More than 2,000 Palestinian pilgrims are still stranded after two days on ships off the coast of Egypt following a trip to Mecca.
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Thousands of pilgrims joined local Palestinians in celebrating Christmas Eve in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. As Robert Berger reports for VOA from Bethlehem, the observances were more cheerful than in previous years.
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More than 250,000 Roman Catholic pilgrims are expected to converge on the shrine of Fatima in Portugal over the next three days for the opening of one of the world's largest churches.
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Iraqi officials say U.S. and Iraqi forces have killed about 250 alleged militants who were purportedly planning to attack Shi'ite Muslims during the religious festival of Ashura.
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Iran has closed several border crossings with Iraq ahead of the important Shi'ite holy day of Ashura.
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