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Eyewitness: Muslims gather in Mecca to perform Umrah

Eyewitness: Muslims gather in Mecca to perform Umrah

Photographs from the Guardian Eyewitness series

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Five-star hotel brings a touch of luxury to Cape Town’s regeneration

Five-star hotel brings a touch of luxury to Cape Town’s regeneration

With the opening of the Taj Cape Town, will the city prove the broken windows theory of urban decay?

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Krishna’s birthday

Krishna’s birthday

Children dress as Hindu god Krishna during festivities to mark Janmashtami at a school in Mumbai

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Indian gap year? Glorified holiday, more like | Leo Mirani

Indian gap year? Glorified holiday, more like | Leo Mirani

Students who claim to have discovered the ‘real’ India on their gap years are deluding themselves Two months ago, when final-year students graduated into the real world, this newspaper told them they hadn’t a hope in hell of getting a job .

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Australians travelling to Northern Ireland warned of increasing violence

Australians travelling to Northern Ireland warned of increasing violence

Official travel advice to Australian citizens revised amid escalating dissident activity during protests and gatherings Australia has warned its citizens travelling to Northern Ireland to avoid all protests and demonstrations because “they could inadvertently be caught up in violence directed at others”. The revised guidance follows the recent escalation of sectarian violence and dissident activity and a number of failed bomb attacks on police officers. Earlier this year police said the danger from dissidents was at its worst since the 1998 Real IRA Omagh bomb, which killed 29 people.

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