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Nov 27 2009
Muslim pilgrims holding white umbrellas against the blazing sun clambered up a rocky desert hill for prayers Thursday during the annual hajj, following a day of torrential rains that killed at least 77 people. Flooding from the unusually heavy...
Nov 14 2009
Saudi Arabia has evacuated 240 villages because of fighting with Yemeni rebels, the UN children’s fund has reported. The Unicef statement said more than 50 schools had also been closed since fighting in neighbouring Yemen spilled across the...
Oct 30 2009
Next month’s pilgrimage, the largest international gathering in the world, provides “perfect” conditions for the spread of the H1N1 pandemic flu virus, scientists warned. Encouraging pilgrims to get vaccinated at least two weeks before departure...
Dec 2 2008
No one can deny the barbarism of the act of terror in Mumbai. My heart and prayers go out to all those who lost their loved ones and those who sustained injuries.