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• Why Flooded-Out Cars Are Likely Total Losses

  31-08-2017 23:52 via yahoo.com
  Auto owners whose vehicles were swept up by Hurricane Harvey are facing two hard facts right now: Their car is almost certainly totaled, if it was swamped, and they'll get no money back if they d...
  
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• SNES Classic's Never-Released Star Fox 2 Gets An Online Manual

  31-08-2017 23:52 via gamespot.com
  
  The Super NES Classic Edition features 21 of the console's very best games, but perhaps the most notable of its pre-loaded titles is Star Fox 2. The SNES sequel to the original Star Fox was all but complete in 1995, only to be unceremoniously canceled before launch, making this the first time the game will be released in an official capacity. Fittingly, Nintendo has shared a retro-style manual for Star Fox 2 online, giving fans a chance to learn more about the lost SNES game before it finally la
  
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• Mom-to-Be Covers Her Baby Bump With Swarm of 20,000 Bees in Buzz-Worthy Photo Shoot

  31-08-2017 23:40 via yahoo.com
  "I know a lot of people are looking at this video, thinking, 'This lady is crazy,'" Emily Mueller, 33, of South Akron told InsideEdition.com.
  
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• Prosecutor demands trial for fraternity 'savages' in Penn State hazing death

  31-08-2017 23:37 via yahoo.com
  A prosecutor on Thursday urged a Pennsylvania judge to try 16 fraternity members in the alcohol-fueled hazing death of a 19-year-old aiming to join the club at Pennsylvania State University."They have been acting as out-of-control savages for so long," District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller said in her closing argument at a hearing in Centre County Courthouse on whether there is enough evidence to bring the case to trial."The Gauntlet," a drinking obstacle course in which fraternity pledges consum
  
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• Watch Final Fantasy 15 PC Running At 4K

  31-08-2017 23:26 via gamespot.com
  
  Final Fantasy XV is coming to PC next year, which means that you'll soon be able to throw a whole lot of processing power at it. Today, Nvidia released a video showing some of what you can expect from FFXV running on a high-end machine.The short video showcases some gameplay clips of the game running at 4K resolution with a lot of PC-exclusive graphical effects enabled. You can watch the video below, but you'll need a 4K screen to see it at full resolution.FFXV on PC will feature a lot of other
  
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• Amazon Is Now The Boozy Friend Who Can Bring You Alcohol In Less Than Two Hours

  31-08-2017 23:21 via yahoo.com
  Sometimes, you need liquor because you have a party to go to and you need to bring some sort of offering to say, “Thanks for having me, let’s imbibe together!”
  
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• Antidepressants Found In Brains Of 10 Fish Species

  31-08-2017 23:17 via yahoo.com
  High concentrations of antidepressants were found in the brains of 10 fish species.
  
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• Mother Heartbroken After Son is Electrocuted While Trying to Save Sister's Cat During Harvey

  31-08-2017 23:04 via yahoo.com
  He reportedly ordered his friend not to touch him in one final selfless act.
  
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• GameStop Says Its Expensive SNES Classic, Switch Bundles Are "More Convenient"

  31-08-2017 23:01 via gamespot.com
  
  Both the Nintendo Switch and pre-orders for the SNES Classic Edition have been extremely hard to come by, selling out almost instantly everywhere. In response, we've seen GameStop and its subsidiary, ThinkGeek, offer bundles that package those systems with things you may or may not want. According to GameStop, it's about making the online shopping experience "more convenient."GameStop's senior director of merchandising, Eric Bright, recently spoke about the controversial subject with Glixel. "We
  
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• Metal Gear Movie Director Re-Working Script To Make It More Kojima

  31-08-2017 23:00 via gamespot.com
  
  The Metal Gear Solid movie is still a long way off. Its director, Jordan Vogt-Roberts, attached himself to the adaptation unusually early in the process, through a combination of passion, determination, and hard work. Back in 2014, he was relatively untested; now, with the successful Kong: Skull Island on his resume, he's using his newfound clout to course-correct the project closest to his heart."After Kong came out, and it was a commercial and critical success, my standing sort of changed in t
  
