Topic: Medina
AP News | 2009-11-30 17:28:40
Muslim pilgrims attend prayers shortly after sunset at the Prophet Mohammed Mosque, the second holiest site in Islam, in the Saudi holy city of Medina, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Nov. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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AP News | 2009-11-25 12:46:51
<div id="subtitle">Rights group condemns Saudi death sentence against man convicted of witchcraft</div><div><p>Saudi Arabia should overturn a death sentence imposed on a Lebanese national convicted of practicing witchcraft during a visit to the conservative kingdom, an international human rights group said in a report late Tuesday.< ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-11-21 20:10:26
<div><p>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.</p><p>An Indian man, a Moroccan woman and a Sudanese man -- all aged 75 -- died from A(H1N1), as ...
AFP Global Edition | 2009-11-21 20:10:26
<div><p>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.</p><p>It was the first reported news of fatalities from the disease among pilgrims gathering in the kingdom for ...
