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Stampede kills more than 700 at Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca
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The stampede occurred Thursday morning during the ritual known as "stoning the devil" in a tent city in Mina, about two miles from the holy site in Mecca, Islam's holiest city.
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The incident is the deadliest disaster at Mina since 1990, when 1,426 people died.
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