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20 Pilgrims Killed, Dozens Injured In Bus Crash In Saudi Arabia
A bus ferrying pilgrims to the holy city of Mecca burst into flames after a collision on a bridge on Monday, killing 20 people and injuring more than two dozen others, Saudi state media reported.
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"Anguished By Bus Crash" In Saudi: PM After Accident Kills 35 Foreigners
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today gave his condolences to the families of 35 foreigners who were killed in a bus accident near Medina in Saudi Arabia. Four were injured.
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Haj Pilgrims Get ID Bracelets To Prevent 2015 Stampede Repeat
Saudi Arabia has begun issuing haj pilgrims with identification bracelets one year after a stampede killed around 2,300 people.
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Ayatollah Khamenei Calls On Muslims To Reconsider Saudi Management Of Mecca, Medina
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued an angry rebuke to "blasphemous" regional rival Saudi Arabia today, calling on the Muslim world to question its management of Islam's holiest sites.
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18 Injured In Mecca Stampede: Saudi Media
Eighteen pilgrims have been injured in a stampede near Islam's holiest site, Saudi media reported today, as the kingdom continues to review safety after a deadly crush during last year's hajj.
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Haj Stampede: VK Singh Heads to Saudi Arabia for Helping Indian Nationals
Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh is being rushed to Saudi Arabia to coordinate with the authorities there to trace the missing Indians in the Haj stampede last month.
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Iran President Hassan Rouhani to Join Repatriation Ceremony for Haj Dead
President Hassan Rouhani will fly home early from New York to attend a repatriation ceremony in Tehran on Tuesday for Iranian pilgrims killed in the stampede at the Haj, his office said.
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A Stampede Survivor's Tale: 'I Was Pinned Down'
Hamza Musa Kabir from Kano in northern Nigeria survived the massive stampede at the hajj by shedding his pilgrim's garment after he was pinned under a man in the crush, which killed 769 people.
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Iran Leader Demands Saudi Arabia Apologise for Haj Deaths
Iran's supreme leader has said Saudi Arabia should apologise for a crush outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca that killed 769 worshipers performing the annual haj pilgrimage, Khamenei's website said on Sunday.
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Haj Death Toll Rises to 769, Iran Denounces 'Crime'
The death toll in a crush at the annual haj pilgrimage outside Mecca rose to 769, Saudi Arabia said on Saturday, as arch-rival Iran said Saudi officials should be tried in an international court for what it called a crime.
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'We Can't Find Him', Lament of Pilgrims After Haj Disaster
"We can't find him" was the lament of anxious relatives and friends Saturday as they scoured hospital wards and the morgue, two days after the disaster at the haj.
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Haj Stampede: 2 Indian Officials Reach Accident Site
Two Indian officials have reached the site of the accident near Mecca as one Indian woman was reported to be among the over 700 people killed during a stampede during Haj and another injured.
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Government Compensates Family of Mecca Crane Crash Victims
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today handed over Rs 6 lakhs to the family members of a couple from the state who died in the recent accident during Haj pilgrimage at Mecca.
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Chandrababu Naidu Gives Rs 6 Lakh to Family of Couple Killed in Mecca
The Andhra Pradesh government today paid Rs 6 lakh as compensation to the family of a couple killed in the crane accident at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi Arabian holy city of Mecca.
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Saudi Suspends Saudi Binladin Group Over Mecca Crane Disaster
Saudi Arabia suspended construction giant Saudi Binladin Group from new contracts on Tuesday following Friday's collapse of a crane in Mecca's Grand Mosque which killed 107 people.
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20 Pilgrims Killed, Dozens Injured In Bus Crash In Saudi Arabia
A bus ferrying pilgrims to the holy city of Mecca burst into flames after a collision on a bridge on Monday, killing 20 people and injuring more than two dozen others, Saudi state media reported.
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"Anguished By Bus Crash" In Saudi: PM After Accident Kills 35 Foreigners
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today gave his condolences to the families of 35 foreigners who were killed in a bus accident near Medina in Saudi Arabia. Four were injured.
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Haj Pilgrims Get ID Bracelets To Prevent 2015 Stampede Repeat
Saudi Arabia has begun issuing haj pilgrims with identification bracelets one year after a stampede killed around 2,300 people.
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Ayatollah Khamenei Calls On Muslims To Reconsider Saudi Management Of Mecca, Medina
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued an angry rebuke to "blasphemous" regional rival Saudi Arabia today, calling on the Muslim world to question its management of Islam's holiest sites.
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18 Injured In Mecca Stampede: Saudi Media
Eighteen pilgrims have been injured in a stampede near Islam's holiest site, Saudi media reported today, as the kingdom continues to review safety after a deadly crush during last year's hajj.
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Haj Stampede: VK Singh Heads to Saudi Arabia for Helping Indian Nationals
Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh is being rushed to Saudi Arabia to coordinate with the authorities there to trace the missing Indians in the Haj stampede last month.
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Iran President Hassan Rouhani to Join Repatriation Ceremony for Haj Dead
President Hassan Rouhani will fly home early from New York to attend a repatriation ceremony in Tehran on Tuesday for Iranian pilgrims killed in the stampede at the Haj, his office said.
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A Stampede Survivor's Tale: 'I Was Pinned Down'
Hamza Musa Kabir from Kano in northern Nigeria survived the massive stampede at the hajj by shedding his pilgrim's garment after he was pinned under a man in the crush, which killed 769 people.
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Iran Leader Demands Saudi Arabia Apologise for Haj Deaths
Iran's supreme leader has said Saudi Arabia should apologise for a crush outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca that killed 769 worshipers performing the annual haj pilgrimage, Khamenei's website said on Sunday.
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Haj Death Toll Rises to 769, Iran Denounces 'Crime'
The death toll in a crush at the annual haj pilgrimage outside Mecca rose to 769, Saudi Arabia said on Saturday, as arch-rival Iran said Saudi officials should be tried in an international court for what it called a crime.
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'We Can't Find Him', Lament of Pilgrims After Haj Disaster
"We can't find him" was the lament of anxious relatives and friends Saturday as they scoured hospital wards and the morgue, two days after the disaster at the haj.
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Haj Stampede: 2 Indian Officials Reach Accident Site
Two Indian officials have reached the site of the accident near Mecca as one Indian woman was reported to be among the over 700 people killed during a stampede during Haj and another injured.
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Government Compensates Family of Mecca Crane Crash Victims
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today handed over Rs 6 lakhs to the family members of a couple from the state who died in the recent accident during Haj pilgrimage at Mecca.
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Chandrababu Naidu Gives Rs 6 Lakh to Family of Couple Killed in Mecca
The Andhra Pradesh government today paid Rs 6 lakh as compensation to the family of a couple killed in the crane accident at the Grand Mosque in the Saudi Arabian holy city of Mecca.
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Saudi Suspends Saudi Binladin Group Over Mecca Crane Disaster
Saudi Arabia suspended construction giant Saudi Binladin Group from new contracts on Tuesday following Friday's collapse of a crane in Mecca's Grand Mosque which killed 107 people.
