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Hospitality Net - Fri Nov 27, 9:52 am ET
Hilton Worldwide today announced the signing of a management agreement with Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Almousa Trading Group for the first Doubletree by Hilton in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Al Khobar.
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UPI - Thu Nov 26, 11:43 am ET
MECCA, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Heavy rains sweeping across Saudi Arabia during the pilgrimage to Mecca left 48 people dead, it was reported Thursday.
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The Durango Herald - Fri Nov 27, 2:34 am ET
MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia - Muslim pilgrims holding white umbrellas against the blazing sun clambered up a rocky desert hill for prayers Thursday during the annual hajj, a day after torrential rains killed at least 77 people.
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INO News - Thu Nov 26, 2:10 pm ET
(RTTNews) - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua is currently undergoing treatment for an acute heart ailment in a hospital in Saudi Arabia, said officials on Thursday.
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INO News - Thu Nov 26, 10:11 am ET
(RTTNews) - The worst flood in 27 years in Saudi Arabia killed 77 people, reports quoting the Saudi government said Thursday. Incessant rain until Thursday morning soaked the faithfuls and flooded the roads to the holy city of Mecca where millions are converging for the annual Haj pilgrimage.
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The Pakistan Link - Thu Nov 26, 10:49 am ET
MAKKAH: A total of 50 Hajj pilgrims from Pakistan have died in Saudi Arabia during performance of Hajj.
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EARTHtimes.org - Thu Nov 26, 9:11 am ET
Jeddah - Seventy-seven people were killed in flash floods as the annual hajj pilgrimage began in the desert kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Saudi government reported Thursday. The civil defence authority for the holy Muslim city of Mecca said that Wedne...
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EARTHtimes.org - Thu Nov 26, 7:42 am ET
Jeddah - Forty-eight people were killed in flash floods as the annual hajj pilgrimage began in the desert kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Saudi government reported Thursday. The civil defence authority for the holy Muslim city of Mecca said that Wednesd...
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EARTHtimes.org - Wed Nov 25, 10:26 am ET
Jeddah - The skies opened as millions of Muslims pilgrims started the hajj rites in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, leaving the desert kingdom drenched in rain. In Mina, the torrential downpour turned roads into rivers of mud and left do...
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Nov 25, 9:13 am ET
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.----Pizza Fusion announced the opening of its first international franchise in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia through a master franchise development agreement with Samir Food Co., Ltd., a Samir Group company.
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Bloomberg - Tue Nov 24, 10:00 am ET
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, increased the number of health-care workers at airports and hospitals as the kingdom seeks to prevent the spread of swine flu among Muslims during the annual pilgrimage to Mecca.
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UPI - Mon Nov 23, 7:14 pm ET
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia has contracted Raytheon to deliver its surveillance technologies to support air traffic management and safety.
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GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Nov 24, 11:14 am ET
BALTIMORE, Md. -- View Systems, Inc. , a security and tele-data solutions provider, announced today that the company's leading authorized and exclusive international dealer and business partner, Belcom, a Belhasa International Company, has received a second round of orders for ViewScan units and other View Systems products from Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, India and the United Arab Emirates.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 3:32 pm ET
Saudi Arabia says nine of its soldiers fighting Yemeni rebels on the border are missing and the kingdom's monarch is vowing to defend the country.
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Denver Post - Thu Nov 26, 4:52 am ET
Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site Wednesday in their traditional white robes, with a few additions — umbrellas and face masks — as the opening of the annual hajj was complicated by torrential rains and fears of swine flu.