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Mon 01 Jan 2007Al-Sadr faction ends boycott of parliamentIraq:The group's return could strengthen the hand of Nouri al-Maliki ahead of a campaign to impose security in Baghdad, writes Michael Jansen.Deputies from the faction of radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr announced yesterday that they were ending a boycott of parliament and government imposed when Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki met US president George Bush in Amman late last November.