<span style="color: #222222;">In Iraq, cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers to end their protests in central Baghdad on Tuesday. The move was intended to end confrontation which led to the deadliest violence in the Iraqi capital.<br />''<br />''According to media reports,   the cleric apologised to Iraqis after 22 people were killed in clashes between an armed group loyal to him and rival Shi'ite Muslim factions.<br />''<br />''Monday's clashes between rival factions of Iraq's Shi'ite majority follow 10 months of political deadlock since Iraq's October parliamentary election.<br />''<br />''Mr. Sadr emerged as the main winner in the election but failed in his efforts to form a government with Sunni Muslim Arab and Kurdish parties.</span><br />