Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Pilgrims die in bridge collapse

At least 11 people died and hundereds on a religous pilgrimage were missing after an overcrowded bridge collapsed in western Nepal yesterday. Nearly 400 people were said to have been on the bridge across a gorge over the Bheri River, 380km west of the capital Kathmandu, when it collapsed, district officials and police said.

New Word

pilgrimage->religious journey: a journey to a holy place, undertaken for religious reasons

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