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  Police had attempted to mediate between Ali -- who resided in Turkey and was visiting Iraq -- and her relatives to "resolve the family dispute in a definitive manner". Iraq: Tiba al-Ali, 22, was killed by her father on January 31 The death of a young YouTube star at the hands of her father has sparked outrage in Iraq, where so-called "honour killings" continue to take place in the conservative country. Tiba al-Ali, 22, was killed by her father on January 31 in the southern province of Diwaniya, interior ministry spokesman Saad Maan said on Twitter on Friday. Police had attempted to mediate between Ali -- who resided in Turkey and was visiting Iraq -- and her relatives to "resolve the family dispute in a definitive manner", Maan said. Unverified recordings of conversations between Ali and her father appeared to indicate that he was unhappy about her decision to live alone in Turkey. Maan said that after the police's initial encounte...