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Muslim pilgrims converge in Saudi city for hajj

AFP Global Edition 12 hours ago

An estimated 2.5 million Muslims have converged on Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage, as workers toil round the clock to complete construction projects designed to avoid deadly stampedes. All of this year's pilgrims were due in the holy city by the ...

Saudi Arabia seeks to curb flu and stop protest at haj

Reuters US Online Report World News 2 days ago

RIYADH (Reuters) - More than two million Muslims gather this week for the annual haj pilgrimage to Islam's holy city of Mecca, where Saudi authorities hope to minimize spread of the H1N1 virus and prevent any political demonstration. The haj, one of ...

Swine flu kills first hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia

AFP Global Edition 4 days ago

Swine flu has killed four pilgrims in Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj, health authorities said on Saturday only a few days before the massive Muslim gathering reaches its peak. An Indian man, a Moroccan woman and a Sudanese man -- all ...

Swine flu kills 4 hajj pilgrims: Saudi

AFP Global Edition 4 days ago

Swine flu has killed four pilgrims in Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj pilgrimage, the health ministry said in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency on Saturday. It was the first reported news of fatalities from the disease among ...

Hajj pilgrims in Saudi unfazed by swine flu

AFP Global Edition 4 days ago

Days before a forecast three million Muslim pilgrims pack Mecca to begin the holy ritual of the hajj, the spectre of a possible outbreak of swine flu seems to be fazing few of them. There might be posters in the streets, plastered ...

Saudi: 4 pilgrims die of swine flu before hajj

AP Features 4 days ago

Saudi health officials announced the first deaths from swine flu of this year's annual pilgrimage to Mecca, as four pilgrims succumbed to the disease soon after arriving in Saudi Arabia. The Health Ministry said none of the victims had been vaccinated and ...

Saudi won't bar hajj pilgrims over swine flu fears

AP News 18 days ago

Saudi Arabia won't bar those at high-risk for swine flu from performing hajj pilgrimage The Saudi health minister said Saturday that the kingdom will not bar anyone considered high-risk for swine flu from performing the hajj pilgrimage this year, though he urged ...

Saudis to begin mass flu vaccinations as hajj nears

AFP Global Edition 23 days ago

Saudi Arabia said Monday it is to vaccinate all its residents attending the hajj against swine flu, pressing ahead with plans to host millions of the world's Muslims despite a heightened pandemic alert. The kingdom has received the first tranche of 11 ...

Turkey reports 4 more swine flu deaths

AP Features 23 days ago

Four children died of swine flu on Monday in Turkey, bringing the country's death toll to eight, the Health Ministry said. The victims included a 22-month-old baby as well as a 4-year-old and a 14-year-old — both suffering from chronic illnesses, the ...

Top Saudi cleric warns against politicising hajj

AFP Global Edition 25 days ago

Saudi Arabia's top cleric has warned against politicising the hajj amid a war of words between Riyadh and Tehran over the annual pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat reported on Saturday. Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh told the ...

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