Al-Maliki's office quotes Obama as saying he is "supportive and committed to preserving the gains achieved by the Iraqi government" under al-Maliki's leadership, and that he admires al-Maliki's courage.
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The U.S. continues to target al Qaeda's top leader, Ayman al Zawahiri, who has so far evaded the CIA's grasp.
Reacting to al-Maliki's comments, al-Sadr's political committee issued a statement Wednesday warning that its cabinet ministers might quit as a result.
Loftus' reports jibes with a report published on the Web site of Kuwait's Al Seyassah's newspaper on September 25, 2006.
But Al Jazeera's current English broadcast is "excellent, " without the bias alleged by U.S. politicians, said O'Connor, author of the roryoconnor.org blog and a contributor to Al Jazeera's website.
Al-Sadr's supporters have accused Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government of not holding up its end of the cease-fire agreement, which includes freeing non-convicted prisoners from the Sadrist movement and halting what they call illegal raids on the cleric's followers.
According to a report Thursday in Egypt's Al- Masry al-Youm's English edition, the Brotherhood is playing to win.
Al-Sadr's political movement holds 30 seats in Iraq's 275-member parliament and was once a partner in al-Maliki's ruling coalition.
CNN: Al-Sadr calls off fighting, orders compliance with Iraqi security
Al-Sadr's followers have accused the government, which is dominated by al-Sadr's leading rivals, of trying to cripple their movement before provincial elections in October.
Al-Sadr's statement came after what an aide described as direct talks between al-Sadr's representatives and the Iraqi government in Najaf that started Saturday night.
CNN: Al-Sadr calls off fighting, orders compliance with Iraqi security
Panetta said al Qaeda's Mali affiliate, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM, is not an immediate threat to the U.S. homeland but does pose a risk if it gains a foothold.
Hundreds of students at Egypt's al-Azhar university broke into the offices of the country's top Muslim cleric of the al-Azhar mosque.
Al-Maliki's office said Obama congratulated al-Maliki on his government's achievements and expressed pride in the relations between the countries and developments in Iraq.
CNN: Obama finds 'consensus' in Iraq for U.S. troop withdrawal
They are no longer so eager to tote a 50-pound pack for a week in the Tetons, nor hoist themselves up icy Mount Rainier in Microsoft's backyard (Al Gore's recent ascent of that peak notwithstanding).
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Yet there is speculation that it could be retaliation for France's recent intervention in Mali, where Islamist groups and members of al-Qaeda's North Africa branch - al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) - had taken control of the country's vast northern desert region.
In his written testimony to the committee, Blair said it would take the capture or deaths of al Qaeda's top two leaders -- Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri -- to possibly end the group's intent to attack the United States.
Al's childhood friends in both Carthage and Washington were struck by what Bart Day, who attended St.
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Mr. GIBSON: For many years, she owned two popular night clubs in Oakland, California, My Club and Al's House of Smiles.
Lieberman was first introduced to millions of U.S. voters as Al Gore's running mate in his unsuccessful presidential bid in 2000.
The Astros had 17 hits in improving the AL's worst record to 8-18 and scored their first five runs with two outs.
Once you have booked a ticket on the El Al's website, a pop-up message tells you if an upgrade auction is available.
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In September, one of Al's good friends was killed in street violence.
"Al's work on kidney matching is one of the few great modern advances in transplant policy, " says the American Enterprise Institute's Sally Satel.
Forty-nine-year-old Al Megrahi's co-accused Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah was acquitted at the same time by the court, specially convened at Camp Zeist in the Netherlands.
But this one is mostly about the Indians, who return Monday after going 3-3 against Toronto and Tampa Bay, two teams expected to be in the AL's upper echelon.
In fact, to my mind, the single most surprising image of the whole campaign (besides Al's drunken dancing on loser night) was the cocktail napkin doodling Gore did on information technology for Red Herring magazine.
Trawl neighbourhood boutiques for Godfather-worthy fedoras at Goorin Brothers, rockabilly jackets and lindy-hopping skirts at Al's Custom Originals, and original pressings of perennial local favorites Tom Waits, Dave Brubeck and Dead Kennedys at 101 Music (141 Grant Ave).
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