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300-Year-Old Iraq Mosque Minaret Demolished For Road Expansion
The demolition on Friday of a 300-year-old minaret of a mosque in Iraq's southern city of Basra to make way for road expansion has enraged locals, religious and cultural authorities who condemned it as a further erosion of Iraq's cultural heritage.
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Taj Mahal Minaret Repair Work To Be Completed Before World Tourism Day
The repair work that began a few days ago on one of the four minarets of the iconic Taj Mahal will be completed by September 15, ahead of the World Tourism Day, officials said.
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Minaret Of Historic Mosque Being Shifted To Pave Way For Highway In Assam
The shifting of the Assam minaret without dismantling it is being made possible using a hydraulic system brought by a company in Haryana.
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At Taj Mahal, Minaret At The Entrance Crashes After Thunderstorm
A minaret at the entry gate of the Taj Mahal has crashed as heavy rain and high winds lashed Agra last night. The 12-feet metal pillar at the entry gate, referred to as Darwaza-e-Rauza, collapsed as wind speed during the thunderstorm crossed 100 km per hour.
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ISIS Blows Up Historic Mosul Mosque Where It Declared 'Caliphate'
ISIS terrorist on Wednesday blew up the Grand al Nuri Mosque of Mosul and its famous leaning minaret, Iraq's military said in a statement, as Iraqi forces seeking to expel the group from the city closed in on the site.
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ISIS Blows Up Iraq Mosque Where Its Chief Baghdadi Became 'Caliph'
For more than 800 years, the minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri has punctuated the skyline of Mosul, calling worshipers to prayer.
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ISIS Blows Up Mosul Mosque Where It Declared 'Caliphate': Iraqi Military
ISIS terrorists blew up on Wednesday the Grand al-Nuri Mosque of Mosul and its famous leaning minaret, an Iraqi military statement said.
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Where Dreams Take Flight: Pakistan's Pigeon Racers
A flock of pigeons take off from a Lahore roof top at dawn, rising above the city's Mughal-era minarets before disappearing out of sight.
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This Persian Gulf Country May Be The Anti-Dubai - And That's A Good Thing
Oman may be the anti-Dubai. Although the Persian Gulf country is found just south of the famed emirate, it boasts no glittering skyscrapers. Instead, low whitewashed buildings skirt the coast of the capital, Muscat, its sole tall edifices the colorful minarets of mosques. Five times a day, a person - rather than a recording, as is common in other G...
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Taj Facelift Meant For Royal Visit, Says Archeological Survey Of India
The Taj Mahal is being spruced up for the coming visit of England's Prince William and his wife Kate, and the pinnacle of a minaret that was supposed to have fallen off had merely been brought down for repairs. This was what the Archeological Survey of India told NDTV this evening - a day after the "fallen" pinnacle of the nearly 400-year-old monum...
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Taj Mahal Minaret's Tip Didn't Fall Off, Say Officials Overseeing Repairs
A pinnacle of one of the four minarets of the Taj Mahal fell off on Monday afternoon during repair work, witnesses said. But officials said it was taken out because of its weak condition.
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Archaeological Survey of India At Work On 2 Minarets Of Taj Mahal
Two minarets of the famed Taj Mahal are undergoing conservation by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
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Secretive Turkmenistan's Silk Road Heritage Kept Under Wraps
The towering minaret and mausoleums of Konye-Urgench in isolated Turkmenistan cut striking forms against the desert sky, yet few foreign visitors make it to a site once at the centre of the Islamic world.
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Air Pollution Discolouring Taj Mahal, Finds Study
A team of researchers from India and the US has found that the browning of the Taj Mahal's iconic marble dome and soaring minarets is due to dust and airborne carbon particles.
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The $120,000 farmhouse where Pakistan Taliban chief died
With marble floors, lush green lawns and a towering minaret, the $120,000 farm where feared Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died in a US drone strike was no grubby mountain cave.
