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Hard-line Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his feared Mehdi Army on Thursday to maintain its six-month cease-fire as members of the militia clashed with US and Iraqi soldiers in Baghdad. Sadr's spokesman Salah al-Ubaidi said the cease-fire, which expires later this month and has been vital to cutting violence in Iraq.

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