Baghdad, Iraq, Aug 31, SPA -- U.S. and Iraqi officials on Tuesday discussed ways to step up aid to Najaf and a war-battered neighborhood in Baghdad after cleric Muqtada al-Sadrcalled on his followers to end their uprising. Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi told tribal leadersfrom Baghdad's impoverished Sadr City slum _ scene offierce clashes between U.S. forces and al-Sadr's militia _that the government had allocated US$115 million forprojects there to improve public services including water,electricity and sewage. "The resumption and the stability of life in your cityand in the whole of Iraq is a very important issue,"Allawi said. Meanwhile, James Jeffrey, the second-ranking U.S. diplomatin Baghdad, met with Gov. Adnan al-Zurufi in the holy cityof Najaf to assess the immediate needs of the city and examine ways to rebuild it. Parts of Najaf, particularlyaround the Old City, were heavily damaged during threeweeks of fighting.--SPA1413 Local Time 1113 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/196743