Anti-US Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr tells an enthusiastic Najaf crowd to give Iraq’s new government a chance, in his first speech since returning from self-imposed exile in Iran.

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Sadr makes return speech in Najaf

Anti-US Shia cleric Moqtadr Sadr receives a raucous welcome on his return to Najaf but urges his supporters to show “discipline”.

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Rowdy crowd welcomes Moqtadr Sadr

Bomb attacks on Shia targets in Karbala, Najaf and Basra in Iraq leave at least 19 people dead and many injured.

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Deadly blasts target Iraq Shias

The UN’s top envoy to Iraq, Ad Melkert, survives a roadside bomb attack on his convoy near the city of Najaf, officials say.

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UN envoy survives Iraqi bombing