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Al Qaeda denies plot to target Muslim pilgrims (Reuters)

November 14th, 2010

Reuters - Yemen-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula denied on Sunday it would stage any action to coincide with the Muslim haj pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia after a Saudi…

Pope to meet Anglican leader on Day 2 of UK visit (AP)

September 17th, 2010

Pope Benedict XVI greets Maria Pyszczak who has been held up to his popemobile as he arrives at Bellahouston Park, Glasgow, Scotland, prior to a Papal Mass, Thursday, Sept. 16 2010. Pope Benedict XVI is on a four-day visit, the first-ever state visit by a Pope to Britain. (AP Photo/Chris Clark)AP - Pilgrims and protesters are greeting Pope Benedict XVI on the second day of his state visit to Britain.


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Pilgrims evacuated after bomb threat at Lourdes (AP)

August 15th, 2010

AP - Thousands of people, many disabled or ailing, were evacuated Sunday from the shrine at Lourdes in southern France after a bomb threat on the Catholic holy day of…

7 killed in Baghdad on final day of Shiite holiday (AP)

July 8th, 2010

Shiite pilgrims gather at the Imam Moussa al-Kadhim shrine for the annual commemoration of the saint's death, in the Shiite district of Kazimiyah, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Militants struck across the Iraqi capital Wednesday, killing scores of people, including 32 in a suicide bombing that targeted pilgrims commemorating a revered Shiite saint, Iraqi police said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - At least seven people were killed Thursday by bombs targeting pilgrims taking part in the final day of a Shiite religious holiday that draws hundreds of thousands of…

Police: Suicide bomber kills 28 Shiite pilgrims (AP)

July 7th, 2010

Shiite Muslim pilgrim begin to gather at the Imam Musa al-Kadhim Mosque in the Kadhimiya district of northern Baghdad. A suicide bomber and a series of attacks in Baghdad on Wednesday killed 33 Shiite pilgrims gathering for a major festival with 99 others wounded, Iraqi security officials told AFP.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - Iraqi police say militants have struck across the Iraqi capital, killing 36 people, including 28 who died in a suicide bombing targeting Shiite pilgrims.


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