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By Katherine Dunn and Katherine Dunn,katherine.dunn@baltsun.com | September 25, 2008
September afternoons on the soccer field at Randallstown High can heat up quickly, and Ousmane Toure tires much more quickly than he usually does. During a break in practice, Toure eagerly pours water over his head and arms to cool off, but he will not drink any. At Oakland Mills, it's heating up, too. Fuad Suleiman, in full pads, goes all-out in hitting drills at football practice. He gradually slows down, eventually taking a knee on the sideline to catch his breath. His buddies tell him to get some water, but he does not. Toure and Suleiman won't drink anything at practice for 30 days as they observe the Ramadan fast.
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By Bradley Olson and Bradley Olson,Sun reporter | September 30, 2007
Mallory Terry, who lives on a Northwest Baltimore block in Upton where half the rowhouses are vacant, wasn't expecting to see a throng of people collecting food and clothing outside the Ul-Haqq mosque when she took her two sons for a walk yesterday. After pausing briefly to ask if the bonanza was open to anyone, she collected apples, water, soda, spaghetti, corn and two bags of clothes, blankets and toiletries. Then she graciously thanked several volunteers. Terry, 23, said she isn't in dire straits, but as a mother of two young sons, she takes all the help she can get. "We need more things like this to help the community," she said, before calling out for her 4-year-old son Josiah to return to her side.
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By Borzou Daragahi and Borzou Daragahi,LOS ANGELES TIMES | October 24, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A militia chief's brother, kidnapped last week in an act of vengeance that sparked a two-day battle over control of a southern Iraq city, was found dead yesterday amid signs of simmering unrest between rival Shiite Muslim groups that is undermining security in the relatively stable south. At least 50 other Iraqis were killed or found dead around the country yesterday as part of a relentless wave of political violence that has marked the just-ending Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
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By Borzou Daragahi and Borzou Daragahi,LOS ANGELES TIMES | October 23, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Gunmen bombed and shot families shopping for food and gifts, executed dozens in sectarian killings and ambushed a group of Iraqi police recruits yesterday during the closing hours of Ramadan. The violence left scores of Iraqis dead and further marred the Muslim holy month, which has been a time of incessant violence against Iraqis and American troops. The military announced yesterday that five U.S. troops had been killed in four combat incidents around Iraq, bringing the number of Americans killed over the weekend to 10. At least 83 U.S. troops were killed in the first 22 days of October, making the month the deadliest for Americans in Iraq since November 2005.
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By Ashraf Khalil and Ashraf Khalil,Los Angeles Times | October 21, 2006
LOS ANGELES -- As the sun slowly descended toward the Pacific Ocean, Amin Momand watched it, and his teammates watched him watching it. It was an October team dinner the night before a Palos Verdes High School football game. But Momand, a starting defensive end for the Sea Kings and a Muslim, couldn't eat - couldn't even sip water - until the sun disappeared, according to the rules of Ramadan. When darkness finally came and he took a drink, there was a communal sigh of relief. Some teammates applauded.
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By Borzou Daragahi and Borzou Daragahi,Los Angeles TImes | October 13, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Insurgent and sectarian attacks in the capital have shot up during Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting and atonement, according to U.S. military statistics released yesterday. Since the beginning of the holiday more than two weeks ago, there have been an average of 36 violent incidents daily. That compares with about 28 a day since mid-June, when U.S. and Iraqi security forces began a high-profile security crackdown designed to stem violence between Sunni Arab and Shiite Muslims.