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- 7,000 Iraqi pilgrims stopped from entering Saudi Arabia
- BAGHDAD AFP — Around 7,000 Iraqi Muslims hoping to take part in an annual pilgrimage to Mecca were unable to enter Saudi Arabia because Iraq had exceeded its quota of pilgrims. "A portion of these pilgrims found themselves blocked at the Saudi airports and an entry point at Arar,...
- Research articles 2006-01-03
- Shiite pilgrims among 27 killed in Iraq attacks
- BAGHDAD AFP — At least 16 Shiite pilgrims heading to the shrine city of Karbala were killed on Tuesday in a spate of attacks across Iraq which also claimed the lives of six policemen and five civilians. The pilgrims were heading mostly on foot to attend the Arbaeen religious...
- Research articles 2007-03-06
- Saudi religious police accused of attacking pilgrims
- RIYADH AFP — Saudi religious police beat a group of Iraqi pilgrims holding British and US citizenship in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, a Saudi Shiite news website and a Western source said Monday. "There was a misunderstanding which led to a quarrel between a group of British...
- Research articles 2007-08-06
- Palestinian pilgrims stranded over Gaza return: police
- CAIRO AFP — More than 2,000 Palestinian pilgrims were stuck on boats off Egypt's Red Sea port of Nuweiba on Saturday after refusing to return to the Hamas-run Gaza Strip via Israel, an Egyptian police source said. "Some 2,250 Palestinian pilgrims are stranded on two ferryboats off Nuweiba" after...
- Research articles 2007-12-29
- Two killed in attack on Shiite pilgrims: Iraq police
- BAGHDAD AFP — Two people were killed and 10 wounded in an attack on Shiite pilgrims heading home from the Arbaeen religious ceremony, police in northern Iraq said Saturday. Gunmen ambushed the pilgrims on the highway near the town of Sarha, some 100 kilometres (62 miles) south of Kirkuk,...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- Bethlehem has celebrated its most festive Christmas since a Palestinian uprising began in 2000, with the largest turnout of pilgrims visiting the town of Jesus' birth in more than five years
- Bethlehem has celebrated its most festive Christmas since a Palestinian uprising began in 2000, with the largest turnout of pilgrims visiting the town of Jesus' birth in more than five years. More than 30,000 pilgrims descended on the Palestinian-ruled West Bank town for the holiday. The number was twice that...
- Research articles 2006-01-24
- Vatican's pilgrim charter literally puts spirit in the sky.(Vatican introduces air charter service for Catholic pilgrims)(Street Art Show and Auction by Draftfcb New York for Rock N Renew)(Microsoft Corp. gives advertising contract to Bradley and Montgome
- Thinking about taking that pilgrimage to the shrine at Lourdes? Wait no longer, the Pope has his own airplane to take you there. In truth, it is the Vatican that has introduced a charter service for Catholic pilgrims. Although the plane won't take pa Thinking about...
- Research articles 2007-09-10
- Saudi airlines to fly in nearly one million pilgrims for hajj
- RIYADH AFP ? National flag carrier Saudi Arabian Airlines expects to carry a record number of 921,706 Muslim pilgrims for the annual hajj to Mecca. Some 381,650 passengers are from Asia and 241,480 from the Middle East, the official SPA news agency said Wednesday. Another 128,200 faithful have...
- Research articles 2004-01-14
- Congolese pilgrims can go on hajj after WHO clears country of Ebola
- RIYADH AFP ? Pilgrims from Congo will be able to join the hajj, the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, after the World Health Organisation WHO declared the country free of the deadly Ebola disease. The Al-Watan newspaper quoted Saudi Health Minister Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Mane as saying "Congolese pilgrims...
- Research articles 2004-01-23
- Saudi Arabia rakes in 1.38 billion dollars from foreign pilgrims
- RIYADH AFP ? Saudi Arabia earned about 5.2 billion riyals (1.38 billion dollars) from spending by foreign pilgrims during this year's hajj to the Muslim holy sites. The 1.4 million foreign pilgrims who flocked to Mecca spent 1.4 billion riyals (373.3 million dollars) on accommodation, two billion riyals (533.3...
- Research articles 2004-02-09
- Pope celebrates mass with pilgrims at Lourdes shrine
- LOURDES, France AFP ? An ailing but determined Pope John Paul II celebrated an open air mass in front of more than 100,000 pilgrims at the Roman Catholic shrine to the Virgin Mary in Lourdes. The 84-year-old pontiff arrived on his popemobile from a nearby residence for sick pilgrims,...
- Research articles 2004-08-15
- Nearly two million Muslim pilgrims flock to city of tents
- MINA, Saudi Arabia AFP — Nearly two million Muslim faithful from across the globe were preparing to spend the night in a city of tents in a valley close to Mecca on the first leg of the annual hajj journey. Bus convoys ferried the pilgrims from Mecca to the...
- Research articles 2005-01-18
- Pilgrims bid Mecca farewell as holy journey draws to end
- MECCA, Saudi Arabia AFP — Hundreds of thousands of Muslim faithful bid Mecca farewell as the annual pilgrimage to Islam's holiest sites drew to an end without major incident despite unusual heavy rains. Having accomplished all hajj rituals, the pilgrims began on Saturday night the "tawaf" or circling of...
- Research articles 2005-01-23
- Hoarse pope addresses pilgrims by video-conference
- VATICAN CITY AFP — A hoarse Pope John Paul II addressed pilgrims by video-conference from inside his Vatican apartment amid doctors' concerns that he risked a relapse after his recent flu. The pontiff, who will be 85 in May, remained in his library for the weekly general audience as...
- Research articles 2005-02-23
- Pilgrims hopeful of glimpsing pope on Good Friday
- VATICAN CITY AFP — As more than one billion Roman Catholics across the world prepare to commemorate Christ's Crucifixion, many pilgrims held out hope that ailing Pope John Paul II would join them by video link in Good Friday's ceremonies. On another day of unwelcome firsts in his 26-year...
- Research articles 2005-03-25
- Pilgrims bring messages and prayers to pope's tomb
- VATICAN CITY AFP — Bringing messages, pictures, prayers and tears, hundreds of pilgrims from the world over were allowed for the first time Wednesday to pay their respects at the tomb of Pope John Paul II. "It's as if he is still alive. It's as if he is there,"...
- Research articles 2005-04-13
- Pope greets Hong Kong pilgrims
- VATICAN AFP — Pope Benedict XVI strayed from official Vatican protocol and greeted a group of Chinese pilgrims from Hong Kong. For the first time since he succeeded John Paul II last month, the pope asked his driver to stop so he could greet and bless the pilgrims on...
- Research articles 2005-05-25
- Pope forgets to bless pilgrims
- CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy AFP — Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged that he was absent-minded after forgotting to bless the hundreds of pilgrims who attended his weekly audience at his Castel Gandolfo summer residence. He said his mind was already in Cologne, where he was to travel Thursday to participate in...
- Research articles 2005-08-17
- Christians pray for peace as pilgrims flock to Bethlehem
- BETHLEHEM, West Bank AFP — Christians around the world celebrated Christmas with prayers for peace amid fears of violence as pilgrims returned in droves to their saviour's birthplace. Thousands of pilgrims descended on Bethlehem as the birthplace of Jesus Christ enjoyed its busiest Christmas of the new century while...
- Research articles 2005-12-24
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