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SAUDI ARABIEN ISLAM HAJJ
Muslim female pilgrims pray at the courtyard of the Prophet Mohammed mosque in the holy city of al-Medina al-Monawarah on Thursday,19, January, 2006.Saudi authorities are turning toward Islam and technology to prevent another tragedy like last week's stampede during the hajj pilgrimage that killed at least 363 people.Interior Minister Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz this week called on Muslim clerics to find religious dispensations that would give pilgrims more time to perform the hajj stoning ritual, currently three days from noon until sunset, during which the stampede took place. EPA/ALI HAIDER
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20060119
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MADINA SAUDI ARABIEN
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ALI HAIDER
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