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21 million Shiites mark Arbaeen in Iraq's Karbala / 32JK8PW
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Dressed in black, 21 million pilgrims from around the world massed in the Iraqi city of Karbala on Saturday for the Shiite Islam Arbaeen commemoration, against the backdrop of a political crisis. Arbaeen marks the end of the 40-day mourning period for the 7th-century killing of Imam Hussein by the forces of the Caliph Yazid -- a formative event in Shiite Islam. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES