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DAMASCUS, Syria, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Syrian girls have abandoned Barbie dolls in favor of a homegrown, Muslim version that comes complete with Islamic clothing and a tiny pink prayer mat.
SYDNEY, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- Radical Muslim clerics are being booked for speaking engagements in Australia, The Australian reports.
BAGHDAD, May 23 (UPI) -- A radical Shiite cleric in Iraq is trying to mediate between Shiite and Sunni factions, calling for both sides to renounce the killings of insurgents.
BAGHDAD, April 17 (UPI) -- Three American soldiers were killed and 7 others injured in a mortar attack on a U.S. base in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, military sources said Sunday.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, April 9 (UPI) -- The Organization of Islamic Conference warned Saturday against any attack by Jewish extremists on al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.
AMMAN, Jordan, April 9 (UPI) -- Jordan's religious authority Saturday warned against extremist Jews attacking al-Aqsa Mosque in east Jerusalem.
BAGHDAD, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. Diplomat Ed Seitz, assigned to the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, was killed Sunday by a mortar attack near the Baghdad airport.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to invite Taliban and other Afghan rebel groups to participate in parliamentary elections to be held in April 2005.
GAZA CITY, Gaza, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- A leader in the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, was reportedly killed Sunday in a "mysterious explosion" in the Gaza Strip.
BAGHDAD, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Two Iraqi police stations in the notorious Sunni triangle came under attack Saturday, leaving at least 12 Iraqis and two bombers dead.