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that may happen.
• Hoffner remains on administrative leave and won't be on the field Saturday when his undefeated Mavericks host Missouri Western in the Division II quarterfinals.
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Muslim activists say Islam missing from debate over climate change and the environment

• DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- At Friday prayers in Qatar's most popular mosque, the imam discussed the civil war in Syria, the unrest in Egypt and the U.N. endorsement of an independent state of Palestine.
• Not a word about climate change, even though the Middle Eastern nation of Qatar is hosting a U.N. conference where nearly 200 countries are trying to forge a joint plan to fight global warming, which climate activists say is the greatest modern challenge to mankind.
• "Unfortunately the Arab and Islamic countries have political and economic problems," said Adham Hassan, a worshipper from Jordan streaming out of the al-Khatabb mosque in Doha. "Islam calls for the protection of the environment, but the Muslim countries are mostly poor and they didn't cause pollution and aren't affected by climate change."
• Of six mosques contacted by The Associated Press in the Qatari capital, only one included an environmental message in the Friday prayers, telling those in attendance to plant trees, shun extravagance and conserve water and electricity.
• The Quran, Islam's holy book, is filled with more than
1,500 verses to nature and Earth. Yet the voice of Islamic leaders is missing from the global dialogue on warming.
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Jennifer Lopez tones down outfits, moves at concert in Muslim-majority Indonesia

• JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Jennifer Lopez wowed thousands of fans in Indonesia, but they didn't see as much of her as concertgoers in other countries -- the American pop star toned down both her sexy outfits and her dance moves during her show in the world's most populous Muslim country, promoters said Saturday.
• Lopez's "Dance Again World Tour" was performed in the country's capital, Jakarta, on Friday in line with promises Lopez made to make her show more appropriate for the audience, said Chairi Ibrahim from Dyandra Entertainment, the concert

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