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...channeling popular sentiment over the heads of those taking a more moderate approach. Last weekend's clashes at Karbala, in which one Iraqi was killed and a number wounded in a demonstration sparked by false and probably deliberately fueled rumors that the U.S. had encroached on a Shiite shrine there - provoking further violent clashes the following day - may be a harbinger of things to come as the struggle for power among the Shiites heats up. That, in turn, could complicate the challenge facing the coalition...
...Karachi, more than any other city, was a by-product of this upheaval. Before partition, its inhabitants included Hindus, Parsis, Muslim traders, Goans, and Sheedis, descendants of African slaves shipped over in chains during the 18th century. An illustration of Karachi's surviving cultural diversity: at a one-room shrine that has more to do with African tribalism than Islam, women flock to see Mushkan, a male Sheedi medium in white, womanly robes. When he goes into a trance, he says he communicates with his jinni in Arabic, Urdu and Swahili. Karachi's demons, it seems, are cosmopolitan...
...hero to all of us," says longtime friend, Wu Feng-ying, who worked alongside Chen at Taipei Municipal Hoping Hospital, where Chen contracted the virus. Bowing to public sentiment, Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou has decreed that Chen's name be added to the list on the Martyrs' Shrine...
Polian had praised Morris in January during the Shrine Game, an all-star game for college seniors in San Francisco, when he called the wide receiver “the surprise of the game...
...some of Smith’s other charges, including Notre Dame’s Arnaz Battle and star Kansas State cornerback Terence Newman. Right after Christmas, with a month of solid workouts under his belt, Morris made his first foray into big-time college football by playing in the Shrine Bowl in San Francisco. Under the gaze of dozens of scouts on hand to see this collegiate all-star game, Morris made a nice splash with impressive route-running and highlight-reel catches...