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Saudi king Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud
Jeddah - SPA
The number of pilgrims coming from abroad for this year’s Hajj season in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, until the end of yesterday, (Friday) September 19, 2014, amounted to 290,726 pilgrims of whom 906,708 pilgrims came by air; 807,8 by road and 577,8 by sea.
This number is down by 8 % from the number of pilgrims came in the same period of previous year (Hajj 2013).
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Beirut - NNA
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Paris - Emiratesvoice
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Taipei - Emiratesvoice
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Paris - Emiratesvoice
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Paris - Emiratesvoice
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