Baghdad, Sept 19, SPA -- A new round of talks to ceasehostilities in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City ended indeadlock, with cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's militia refusing American demands to disband and turn in its weapons. A group of tribal leaders and al-Sadr representatives metSaturday with a Baghdad city councilman acting as anintermediary between the two sides to discuss a 12-pointproposals plan that calls for fighters to disarm in exchange formillions of dollars in reconstruction money and compensation for victims. The plan would also have Iraqi forces take over much ofthe security in the east Baghdad slum and limit themovement of U.S. troops. "The only sticking point is that the Americans areinsisting on disbanding the al-Mahdi Army and this is notpossible for us," Kareem al-Bakhatti, al-Sadr's chief representative at the meeting, told The Associated Press.--SPA1302 Local Time 1002 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/202926