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A stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia has left at least 244 people dead, the largest number killed at the event since 1997.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3448779.stm
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Some easing of relations with Iran occurred after Khomeini's death in 1989. During the 1990 pilgrimage, more than 1,400 pilgrims were trampled to death or suffocated after they were stampeded in an underground tunnel.
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Saddly this sort of thing is not uncommon, gotta love that old time religion.