GenevaLunch » hajj http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 07:51:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Floods in Saudi Arabia kill 77, hamper Hajj pilgrimshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/27/floods-in-saudi-arabia-kill-77-hamper-hajj-pilgrims/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/27/floods-in-saudi-arabia-kill-77-hamper-hajj-pilgrims/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:50:01 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=32436 GenevaLunch.com Sudden rain on a scale rarely seen in Saudi Arabia earlier this week caused floods with a death toll that has now risen to 77, according to Saudi officials, who say the worst-hit area was Jeddah, about 60km from the holy city of Mecca, Wednesday 25 November. Thousands of pilgrims making their way to Mecca [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/27/floods-in-saudi-arabia-kill-77-hamper-hajj-pilgrims/feed/ 1 Saudi Arabia takes steps against A/H1N1 flu in annual pilgrimagehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/30/saudi-arabia-takes-steps-against-ah1n1-flu-in-annual-pilgrimage/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/30/saudi-arabia-takes-steps-against-ah1n1-flu-in-annual-pilgrimage/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:29:12 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=30664 GenevaLunch.com Scientists from Saudi Arabia are assessing the risks posed by the annual hajj, pilgrimage, in the spread of the A/H1N1 swine flu virus along with experts from the World Health Organization, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2009, more than 2,5 million pilgrims are expected in Saudi Arabia from 160 countries [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/30/saudi-arabia-takes-steps-against-ah1n1-flu-in-annual-pilgrimage/feed/ 0 Hajj at Mecca beckons two million, “better organized” this yearhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2008/12/10/hajj-at-mecca-beckons-two-million-better-organized-this-year/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2008/12/10/hajj-at-mecca-beckons-two-million-better-organized-this-year/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:47:41 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=9313 GenevaLunch.com Two million pilgrims have made the trip to Mecca for the Hajj, and according to Al Jazeera hundreds of thousands have already taken part in the symbolic mass stoning at Mina, where stones are thrown at a wall to “symbolize the rejection of temptation.” Saudi authorities have made improvements to the area, which has been [...]

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