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Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Afghanistan

Children play a game in a park as they celebrate Eid Al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Kabul, Afghanistan on September 20, 2009. UPI/Mohammad Kheirkhah

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Muslims celebrate Eid al Fitr holiday

HOBOKEN, N.J., Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Muslims in the United States and abroad said they celebrated the Muslim holiday of Eid al Fitr, which marks the end of a month of fasting, on Sunday.

Suicide attack kills four in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- A suicide bomber targeted the home of a provincial party leader in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, killing four people Thursday, police said.

Spokesman: Pakistani Taliban chief alive

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Baitullah Mehsud, the Pakistani Taliban chief blamed for the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, is alive, a Tehrik-e-Taliban spokesman said.

U.S. soldier, 3 civilians dead in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- A U.S. soldier was killed Tuesday in Baghdad, while elsewhere in the city at least three civilians were killed by a car bomb, officials said.

Shooting mars Minneapolis Somali holiday

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Minneapolis police said they had no suspects Tuesday in the overnight shooting death of a Somali immigrant on the eve of the Eid-al-Fitr religious festival.

Sources: Israel grants Fatah men amnesty

JERUSALEM, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- The Israeli government has granted full amnesty to 10 Fatah militants as part of an ongoing gesture of goodwill, Palestinian sources say.

Indian theater rocked by bomb blast

LUDHIANA, India, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Six people were killed and about 30 injured in a bomb attack on an Indian movie theater Sunday.

Shiite festival marred by attacks

BAGHDAD, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Insurgent attacks targeting Shiite Muslims killed 24 on the second day of the Eid al-Fitr festival Sunday, Iraqi authorities said.

Five children killed in north Iraq bombing

KIRKUK, Iraq, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- A bomb blast killed five children celebrating the Islamic Eid al-Fitr festival at the end of Ramadan Friday in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, police said.

Fatah disbelieves sincerity of Hamas talks

GAZA, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- A spokesman for the Palestinian Fatah party in Gaza said he doubted the sincerity of an offer for reconciliation talks posted on a Hamas Web site.

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