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Puck
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PostThu Dec 28, 2006 5:17 pm    Millions begin pilgrimage to Mecca

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MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Nearly three million Muslims from around the world, chanting and raising their hands to heaven, marched through a desert valley outside Mecca on Thursday on the first day of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.


http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/28/hajj.firstday/index.html


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jose cuervo
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PostFri Dec 29, 2006 4:39 pm    

cool! i may not be muslim but i would like to see mecca once in my life.

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harrykims#1fan
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PostSat Dec 30, 2006 8:59 pm    

In leicester we have quite a high number of muslims (in fact the Channel 4 alternative xmas speech was done by a leicester muslim) and i saw about 15 coachs takin the pilgrims to the airport.

TRIVIA:: Mecca's also the name of one of Leicesters Bingo Halls


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PostSun Dec 31, 2006 8:15 pm    

Mecca bingo is a national chain.

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