital.

Moqtada Sadr on Sunday told his Mehdi Army militias to stop fighting government troops.

The fighting has claimed more than 240 lives across the country since Tuesday.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7321921.stm

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So much for fighting on to victory.