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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MECCA, 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.
MINA, 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...
Saudi 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.
The 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.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia has contracted Raytheon to deliver its surveillance technologies to support air traffic management and safety.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A Saudi official says the death toll from the unusually heavy rains that hit western Saudi Arabia has reached 106.
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.
RIYADH, 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.
MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The Saudi health minister says five people have died from the H1N1 flu virus during the annual hajj.
MINA, 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.
Master 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.
MINA, Saudi Arabia - Millions of Muslim pilgrims, many wearing surgical masks, jostled together shoulder-to-shoulder furiously casting pebbles at stone walls representing...
MINA, 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.
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.
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.
Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua, undergoing treatment for a heart condition in Saudi Arabia, is doing fine, his deputy said on Friday.