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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: religious pilgrims

religious pilgrims stories: 8 news summaries

 Religious Tourists 
 Still Flocking to Italy 

Easter likely to see 100,000 in St. Peter's Square

Apr 10, 09 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - While industries around the world feel the weight of recession, Italy’s religious tourism appears fairly immune, USA Today reports. “It's one of the only areas where things haven't slowed down much," said a religious tour marketer. "Religious pilgrims still want to have the same experiences”—... More »

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Vatican City • tourism • Italy • Vatican • recession • global economy • Catholicism • religious pilgrims • St. Peter's Square • pilgrimage

 Suicide Bomber Kills 35 in Iraq 

Women, children targeted en route Shia to holy city

Feb 13, 09 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - A female suicide bomber killed at least 35 Iraqi pilgrims on the way to a religious festival today, reports CNN. Another 45 were wounded. The victims, mainly women and children, were in the town of Mussayib, about 40 miles south of Baghdad. Hundreds of thousands of Shia pilgrims are currently... More »

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Iraq • Karbala • suicide bombing • Shia • Iraq violence • female suicide bomber • religious pilgrims

Iraq Women Banned at Shrine to Thwart Female Bombers

Security forces can't search women

Jan 7, 09 6:25 AM CST
(Newser) - In a bid to ward off female bombers, officials have banned women from a Shia shrine during one of the holiest times of the year, reports the BBC. Because Iraq security forces lack female members, women cannot be searched for bombs. Women are now banned at the Imam Mousa al-Kazim... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • religion • Shia • female suicide bomber • religious pilgrims • wowOwow

 177 Killed in India 
 Temple Stampede 

Cause of crush still unknown, police blame slippery slope

Sep 30, 08 5:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - A stampede killed at least 177 worshipers at a Hindu temple in western India today, the Times of London reports. Early theories for the crush included a bomb scare and a broken barricade, but police are blaming the steep, slippery path that leads to the temple. Similar stampedes have killed... More »

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India • Hindu • religious pilgrims • stampede • temple

 Gay Tourism 'Tricky' for Israel

Nation welcomes economic boost, but not liberal culture

Aug 13, 08 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two men kissing near the Mount of Olives isn’t what religious pilgrims expect in Jerusalem, and the boom in gay tourism is making some uneasy, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Thousands of gay travelers—drawn to the beaches, nightlife, and trendy Tel Aviv—have visited Israel this year, spending... More »

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Israel • tourism • religious pilgrims • gays

 Sri Lanka Bus Bomb Kills 20

Bus was packed with Buddhist pilgrims; authorities blame Tamil Tigers

Feb 2, 08 9:53 AM CST
(Newser) - A bomb suspected to be the work of Tamil Tiger rebels detonated on a crowded bus in Sri Lanka today, killing at least 20 and leaving more than 60 seriously burned or otherwise injured. The parcel bomb ripped through a private bus carrying Buddhist pilgrims that had stopped at a... More »

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Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • bombing • Buddhism • religious pilgrims • bus bombing

Egypt, Israel Keep Pilgrims Stranded at Sea

Israel may nab Hamas members on board; conditions worsening

Dec 29, 07 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - More than 2,000 Palestinian pilgrims are stuck floating in the Red Sea today, barred from returning to Gaza through Egypt’s Rafah border crossing. Egypt demands that they reenter through an Israeli checkpoint, but Hamas fears that members on board will be arrested. Israel has claimed that the militants... More »

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Israel • Hamas • Egypt • Arab Israeli conflict • religious pilgrims

Nepal Bridge Fails; 200 Missing

15 bodies recovered after suspension span collapses

Dec 25, 07 1:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Nepalese rescuers were searching into the night for about 200 people who plummeted into a swirling river when a suspension bridge collapsed. Another 15 bodies have been recovered, and 32 were taken to nearby hospitals. Up to 1,000 Hindu pilgrims were on the bridge when it failed in a... More »

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bridge collapse • Nepal • Himalayas • Hindu • Kathmandu • religious pilgrims • religious festival • Bheri River • suspension bridge

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