BAGHDAD _ Haider al-Hussein, a merchant in Baghdad's popular Shorja market, wrapped his head in a black turban, donned a green uniform and, sword in scabbard, began the fight between good and evil before an audience of Shiite Muslims.

By Sami Jumaili KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - Some 2 million Shi'ites massed in the sacred Iraqi city of Kerbala on Thursday to mourn the death of the Prophet Mohammad's grandson 1,300 years ago.

By Sami Jumaili KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - Shi'ites massed in the sacred Iraqi city of Kerbala on Thursday to mourn the death of the Prophet Mohammad's grandson 1,300 years ago in a ritual that suicide bombers have previously turned into carnage.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - More than 250,000 Shi'ite Muslims transformed a religious ceremony in the Lebanese capital on Thursday into a protest against cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad.

Please read in paragraph 1 ...on Wednesday... instead of ...on Thursday...