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6/10/2013 9:33:39 PM
Tourism Minister Hisham Zaazou will visit Saudi Arabia to discuss latter's decision to cut number of pilgrims to Mecca, Medina by 20 percent
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Egypt
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6/6/2013 11:25:50 AM
A bus crash Wednesday near Mecca kills seven Egyptian pilgrims and injures at least 17; casualties rushed to nearby hospitals
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5/8/2013 2:43:25 PM
In Buenos Aires, painters have found a surplus of empty walls to splash their colors on, creating the most captivating graffiti
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4/24/2013 11:43:35 AM
Saudi justice minister says ultra-conservative kingdom is not planning to allow establishment of non-Muslim places of worship
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World
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10/28/2012 8:08:39 PM
Small-scale demo in the east of the holy city staged by Syrian pilgrims is dispersed by police
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10/28/2012 11:41:24 AM
Final rituals of annual hajj sees pilgrims leaving holy city of Mina before dusk to hurl rocks at three pillars representing Satan; Pilgrimage officially ends Monday
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10/25/2012 10:33:18 PM
Senad Hadzic reaches Mecca for hajj after travelling on foot for 314 days through Bosnia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Syria and Jordan and Saudi Arabia
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10/25/2012 5:59:57 PM
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10/24/2012 10:52:56 AM
Moving from holy city of Mecca to Mina, more than two million Muslims begin main rituals of hajj pilgrimage
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Economy
10/24/2012 10:10:26 AM
As the annual haj season begins, pilgrims are looking for precious keepsakes with religious significance
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World
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10/21/2012 4:45:51 PM
More than 2 million Muslims are expected to perform hajj this year; Saudi Interior Minister insisted that pilgrims from Syria are not being barred from the world's largest Muslim annual gathering
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Egypt
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10/14/2012 11:48:26 AM
Executive Chief of the Egyptian mission in Saudi Arabia reports that three Egyptians died during the pilgrimage to Mecca
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Business
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Economy
9/19/2012 12:58:23 PM
Kingdom says giant development projects in Mecca and Medina make it difficult to accommodate larger visitor numbers
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9/5/2012 1:10:51 PM
Man beheaded in Mecca for raping a female family member, brings to 53 the total number of executions in Saudi Arabia this year
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Egypt
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Politics
8/16/2012 3:40:52 PM
After meeting in Mecca last week, Turkish President Abdallah Gul accepts Morsi's invitation to visit Egypt next December
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World
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8/15/2012 1:06:49 AM
Muslim countries currently taking part in OIC summit in Mecca will likely vote on Wednesday to suspend Syria's membership in Islamic organisation – despite objections by Iran
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Egypt
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8/15/2012 12:54:13 AM
Egyptian president attends Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Mecca, meets Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for first time
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8/14/2012 1:33:52 PM
Iran opposed the expected suspension of Syria's membership in the OIC as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in Saudi Arabia to attend the Islamic summit
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World
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8/14/2012 12:35:36 AM
In a response to Syria’s Assad's suppression of a 17-month uprising and against Iran’s will, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation decides to suspend Syria from the international body
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Egypt
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8/13/2012 11:24:07 PM
President Morsi will visit Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to participate in two-day Islamic Summit, where he's likely to meet Saudi monarch Abdulla Bin Abdel Aziz
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