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Nov 15 2010, Omar

MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia — Nearly 3 million Muslims gathered for the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia are making their way up a rocky desert hill, chanting they have come to answer God’s call.

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Shiite pilgrims beat their chests in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Feb. 16, 2009. Shiites are making their annual pilgrimage to Karbala to mark the end of 40 days of mourning following the anniversary of the seventh...