keywords: imam clerics najaf ali iraq
text: Iraq #39;s top Shiite clerics meet in Najaf, academic shot dead in &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; NAJAF, Iraq : Iraq #39;s top Shiite Muslim clerics, back in control of Najaf #39;s Imam Ali shrine after a four-month militia occupation, met amid the ruins of the city as life spluttered back to normality.