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Projects Worth SR 171 Million Executed in Makkah (Zawya)
10 March 2010 The Municipality of the Holy City of Makkah represented by Directorate of Operation and Maintenance of Municipal Utilities is currently executing 24 projects at a total cost of SR 171 million in Makkah and other holy sites.

Projects worth more than SR 107m executed in Makkah (MENAFN)
Projects worth more than SR 107m executed in Makkah

Tourism law in final stage: Prince Sultan bin Salman (Zawya)
11 March 2010 MAKKAH: The new tourism law is in its final stage and could be passed this year, according to the chairman of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA).

Mohsina Kidwai elected chairperson of Haj committee (New Kerala)
New Delhi, March 10 : Senior Congress leader Mohsina Kidwai was Wednesday elected chairperson of the Haj Committee of India, a government panel that makes arrangements for the Muslim pilgrimage to the holy cities of Makkah and Medina in Saudi Arabia.

Mohsina Kidwai elected chairperson of Haj committee (Hindustan Times)
Senior Congress leader Mohsina Kidwai was on Wednesday elected chairperson of the Haj Committee of India, a government panel that makes arrangements for the Muslim pilgrimage to the holy cities of Makkah and Medina in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi court upholds death sentence against 'sorcerer' (Arabian Business)
Court announces death verdict to set an example and deterrent for others.

New mall to be built in Makkah soon (MENAFN)
New mall to be built in Makkah soon

Posted: 04-03-2010 , 06:33 GMT (Mena Report)
Over four million foreign pilgrims are expected to come to Makkah for Umrah during 2010. This is according to the National Committee for Haj and Umrah that released information estimating a 15 percent year on year increase in pilgrims this year, a number that had grown by 8.93 percent in 2009 to 3.3 million from 3.1 million in 2008.

New mall to be built in Makkah soon (Zawya)
06 March 2010 JEDDAH: A new mall will be built in Makkah following a SR3-million deal signed on Thursday by Khalid Al-Harbi, CEO of Aqari Investment Holding, and Khalid Gharbi, CEO of Inshaa Al-Jazeera.

Bomber's death fresh blow to Indonesia militants (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A suspected mastermind of the Bali bombings was killed in a police raid in Indonesia in the latest blow to an Islamist militant movement in the world's most populous Muslim country.