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• Before and after photos: Harvey's devastating floods are clearly visible from space

  31-08-2017 22:57 via yahoo.com
  Even from space, the flooding disaster caused by Hurricane Harvey is clear as day.   New images taken by DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2 satellite show the catastrophic flooding in Texas left in the wake of Harvey this week. The new photos are particularly striking when compared with earlier images taken from orbit that show green fields instead of brown, flooded land.  SEE ALSO: Tropical Storm Harvey's mind-blowing stats "Since Aug. 19, DigitalGlobe’s constellation of five
  
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• White House pushes back on reports that Trump has decided to end DACA program

  31-08-2017 22:54 via yahoo.com
  White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Thursday pushed back on multiple new reports that President Trump has decided to end DACA.
  
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• Isil convoy that was blocked by US air strikes attempts different route

  31-08-2017 22:53 via yahoo.com
  An Isil convoy that was blocked by US air strikes on Wednesday attempted a different route to reach territory held by the jihadist group in eastern Syria, despite the coalition warning it would likely strike again. More than 300 lightly armed Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) fighters and about 300 family members are being evacuated from Syria's western border with Lebanon under a ceasefire agreement involving the jihadist group, the Syrian army and the Lebanese Shia militia Hizbollah.
  
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• Heroes On Jet Skis Rescue Trapped Elderly Couple From Texas Floods

  31-08-2017 22:53 via yahoo.com
  On Monday, an elderly couple in North Houston was rescued from their flooding home by two men on jet skis.
  
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• A Look At Mecca, Islam's Holiest Site, At The Height Of The Hajj Pilgrimage

  31-08-2017 22:44 via yahoo.com
  The annual Hajj pilgrimage is one of the world’s largest religious gatherings, as some 2 million people flock to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to participate in one of Islam’s five pillars of faith.
  
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• How to Salvage Your Valuables After Serious Flooding

  31-08-2017 22:40 via yahoo.com
  Hurricane Harvey pummeled Houston and its environs and parts of Louisiana with rain for days on end. Their lives upended by water, residents are now faced with mucking out their homes, tearing ou...
  
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• Nearly 800,000 Dreamers Wait For Trump To Decide Whether To Change Their Lives

  31-08-2017 22:29 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― A week after the first reports that President Donald Trump was set to end protections for young undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children, the nearly 800,000 so-called Dreamers still don’t know where they stand.
  
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• Pokemon Go's Invite-Only EX Raid Type Begins Testing Soon

  31-08-2017 22:27 via gamespot.com
  
  Along with the news that three new Legendary Pokemon are on the way to Pokemon Go, developer Niantic has announced that it will begin field-testing the game's new Exclusive Raids very soon.Now dubbed EX Raids, these differ from the standard Raids in a few important ways. Most notably, players will need to receive an invitation in order to participate in one. To get an invite, you will have to had completed a Raid at that location "recently." Niantic says that players will have "advance warning"
  
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• Logitech Releases Wireless Gaming Keyboard Alongside Mouse With New Sensor

  31-08-2017 22:18 via gamespot.com
  
  Peripheral manufacturer Logitech is expanding its wireless gaming profile with a new mechanical keyboard in the G613 and a new mouse in the G603. Both operate on two AA batteries and use the company's proprietary wireless technology called Lightspeed which offers a 1ms response rate.Logitech stated that the G603 mouse ($70) and G613 keyboard ($150) will release at the end of August, but you can only pre-order on the company's website right now.G613 wireless mechanical keyboard (left), G603 wirel
  
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• Sea Of Thieves PC Features 540p, 15 FPS Lock Options

  31-08-2017 22:08 via gamespot.com
  
  Like a growing number of games, Rare's swashbuckling adventure Sea of Thieves will be playable in 4K on Xbox One X and PC. Even if you don't have a high-end machine, however, Rare has made it so that you'll still get the full experience out of the open-world pirate game.Speaking to PC Gamer, Sea of Thieves executive producer Joe Neat briefly touched on the hardware requirements players will have to meet to play the game. "We're trying to go as low as possible," he said. "We have an idea of what
  
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• Belarus Is Going to “War” — With a Fake Country

  31-08-2017 22:02 via yahoo.com
  A made-up nation created for Belarusian-Russian military drills has sparked the national imagination.
  
