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Saudi Arabia authorities are denying reports that more than 1,000 people died in the Hajj Stampede on the outskirts of Mecca last week, after downplaying the horrific death toll at 769.  This comes after accusations from countries like Nigeria and Iran, which lost hundreds of citizens in the deadly debacle.  Nigeria says it had been informed that 1,075 bodies were taken to mortuaries near Jeddah - India put the figure at 1,090, based on photographs it says the Saudis provided.  But Saudi Arabia says the higher figures include all deaths during the Hajj, including from the crane crash that happened a week earlier.

The Saudis are denying responsibility for an airstrike in Yemen this week that killed at least 130 members of a wedding party.  It happened on Monday near the Red Sea port of Mocha, where a man linked to the Houthi rebel movement was celebrating his marriage.  Saudi Arabia has been bombing Houthi targets for six months, after they pushed out the Saudi-friendly government.  More than 5,000 people have been killed in the fighting since then, almost half of them civilians.

The US and UK are warning its citizens in Bangladesh to be cautious after the murder of a foreign aid worker, apparently Islamic State's first killing in that country.  50-year old Cesare Tavella was jogging in the capital Dhaka's diplomatic quarter when two attackers fired at him from behind.  IS took responsibility.  Police are not commenting on the claim.

Germany's cabinet approved a tweak to the country's asylum laws to reduce the number of migrants from the Balkan nations of Kosovo, Montenegro, and Albania.  This comes as the European Union is stressed with the arrival of more than half a million refugees from the conflicts in the Middle East as well as economic refugees from South Asia and Africa.  Although most refugees are from Syria, 40 percent of Germany's asylum applications have come from countries in the Western Balkans.

Two days after pro-independence parties won regional elections in Spain's Catalonia region, Catalan leader Arturo Mas and two co-defendants are being called to court for last year's symbolic secession vote.  Madrid accuses Mas of disobedience, abuse of power, and embezzlement of public funds.  The Catalan regional government denounces the lawsuit, and Mas' pro-independence party says the case showed the "central state's political cowardice".

Burkina Faso troops have surrounded the Presidential Guard, accusing them of failing to give up their weapons after the short-lived coup earlier this month.  The reinstated civilian government officially dissolved the Presidential Guard, and the international airport is closed in fear of of fighting in the capital.  The former coup leader, ex-security chief General Gilbert Diendere, says he is trying to reason with the holdouts to get them to put down their arms.

Four African nations are pledging to divert a small percentage of the profits from oil, gold, and other resources to a fund to fight childhood malnutrition.  It's called called Unitlife, and will be managed by the UN children's agency (UNICEF).  Starting in 2017, Congo-Brazzaville, Guinea, Mali, and Niger will take one US cent from every barrel of oil and US $0.60 from every ounce of gold, which sounds like nothing but will raise $100 Million per year for starters.

Crews managed to safety remove an Orangutan who wandered into a residential area in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan Province.  The poor guy lost him wild habitat to forest fires.  After a well-placed tranquilizer dart, they took the big fellow to a refuge.