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Ashura - Ashura festival begins in Karbala, Iraq

Ashura festival begins in Karbala, Iraq

Pakistani Shiite worshippers mark Ashura in in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on January 3, 2009. Ashura is commemorated by the Shiites as the day of mourning for Imam Hussein who was killed in the Battle of Karbala in AD 680. (UPI Photo/Ali Jasim)


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BAGHDAD, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Baghdad was under curfew Thursday as increased violence was reported elsewhere in the run-up to the Shiite observation of Ashura.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- The Iraqi government is closing its borders from Jan. 17 to Feb. 22 in an attempt to head off possible attacks on Shiites observing Ashura.
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