Meat for Mecca: Somaliland Exports Livestock for the Hajj

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美国有线新闻 CNN 2012-10-23

We are a week and a half away from Halloween; the presidential election is two weeks off and you are right on time for a new week of CNN Student News. My name is Carl Azuz. Lets go ahead and get started. First up, protesters in Lebanon, including one

VOA慢速英语--朝圣活动最危险的部分始于沙特阿拉伯

Riskiest Part of Haj Begins in Saudi Arabia More than two million Muslims from 165 countries gathered to throw stones at a large wall near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. The event shows the believers rejection of the devil. It is pa

VOA常速英语2007年-Couple From US Prepares for Hajj

By Laila Azimi Washington 17 December 2007 Muslims from around the world are on their way to Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the spiritual pilgrimage known as the Hajj beginning December 18. This annual event takes place during the 12th month of the Islami

2006年VOA标准英语-Hajj Pilgrims Search for News of Missing R

By Challiss McDonough Cairo 13 January 2006 The death toll has risen to at least 363 after Thursday's deadly stampede during the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. Pilgrims are searching for news of t

VOA常速英语2007年-US Condemns Assassination of Lebanese General

By David Gollust Washington 12 December 2007 The United States Wednesday joined other countries in condemning the Beirut car bomb assassination of Lebanese Brigadier General Francois al-Hajj, who was set to have become the country's army chief. The a

AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-12-08

1. President-elect Barack Obama has named retired General Eric Shinseki as his Veterans Affairs secretary. Shinseki served as Army chief of staff in the Bush administration but left after testifying that it might take several hundred thousand US tro

麦加踩踏事故逾700人遇难

AS IT IS 2015-09-25 More than 700 Crushed to Death Near Mecca 麦加踩踏事故逾700人遇难 More than 700 people were crushed to death Thursday near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in a stampede. More than 800 others were injured. The victims were part of t

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AS IT IS 2015-10-11 Number of Dead in Hajj Stampede Disputed 麦加朝圣踩踏事故的死亡人数存争议 The Associated Press news agency says at least 1,400 people were killed in a stampede during this years hajj pilgrimage. That is much higher

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VOA标准英语2012--Azaz Residents Pick Up After Aerial Bombings

Azaz Residents Pick Up After Aerial Bombings The residents of Azaz clean up and mourn after Wednesday's deadly bombing by Syrian government warplanes. Azaz had been peaceful in recent months, although forces of the rebel Free Syrian Army have had to

VOA标准英语2010-Muslim Environmentalists Push for Green H

Muslim environmentalists are pushing for a green Hajj - the pilgrimage in Mecca that three million Muslims make each year - which would include a ban on plastic bottles at Hajj sites With a population of 1.4 billion and control of the world's largest

VOA标准英语2009-Hajj Pilgrims Add H1N1 Vaccine to Ritual

About 2.5 million Muslims are converging on Mecca this week to take part in the annual Hajj. This year many pilgrims are adding extra step to their preparations for the ritual - getting the H1N1 vaccine. Elizabeth Arrott | Cairo 23 November 2009 The

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穆斯林孩童体验朝圣之旅 Come on. You guys say it, nebayk Allah ... Hafsa Abdelrahman leads the children of the Dar Al-Hijrah weekend school into a mock-up of the Muslim holy city Mecca. They circle the Kaabashrine. They do it again, and aga

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Mecca sits in the western mountains of Saudi Arabia, in a sanctuary roughly 100 mile square. Since long before Islam, it has been considered sacred territory where no one could hunt, cut trees or fight. At the heart of the city is a great mosque call

voa标准英语2008-Saudi Arabia Prepares for Annual Hajj

The annual Islamic pilgrimage known as the Hajj officially gets under way Saturday in Saudi Arabia. Saudi officials are working to avoid any repeat of the tragedies that have befallen the Hajj in years past. Muslim pilgrims pray around the Kaaba at

VOA常速英语2007年-Lebanon Buries Slain Army Commander

By Edward Yeranian Beirut 14 December 2007 Lebanon's feuding political leaders joined in Friday's funeral of Brigadier General Francois al Hajj, honoring the late army officer who was killed in a car-bomb on the outskirts of Beirut Wednesday. Hajj is

VOA常速英语2007年-Millions of Muslims Begin Hajj Pilgrimage in Me

By Challiss McDonough Cairo 17 December 2007 Millions of Muslims from around the world have arrived in the Muslim holy city of Mecca to begin the annual Hajj pilgrimage. The four-day ritual is taking place under tight security, and officials in Saudi

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This is the second cut of diplomatic ties between the two countries in nearly 30 years. Let's look at some of the big events in the rocky relationship between the two regional Islamic powers. In July, 1987, tens of thousands of Shi'ite pilgrim demons

VOA标准英语2009年-Humanitarian Situation in Northern Yemen D

U.N. aid agencies say the humanitarian situation in northern Yemen continues to deteriorate as the battle between the Yemeni government and rebels allied to al-Qaida rages on. The agencies say tens of thousands of civilians are trapped in the confli