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  1. A fire that broke out overnight at a hospital in a southwestern province of Saudi Arabia killed at least 31 people and injured over 100, the Saudi government said Thursday….The kingdom has suffered a number of large-scale accidents this year, including a crane collapse in Mecca that killed 111 and a stampede that killed at least 2,411 during the hajj pilgrimage in September, according to an Associated Press count. The AP figure of the hajj disaster death toll, which is three times higher than the number of deaths acknowledged by the kingdom, establishes the Sept. 24 stampede at Mina as the deadliest incident in the history of the annual pilgrimage. It is based on state media reports and officials' comments from 36 of the over 180 countries that sent citizens to the hajj. Hundreds of people remain missing.

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