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300-Year-Old Iraq Mosque Minaret Demolished For Road Expansion
The demolition on Friday of a 300-year-old minaret of a mosque in Iraq's southern city of Basra to make way for road expansion has enraged locals, religious and cultural authorities who condemned it as a further erosion of Iraq's cultural heritage.
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Taj Mahal Minaret Repair Work To Be Completed Before World Tourism Day
The repair work that began a few days ago on one of the four minarets of the iconic Taj Mahal will be completed by September 15, ahead of the World Tourism Day, officials said.
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Minaret Of Historic Mosque Being Shifted To Pave Way For Highway In Assam
The shifting of the Assam minaret without dismantling it is being made possible using a hydraulic system brought by a company in Haryana.
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At Taj Mahal, Minaret At The Entrance Crashes After Thunderstorm
A minaret at the entry gate of the Taj Mahal has crashed as heavy rain and high winds lashed Agra last night. The 12-feet metal pillar at the entry gate, referred to as Darwaza-e-Rauza, collapsed as wind speed during the thunderstorm crossed 100 km per hour.
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ISIS Blows Up Historic Mosul Mosque Where It Declared 'Caliphate'
ISIS terrorist on Wednesday blew up the Grand al Nuri Mosque of Mosul and its famous leaning minaret, Iraq's military said in a statement, as Iraqi forces seeking to expel the group from the city closed in on the site.
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ISIS Blows Up Iraq Mosque Where Its Chief Baghdadi Became 'Caliph'
For more than 800 years, the minaret of the Great Mosque of al-Nuri has punctuated the skyline of Mosul, calling worshipers to prayer.
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ISIS Blows Up Mosul Mosque Where It Declared 'Caliphate': Iraqi Military
ISIS terrorists blew up on Wednesday the Grand al-Nuri Mosque of Mosul and its famous leaning minaret, an Iraqi military statement said.
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Where Dreams Take Flight: Pakistan's Pigeon Racers
A flock of pigeons take off from a Lahore roof top at dawn, rising above the city's Mughal-era minarets before disappearing out of sight.
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This Persian Gulf Country May Be The Anti-Dubai - And That's A Good Thing
Oman may be the anti-Dubai. Although the Persian Gulf country is found just south of the famed emirate, it boasts no glittering skyscrapers. Instead, low whitewashed buildings skirt the coast of the capital, Muscat, its sole tall edifices the colorful minarets of mosques. Five times a day, a person - rather than a recording, as is common in other G...
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Taj Facelift Meant For Royal Visit, Says Archeological Survey Of India
The Taj Mahal is being spruced up for the coming visit of England's Prince William and his wife Kate, and the pinnacle of a minaret that was supposed to have fallen off had merely been brought down for repairs. This was what the Archeological Survey of India told NDTV this evening - a day after the "fallen" pinnacle of the nearly 400-year-old monum...
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Taj Mahal Minaret's Tip Didn't Fall Off, Say Officials Overseeing Repairs
A pinnacle of one of the four minarets of the Taj Mahal fell off on Monday afternoon during repair work, witnesses said. But officials said it was taken out because of its weak condition.
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Archaeological Survey of India At Work On 2 Minarets Of Taj Mahal
Two minarets of the famed Taj Mahal are undergoing conservation by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
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Secretive Turkmenistan's Silk Road Heritage Kept Under Wraps
The towering minaret and mausoleums of Konye-Urgench in isolated Turkmenistan cut striking forms against the desert sky, yet few foreign visitors make it to a site once at the centre of the Islamic world.
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Air Pollution Discolouring Taj Mahal, Finds Study
A team of researchers from India and the US has found that the browning of the Taj Mahal's iconic marble dome and soaring minarets is due to dust and airborne carbon particles.
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The $120,000 farmhouse where Pakistan Taliban chief died
With marble floors, lush green lawns and a towering minaret, the $120,000 farm where feared Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died in a US drone strike was no grubby mountain cave.
