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CLEAN : Tombs of saints inspire and divide in northern Nigeria
Pilgrims must walk through three rooms a foyer and a 200 metre corridor before accessing the dimly lit chamber where Usman dan Fodio and two of his sons are buried in Sokoto northern Nigeria
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CLEAN : 20 million pilgrims visited Rome in Jubilee year says archbishop
More than 20 million pilgrims have visited Rome during Pope Francis's Jubilee year on the theme of mercy which started in December and winds up later this month says Archbishop Rino Fisichella in Rome
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CLEAN : Iraq: new city complex inaugurated in holy city of Karbala
A new city complex was inaugurated Friday in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala home to shrines to Imam Hussein and Imam Abbas revered among Shiites and where up to 20 million pilgrims visited this year for Arbaeen one of the world's...
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CLEAN : Pilgrims celebrate Christmas eve in Bethlehem
Dozens of Palestinians and tourists flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square near the Church of the Nativity where celebrations will culminate with a midnight mass at the site where Christians believe Jesus was born
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CLEAN : Rwandan church marks anniversary of Virgin Mary apparition
Thousands of pilgrims gathered in Kibeho in southern Rwanda on Monday to mark the anniversary of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary on 28 November 1981 by three Rwandan schoolgirls
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CLEAN : Thousands mark Jesus baptism at historic Jordan site
Thousands of Catholic Christians attended a special mass Friday on the Jordanian side of the Jordan River in an annual pilgrimage to the site where many believe Jesus was baptised
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VOICED : Doble atentado deja decenas de muertos en Damasco
Un doble atentado dejo el sabado al menos 46 muertos en su mayoria peregrinos chiitas iraquies en Damasco en uno de los ataques mas sangrientos en la capital siria en seis años de guerra
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CLEAN : Twin Damascus bombs kill 46 people, mostly Iraqi pilgrims
Twin bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims on Saturday killed 46 people in Damascus most of them Iraqis a monitoring group said in one of the bloodiest attacks in the Syrian capital
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CLEAN : Twin Damascus bombs kill 46 people, mostly Iraqi pilgrim
Twin bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims on Saturday killed 46 people in Damascus most of them Iraqis a monitoring group said in one of the bloodiest attacks in the Syrian capital
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CLEAN : Pope canonises Fatima child shepherds who saw Virgin
Two young, barely literate shepherds who had visions of the Virgin Mary 100 years ago in Fatima a Portuguese site now a global draw for pilgrims, were declared saints Saturday by Pope Francis
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CLEAN : Increase security after deadly attack on Hindu pilgrims in India
Indian leaders and Kashmiri separatists unite to condemn an attack on a bus that killed seven Hindu pilgrims and threatened to exacerbate tensions in the country's only Muslim majority state
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CLEAN : Indian activists in angry protest over attack on Hindu pilgrims
Indian activists from the right wing Hindu nationalist group Shiv Sena burn an effigy of Jamaat ud Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed following an attack on Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir
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CLEAN : Saudi Arabia says ready for arrival of pilgrims for hajj
The Saudi authorities said Tuesday at a press conference that they had put plans in place to welcome Muslim pilgrims from around the globe for this week's hajj pilgrimage to Islam's holiest sites
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VOICED : Dos millones de peregrinos en Arabia para el hach
Arabia Saudita recibe este semana a cerca de dos millones de peregrinos procedentes de todo el mundo que se dirigen a La Meca con motivo del hach uno de los pilares del islam
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CLEAN : Christian pilgrims march in support of Israel in Jerusalem
Thousands of Christian pilgrims from around the globe took to the streets of Jerusalem Tuesday in a colorful show of support for Israel on the occasion of the Sukkot holiday (Tabernacles)
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CLEAN : Pilgrims attend Ethiopia festival on stampede anniversary (2)
Pilgrims attend Ethiopia's religious Irreecha festival held annually by the Oromos Ethiopia's largest ethnic group which in late 2015 began months of anti government protests over claims of marginalisation and unfair land seizures
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CLEAN : Shiite pilgrims in Iraq's Karbala hail revenge against IS
Shiite pilgrims prayed Friday at the Immam Hussein shrine in the southern Iraqi city of Karbala during the Arbaeen religious festival which marks the 40th day after Ashura commemorating the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohammed's...
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CLEAN : Millions of Shiite pilgrims head to Iraq's Karbala
Millions of Shiite pilgrims travelled to Iraq's shrine city of Karbala for the Arbaeen commemoration Thursday of Imam Hussein's killing in battle
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CLEAN : Iraq Shiite worshippers start journey to Karbala for pilgrimage
Iraqi Shiite worshippers started making their way to the holy city of Karbala along a street in Baghdad on Sunday
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CLEAN : Pope arrives at Maipu Sanctuary
Pope Francis on Wednesday arrived at the Sanctuary of Maipu an important place of pilgrimage in the Chilean capital
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CLEAN : Chilean youth await pope with festivities
Thousands of young people prepare to welcome Pope Francis to the Maipu sanctuary an important place of pilgrimage in the Chilean capital
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CLEAN : Venerated statue leaves Chilean town ahead of pope blessing
An almost two meter statue of the Virgin venerated by inhabitants of the small Chilean village of La Tirana and pilgrims from the north of the country was transported Wednesday to the port city of Iquique where Pope Francis will crown...
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CLEAN : Faithful await Pope in Santiago streets
Crowds gathered along the road where Pope Francis would pass after arriving in the Chilean capital Santiago on Monday
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CLEAN : Church at Jesus's traditional burial site closed for second day
The Jerusalem church built at what many consider the holiest site in Christianity remained closed for a second day Monday to protest Israeli tax measures and a proposed property law leaving disappointed pilgrims locked outside