Floods kill 77 as hajj begins for Muslims
Posted: November 27, 2009 at 6:49 a.m.
Muslim pilgrims holding white umbrellas against the blazing sun clambered up a rocky desert hill for prayers Thursday during the annual hajj, a day after torrential rains that killed at least 77 people.
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