BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki made an urgent plea on Sunday to the rival sectarian factions in his government to end disputes that he said were behind the bloodshed and crisis of recent days.
Mortars again crashed down in various parts of the capital, keeping nerves on edge despite a curfew that kept seven million people locked down for a third day since a mass car bombing on Thursday killed more than 200 people in a Shi'ite area.
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