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• Danger in the Water: High Levels of Unsafe Bacteria Found in Harvey Floodwaters

  31-08-2017 21:56 via yahoo.com
  Microbiologists have found that the bacteria levels in the water are 125 times higher than what is considered safe for swimming.
  
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• Thailand seizes 136 smuggled live pangolins

  31-08-2017 21:44 via yahoo.com
  Thai customs have confiscated 136 live pangolins, the world's most poached animal, and 450 kg (992 lb) of pangolin scales worth 2.5 million baht ($75,000), officials said on Thursday.Authorities managed to intercept the smuggled pangolins which entered Thailand from Malaysia late on Wednesday after a tip-off.Director-general of Thai Customs Department, Kulit Sombatsiri, said the market value and demand of the animals and their body parts remained high, which drove smuggling.
  
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• If Trump pulls trigger on NAFTA withdrawal, Mexico will walk away

  31-08-2017 21:41 via yahoo.com
  Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said on Wednesday that Mexico will leave the negotiating table if U.S. President Donald Trump goes ahead with a threat to start the process of withdrawing from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
  
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• Stranded Houston Father Crashes Daughter's Grad School Class, Takes The Most Dad Selfie

  31-08-2017 21:28 via yahoo.com
  One Houston dad who was helping his daughter move to college is making the best out of not being able to return to Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
  
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• Immigrants and advocates rally in support of DACA

  31-08-2017 21:16 via yahoo.com
  Trump had pledged on the election campaign trail to scrap all of former President Barack Obama's executive orders on immigration, including the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or "Dreamers," program.
  
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• Three-Mile Asteroid Is About to Buzz the Earth

  31-08-2017 21:05 via yahoo.com
  Asteroid Florence is one of the biggest ones to come close to our planet since we started keeping records.
  
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• 11 Best Star Wars Force Friday Toys

  31-08-2017 21:03 via gamespot.com
  
  September 1 marks the second annual Force Friday, a day when there are sales on Star Wars items at stores and online. This year, there were quite a few new products revealed for the event, some of which tie into the upcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Here are some of the best toys we saw for Force Friday.
  Kylo Ren's Tie Fighter (Lego)
  Lego is producing some larger sets for Force Friday this year. Kylo Ren's Tie Fighter is a 630 piece Lego set which features four minifigures: Kylo Ren, BB-9E, St
  
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• Check Out God Of War PS4's Amazing Concept Art

  31-08-2017 20:41 via gamespot.com
  
  The next God of War game is still a long way off, but recently Sony released several images of concept art for the game that are pretty incredible. They show off the war-torn, desolate world that you'll be exploring in-game, as well as Kratos looking distinctly Scandinavian. They also depict some of the pretty scary-looking Norse enemies that you'll fight. Kratos's son Atreus also appears, holding a dagger that looks insufficient for taking on the hordes of foes. Check out the images below.E3 20
  
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• Colorado Construction Crew Finds 66-Million-Year-Old Triceratops Fossil

  31-08-2017 20:22 via yahoo.com
  A Colorado scientist says he’s “over the moon” after a construction crew in the city of Thornton reportedly stumbled upon a triceratops fossil last week.
  
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• Star Wars: The Last Jedi's New Droid Is An Evil BB-8

  31-08-2017 20:17 via gamespot.com
  
  Force Friday was a key day in the lead-up to the release of 2015's Star Wars: The Force Awakens, with all the major toy companies releasing a host of toys that tied in with the movie. With The Last Jedi set for release in December, Force Friday II is set to take place starting at midnight tomorrow, September 1. Details of what fans can buy have now been revealed, which includes some new characters from The Last Jedi.One of the new additions is a droid named BB-9E. Although it seems to be from th
  
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• Hezbollah chief, who lives in hiding, says met Assad in Damascus

  31-08-2017 20:15 via yahoo.com
  The head of Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, who has lived in hiding for the past decade, said Thursday he travelled to Damascus to seek the Syrian president's approval of a jihadist evacuation deal."I personally went to Damascus" to see President Bashar al-Assad, Hassan Nasrallah told thousands of his supporters in a televised speech.Nasrallah, 57, has only made rare public appearances since the 2006 war against his arch-foe Israel.
  
