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Mass Stampede At Iraqi Shia Shrine Kills More Than 30 Pilgrims

The stampede occurred during a procession commemorating the death of the Prophet Mohammad's grandson in the year 680.

A mass stampede at a Shia Muslim shrine in the Iraqi city of Karbala left at least 31 people dead and about 100 injured. Ten of the

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