Rain Disrupts Final Day of Haj
Syed Faisal Ali, Siraj Wahab & Hassan Adawi, Arab News |
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MINA, 23 January 2005 — A torrential downpour that swept Mina disrupted the retreat of pilgrims as this year’s Haj drew to a close yesterday. The rare spell of rain started belting down across the...
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Haj a Success in All Respects: Abdul Majeed
Mahmoud Ahmad, Arab News |
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MAKKAH, 23 January 2005 — The current Haj season has been “successful in all respects,” Makkah Governor Prince Abdul Majeed said yesterday. Prince Abdul Majeed, who is also president of the Haj...
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Heavy Rains Wallop Western Region
Yousif Muhammad & K.S. Ramkumar, Arab News |
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MADINAH/JEDDAH, 23 January 2005 — Traffic slogged to a halt as heavy rains flooded roads and neighborhoods in the Jeddah-Madinah corridor, prompting helicopter rescue operations to save Eid campers...
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Pilgrims Persist in Lugging Luggage
Syed Faisal Ali, Arab News |
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MINA, 23 January 2005 — It seems rather obvious that what you need to stone the devil are pebbles, but some pilgrims persist in lugging heavy luggage to Jamrat, and that puts officials — and other...
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Iraqi Insurgents Free Chinese Hostages
Naseer Al-Nahr, Arab News |
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BAGHDAD, 23 January 2005 — Iraqi insurgents said they had released eight Chinese hostages yesterday, as a militant group said it had shot dead 15 kidnapped Iraqi soldiers in continued violence ahead...
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