Hajj generates $30B for Saudi Arabia
UPI - 58 minutes agoMECCA, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia reaps at least $30 billion per year from hosting annual hajj pilgrimage to Muslim holy places, Arab media reported.
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5 people dead from swine flu on Muslim pilgrimage
New York Post - Sun Nov 29, 12:35 pm ETMINA, Saudi Arabia — The Saudi health minister says five people have died from the H1N1 flu virus during the annual hajj. Abdullah al-Rabeeah said Sunday authorities recorded 73 cases of H1N1, commonly known as swine flu, during the pilgrimage. He s...
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Saudis claim key mountain win over Yemeni rebels
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 28, 5:28 pm ETSaudi Arabia said on Saturday it had taken control of a strategic mountain on the Saudi side of the border with Yemen, clearing the area of Yemeni Shi'ite rebels.
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Hajj pilgrims not among those killed in rain
CNN - Sat Nov 28, 6:29 pm ETThe torrential rains and heavy floods that slammed and engulfed western Saudi Arabia on Wednesday killed dozens of people, but it appeared Thursday that none were Hajj pilgrims making the obligatory journey for Muslims across the globe.
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Saudi Arabia awards contract to Raytheon
UPI - Mon Nov 23, 7:14 pm ETDUBAI, 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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Death toll from floods in Saudi reaches 106
New Haven Register - Sun Nov 29, 9:42 am ETRIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A Saudi official says the death toll from the unusually heavy rains that hit western Saudi Arabia has reached 106.
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View Systems' Product Partner, Belcom, Announces Orders From Saudi Arabia, India, Bangladesh and the UAE
GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Nov 24, 11:14 am ETBALTIMORE, 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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Nine Saudi soldiers captured near Yemen
The World - Sun Nov 29, 5:25 am ETRIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia officials said 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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Saudi official: 5 dead from swine flu at hajj
FOX 11 Tucson - Sun Nov 29, 8:17 am ETMINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The Saudi health minister says five people have died from the H1N1 flu virus during the annual hajj.
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Hajj stoning ritual creates big risk for spreading H1N1
The Durango Herald - Sun Nov 29, 2:34 am ETMINA, Saudi Arabia - Millions of Muslim pilgrims, many wearing surgical masks, jostled together shoulder-to-shoulder furiously casting pebbles at stone walls representing the devil Saturday - the hajj ritual of highest concern to world health authorities watching for an outbreak of H1N1 flu.
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Local troops complete basic training
Erie Times-News - Sun Nov 29, 12:04 am ETMaster Sgt. Mark E. Chylinski has retired after 27 years of service with the New York Air National Guard. He had traveled to Saudi Arabia and Italy, and to parts of Florida, Hawaii and Louisiana.
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Hajj devil stoning ritual biggest swine flu risk
Boston Herald - Sat Nov 28, 12:33 pm ETMINA, Saudi Arabia - Millions of Muslim pilgrims, many wearing surgical masks, jostled together shoulder-to-shoulder furiously casting pebbles at stone walls representing...
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Hajj's stoning ritual raises fears of swine flu outbreak
Washington Post - Sun Nov 29, 12:00 am ETMINA, SAUDI ARABIA -- Millions of Muslim pilgrims, some wearing surgical masks, jostled one another Saturday to furiously cast pebbles at stone walls representing the devil -- the hajj ritual of highest concern to world health authorities watching for an outbreak of swine flu.
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9 Saudi soldiers missing along Saudi-Yemen border
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 3:32 pm ETSaudi 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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Flooding, traffic jams and swine-flu fears snarl Islam's hajj in Saudi Arabia
Denver Post - Thu Nov 26, 4:52 am ETMuslim 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.
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Nigeria's hospitalised president is okay: vice president
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 12:52 pm ETNigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua, undergoing treatment for a heart condition in Saudi Arabia, is doing fine, his deputy said on Friday.
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Safer stoning at Haj
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Muslims cast stones at 'devil' at start of Eid
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Haj pilgrims gather amid H1N1 fears
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