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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev expressed...

The 400-year-old minaret came down during Friday prayers at the Bab al-Baradeen mosque in Meknes, a town in northern Morocco. Another 17 people were hospitalized.

"I ask you to pass on my sincere condolences... to the family and friends of the dead," Medvedev said in a telegram to Morocco"s King Mohammed VI.

Reports have blamed heavy rains for the collapse.

MOSCOW, February 20 (RIA Novosti)




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