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                    [Title] => Muslim pilgrims gather for pinnacle of hajj in Saudi Arabia
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Muslim pilgrims from around the world gathered before dawn yesterday in the valley of Mount Arafat in Saudi Arabia for a day of prayer that marks the pinnacle of the annual hajj pilgrimage.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-23 12:41:52 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1155328 [AuthorName] => Aya Batrawy [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1499184 [Title] => Crane collapse kills 107 in Mecca [Summary] =>

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 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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Some 2 million Muslims from around the world gathered Friday at a desert hill near Mecca in Saudi Arabia in an act of faith and repentance during the climactic emotional and spiritual moment of the annual hajj pilgrimage.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-04 03:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1528787 [AuthorName] => Mokhtar Shehata and Benjamin Wiacek [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1245147 [Title] => Muslim hajj crowds thinned by virus concerns [Summary] =>

Muslims from across the world poured yesterday into a sprawling tent city in the Saudi desert before the start of the annual Islamic hajj pilgrimage, but the number of the pilgrims this year has been reduced in part by concerns over a respiratory virus centered in the Arabian peninsula.

[DatePublished] => 2013-10-14 05:23:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1535603 [AuthorName] => Nabil Haridi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 320263 [Title] => Deadly stampedes of the past 2 decades [Summary] => The following is a list of deadly stampedes of the past two decades, after 74 people were killed and more than 400 injured in a crush at the Philsports Arena (formerly Ultra) in Pasig City last Saturday:

March 12, 1988
: Kathmandu. More than 100 people were killed and 300 injured in a stampede during a football match in Nepal’s National Stadium. The tragedy occurred when spectators rushed to find shelter from a powerful hailstorm, but found the doors locked.
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