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The big fear this year concerning the annual mega-pilgrimage to Mecca is swine flu. At the pilgrimage's climax, crowds can reach a density of seven people every 10 square feet -- the perfect storm of flu transmission.
It houses some of ancient Mesopotamia's rarest artifacts, but what is even harder to find at Iraq's National Museum are visitors. So the museum has teamed up with Google and the U.S. government to create a "virtual museum" that will allow anyone with access to a computer to view its collections.
Kids at Baghdad's Al-Noor School for the Blind celebrate as much-needed Braille learning materials from the U.S. finally arrive.
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