Iraq's PM orders Baghdad curfew

Iraqi soldiers aboard armoured vehicles patrol a road near the Haifa street, where U.S. soldiers and Iraqi troops clash with gunmen in Baghdad, June 23, 2006. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

    BAGHDAD, June 23 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered on Friday an all-out curfew in Baghdad from Friday afternoon until Saturday morning, Iraqi state television reported.

    The curfew takes effect as of 2:00 p.m. (1000 GMT) Friday until 6:00 a.m. Saturday (0200 GMT), the television said.

    The government had already imposed a traffic ban in the capital from 11:00 a.m. (0700 GMT) to 3:00 p.m. (1100 GMT) on Friday. Enditem