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• Call Of Duty: WW2 Beta Is Now Live On PS4/Xbox One, A Day Earlier Than Scheduled

  31-08-2017 20:13 via gamespot.com
  
  Call of Duty: WWII's second beta weekend was scheduled to begin tomorrow, September 1, but it's gone live a day early. You can already jump in and check out the beta, which includes several additions from last weekend.Players noticed earlier today that the beta had become accessible well before its planned September 1 start date; GameSpot has since confirmed that it's playable now. So, if you've pre-ordered the game on either PS4 or Xbox One and received a code for the beta, you can start playin
  
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• No Easy Way Out for Trump on Obstruction Case

  31-08-2017 20:12 via yahoo.com
  Barbara McQuade, former U.S. attorney, talks with Joy-Ann Reid about the strength of the obstruction of justice case against Donald Trump and why it's about more than the firing of James Comey.
  
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• Pokemon Game Discounts Headline September's My Nintendo Rewards

  31-08-2017 20:09 via gamespot.com
  
  Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon may still be a few months away, but Pokemon fans have a few titles to look forward to soon. On September 22, the Pokemon fighting game Pokken Tournament DX launches for Switch, and alongside it, the classic Gold and Silver versions will arrive in the 3DS Eshop. To commemorate the upcoming releases, Nintendo has announced some new Pokemon-themed rewards for My Nintendo members in the US.As is typically the case, the rewards come in the form of discounts for select
  
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• Iraq announces another major victory over IS jihadists

  31-08-2017 20:08 via yahoo.com
  Iraq declared on Thursday that its forces had retaken the northern city of Tal Afar and the surrounding region, in another major victory over Islamic State group jihadists.IS, which seized nearly a third of Iraq in 2014 in a humiliating defeat for the army and police, now controls barely 10 percent of the country, according to the US-led international coalition ranged against the jihadists.The fall of Tal Afar, located in the northern province of Nineveh, deprives IS of what was once a key suppl
  
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• GameTech Support: We Answer Your Hardware-Related Questions

  31-08-2017 20:07 via gamespot.com
  
  GameTech Support
  GameTech Support is a new reader mailbag feature where we answer all of your hardware and tech-related questions.Table of contentsWill there be cryptocurrency GPUs that will prevent the over inflation of gaming cards?Can you help me put together a cheap gaming PC?How do I get HDR working on my PS4?When are the next GPUs coming? Also, why should you pay more for a motherboard?Is it okay to leave PC parts out?Should I always update my GPU driver?What is a PWM fan? And can I SLI tw
  
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• Call of Duty: WWII New Guns, Scorestreak, Basic Training in Private Beta

  31-08-2017 19:59 via gamespot.com
  
  Rob and Erick head back into the Call of Duty WWII private beta to try out the new M1A1 Carbine, M1903 Sniper, a new scorestreak Mortar Strike, and a brand new basic training Ordnance.
  
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• The Simpsons Composer Alf Clausen Fired After 27 Years [UPDATE]

  31-08-2017 19:51 via gamespot.com
  
  Update: An official statement has been released concerning Clausen's reported departure from the show. "We tremendously value Alf Clausen's contributions to the Simpsons and he will continue to have an ongoing role in the show," Fox told GameSpot. "We remain committed to the finest in music for the Simpsons, absolutely including orchestral. This is the part where we would make a joke but neither Alf's work nor the music of the Simpsons is treated as anything but seriously by us."Original Story:
  
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• Massive Night Fortress in Fortnite’s Survive The Storm Update

  31-08-2017 19:50 via gamespot.com
  
  Mutant storms bear down on Fortnite players in a new mode adding modifiers, hydraulic guns, and a new sheilder beast.
  
