ROCKETS SLAM INTO GREEN ZONE

Rockets have smashed into Baghdad's heavily-fortified Green Zone, a day after radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called a ceasefire with Iraqi and coalition troops.

There have been no reports of fatalities from the attack, which hit the compound housing the Iraqi government and the U.S. Embassy.Despite the violence, a citywide curfew was lifted Monday.

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Businesses opened for the first time since al-Sadr's militants began fighting Iraqi and coalition forces nearly a week ago.A vehicle ban remains in place in three Baghdad neighborhoods where al-Sadr's Mahdi Army has a strong presence. Iraqi lawmakers say Iranian officials helped broker the truce with Al-Sadr's group Sunday. They say Iraqi politicians close to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki traveled to Iran to ask authorities to pressure al-Sadr to stop the violence.

Iran has not confirmed the reports.