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317:References
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164:Background
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619:NZ Herald
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189:proxy war
168:In 2012,
105:explosion
1598:Pakistan
1240:Mawazine
933:Luzhniki
786:Khodynka
762:Valletta
653:Archived
623:Archived
594:Archived
559:Archived
532:20 April
526:Archived
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468:Archived
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351:20 April
345:Archived
284:See also
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211:Incident
191:between
134:Old City
47:Old City
43:Location
1630:Hathras
1542:Yaoundé
1475:Caracas
1467:Karbala
1443:Caracas
1224:Jodhpur
1208:Bandung
965:Tbilisi
901:Zamalek
796:20th c.
745:19th c.
555:AP NEWS
439:Reuters
229:Ramadan
150:Ramadan
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1494:Kerman
1435:Mumbai
1379:Kwekwe
1371:Multan
1347:Mumbai
1088:Durban
1029:Gowari
1005:Bastia
629:20 Apr
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201:UNICEF
111:Deaths
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1620:2023
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1606:Sanaa
1604:2023
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1580:2022
1572:2022
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1433:2017
1427:Turin
1425:2017
1417:2015
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1305:2012
1297:2012
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1250:2010s
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1198:2006
1192:Mecca
1190:2006
1182:2005
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1166:2005
1158:2005
1152:Miyun
1150:2004
1144:Mecca
1142:2004
1134:2003
1126:2003
1118:2001
1110:2001
1102:2001
1096:Mecca
1094:2001
1086:2000
1079:2000s
1067:1999
1059:1999
1053:Mecca
1051:1998
1043:1997
1035:1996
1027:1994
1021:Mecca
1019:1994
1011:1993
1003:1992
995:1992
987:1991
981:Mecca
979:1990
971:1989
963:1989
955:1988
947:1987
939:1985
931:1982
923:1981
915:1979
907:1977
899:1974
893:Ibrox
891:1971
883:1967
875:1965
867:1964
859:1954
851:1946
843:1943
835:1927
827:1913
819:1908
811:1903
803:1902
784:1896
776:1883
768:1876
760:1823
752:1807
649:Axios
274:Saudi
264:Zakat
221:Sanaa
142:Yemen
138:Sanaa
100:Cause
55:Yemen
51:Sanaa
1566:Giza
1411:Mina
631:2023
534:2023
498:ISSN
476:2023
418:2015
353:2023
197:Iran
195:and
122:322+
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