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Iraq's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani met the country's Sunni Vice-President yesterday for the first time to discuss an initiative aimed at uniting feuding politicians.
Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi, who heads the Sunni Islamic Party, met the reclusive Sistani in the holy Shiite city of Najaf in southern Iraq where he lives.
