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Shi'ite Muslims mark Ashura day

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Updated: 2009-12-27 21:27

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Shi'ite Muslims mark Ashura day

Afghan Shi'ite Muslims flagellate themselves with chains during an Ashura procession in Kabul on December 27, 2009. Ashura, the most important day in the Shi'ite calendar, commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohammad, in the 7th century battle of Kerbala. [Agencies]

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