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                    [Title] => Crowds 'stone the devil' in final hajj ritual
                    [Summary] => Massive crowds of robed Muslims gathered for the "stoning of the devil" ritual in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday as the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the pandemic draws to a close.
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                    [AuthorName] => Haitham El-Tabei
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                    [Title] => Huge crowds circle Kaaba as hajj begins in Saudi heat
                    [Summary] => Islam's holiest site is expected to host more than two million worshippers from 160 countries during the annual rites that could break attendance records, with 1.6 million foreigners already arrived by Friday evening.
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                    [Title] => The hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam
                    [Summary] => Believers converge on the holy city for several days of rituals in which they retrace the Prophet Mohammed's last pilgrimage.
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                    [Title] => Saudi Arabia to reopen borders for vaccinated umrah pilgrims
                    [Summary] => Saudi Arabia will begin accepting vaccinated foreign pilgrims seeking to visit the Islamic holy city of Mecca, state media reported Sunday.
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                    [Title] => In Mecca, women set off on hajj as 'guardian' rule cast aside
                    [Summary] => Bushra Shah, a 35-year-old Pakistani, says she is realizing a childhood dream by making the great pilgrimage to Mecca, and under new rules she's doing it without a male "guardian".
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                    [Title] => Saudi hosts vaccinated pilgrims for 2nd downsized hajj
                    [Summary] => The kingdom seeks to repeat last year's success that saw no virus outbreak during the five-day Muslim ritual.
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                    [Title] => Pinoy among dead in hajj stampede
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A Filipino was among more than 700 pilgrims killed Thursday in a stampede during one of the last rituals of the hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, the Department of Foreign Affairs said yesterday.

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A towering construction crane toppled over on Friday during a violent rainstorm in the Saudi city of Mecca, Islam's holiest site, crashing into the Grand Mosque and killing at least 107 people ahead of the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage later this month.

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A towering construction crane toppled over on Friday during a violent rainstorm in the Saudi city of Mecca, Islam's holiest site, crashing into the Grand Mosque and killing at least 87 people ahead of the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage later this month.

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A World Health Organization official on Thursday urged millions of Muslims making the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to exercise basic hygiene as mass gatherings pose risks of spreading the Middle East respiratory syndrome.

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