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Monday, August 21, 2006

The Anatolia Times-Turkish Christian site saved from flames

"Turkish Christian site saved from flames
ANKARA - Turkish firefighters were reported Monday to have brought under control a major forest fire that threatened a celebrated Christian shrine in the west of the country.

According to the Anatolia news agency hundreds of people were mobilised overnight to fight the flames near Selcuk, where there is a shrine to the Virgin Mary which draws tens of thousands of pilgrims each year."

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