Mecca no stranger to tragedy

Death Toll Rises From Crane Collapse in MeccaSaudi Arabia"s civil defense authority says dozens of people have been killed after a crane collapsed on the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca on Sept. 11, 2015.(Photo: 2014 photo by Khalid Mohammed, AP)Millions of Muslims have made the hajj, the annualpilgrimage to Mecca.But in recent years, the pilgrimage has been marred by tragedies usually the result of a failure of...

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