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Arab diplomats announced on Tuesday, June 18 that at least 550 pilgrims had died during the hajj, the great Muslim pilgrimage in western Saudi Arabia, the majority Egyptians due to the heat. This annual pilgrimage, from Friday to Sunday, took place this year again in the middle of summer in …

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