In its statement, the government said the 16 travel agencies failed to provide adequate services for pilgrims.
Officials say over 1,000 pilgrims died during this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia
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The government has long argued the graves are not on a list of protected official historic Islamic and Christian monuments, a list that has hardly been updated in decades.
Historic Cairo cemetery faces destruction from new highways as Egypt's government reshapes the city
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