For years just an obscure fight raging in remote desert mountains, Yemen's war with Shiite rebels has been dragged up to a new level, inflaming the rivalry between the Middle East's two powerhouses Saudi Arabia and Iran.By: Donna Abu-Nasr|Date: Nov 24, 2009

Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West. They translate writings and sermons once largely out of reach of English readers and often feature charismatic clerics like Anwar al-Awlaki, who exchanged dozens of e-mails with the Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood shootings.By: Donna Abu-Nasr and Lee Keath|Date: Nov 20, 2009

Under veils, Saudis get plastic surgery RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Does Islam frown on nose jobs? Chemical peels? How about breast implants?By: Donna Abu-Nasr|Date: Aug 3, 2009

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Sukaina al-Zayer is an unlikely beauty queen hopeful. She covers her face and body in black robes and an Islamic veil, so no one can tell what she looks like. She also admits she's a little on the plump side.By: Donna Abu-Nasr|Date: May 10, 2009

BEIRUT -- Christian army units and Moslem militiamen fought an artillery duel yesterday that rained hundreds of shells on Beirut's residential areas and killed at least 40 people, most of them civilians.

Police said 96 persons were wounded in the worst fighting since 1985 in Lebanon's 14-year-old civil war, and most of the casualties were in Moslem West Beirut. They said two children and three Syrian soldiers were among the dead and four Lebanese soldiers were wounded.

By: Donna Abu-Nasr, Associated Press|Date: Mar 15, 1989

BEIRUT -- US and British officials said yesterday that recent diplomatic forays had produced some optimism that Westerners believed held hostage by pro-Iranian Shiite extremists could be released.

The No. 2 man in Britain's Foreign Office, Douglas Hogg, met for nearly two hours with the highest-ranking Shiite Muslim cleric in Lebanon, Sheik Mohammed Mehdi Shamseddin. Last month, Shamseddin proposed a swap of missing Israeli servicemen with about 400 Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, saying that would definitely lead to the release of the Western hostages.

By: Donna Abu-Nasr, Associated Press|Date: Jun 11, 1991

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