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• Destiny 2's New Companion App Adds Functionality That's A Lot Like Reddit And Slack

  31-08-2017 19:49 via gamespot.com
  
  Ahead of next week's release of Destiny 2, the Destiny companion app has received a huge overhaul. It's available to download now, and from a first look at the app, it has become a lot more social. In the first Destiny, the companion app was mainly a way to check your gear and your game stats. Destiny 2's app presents a lot more information about Destiny, Bungie, and the community right up front.For example, upon launching the app, you're now greeted with the Explore section, which is essentiall
  
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• Last Chance To Get These Free Xbox One And Xbox 360 Games With Gold Titles

  31-08-2017 19:45 via gamespot.com
  
  It is the last day of August, which means now is your final chance to pick up some of August 2017's free Games With Gold titles before they return to their normal prices. There are three games to claim, two of which will no longer be free after today.On Xbox One, the adorable-looking first-person game Slime Rancher will end its run as a freebie at midnight. Switching to Xbox 360, the third-persons hooter Red Faction: Armageddon is free until the end of the day. Also worth noting is that another
  
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• U.S. forces Russia to close three diplomatic offices ‘in the spirit of parity’

  31-08-2017 19:39 via yahoo.com
  Last month, the United States was ordered to cut in half its diplomatic and technical staff in Russia. Now Russia is being asked to close its consulate in San Francisco and annex buildings in Washington, D.C., and New York City.
  
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• U.S. Shuts Down Russia's Consulate in San Francisco

  31-08-2017 19:28 via yahoo.com
  The move is in retaliation to a diplomatic staff cut in Moscow
  
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• Trump Administration Orders Russia To Close Several Diplomatic Facilities In U.S.

  31-08-2017 19:26 via yahoo.com
  WASHINGTON ― The Trump administration ordered Russia to close three diplomatic facilities in the U.S., the latest move in a series of escalating diplomatic slights between the two countries.
  
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• Donald Trump's pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio may not be upheld by a US court

  31-08-2017 19:23 via yahoo.com
  Donald Trump's controversial pardon of Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio may not go through due to a US district court judge.Judge Susan Bolton of the US District Court handling Mr Arpaio's case has cancelled a sentencing hearing for the former Maricopa County sheriff but stopped short of throwing out his conviction.Instead, Ms Bolton said that because a presidential pardon carries an implication of guilt she wants both Mr Arpaio's lawyers and the US Department of Justice to submit briefs on why she sh
  
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• Total War: Warhammer 2 System Requirements Revealed

  31-08-2017 19:20 via gamespot.com
  
  If you're eagerly awaiting Total War: Warhammer II on PC, its developer The Creative Assembly has shared some key info. It has revealed the recommended and minimum system requirements for the game, which comes out September 28.Creative Assembly is also revealing new graphical features it's rolling out for release. Those include improved Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO), a new volumetric fog system that thickens the air (producing god-ray effects), a new sharpening filter, and impressive wet
  
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• Texas Chemical Plant Owner Lobbied To Delay Obama Administration Safety Rules

  31-08-2017 19:20 via yahoo.com
  Arkema, the company that owns a Texas chemical plant that spewed “noxious” smoke Thursday, successfully lobbied to delay the enactment of plant safety rules — regulations that would've gone into effect five months ago.
  
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• Russian activist Navalny launches new attack on Putin with claim of 'secret mansion'

  31-08-2017 19:15 via yahoo.com
  Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, has been linked to ownership of a villa complex on a scenic island near the Finnish border where a Soviet version of Sherlock Holmes was filmed, according to two investigations. It is claimed in a YouTube video, which got more than 1.8 million views in 24 hours, that Mr Putin is the owner of the Sellgren Villa on Lodochny Island in the Bay of Vyborg, a red-brick home built in 1913 and recently expanded, according to separate in
  
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• Pilgrims throng Mount Arafat for peak of hajj

  31-08-2017 19:04 via yahoo.com
  Mount Arafat (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - Their palms facing the sky, around two million Muslims gathered Thursday on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat for the highlight of the hajj pilgrimage, one of the world's largest annual gatherings.
  
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