1.   A boat ferrying pilgrims to a Hindu festival sank in a river in southern Bangladesh on Sunday, killing at least seven people, police said.

2.   Egypt earlier in the day had won U.N. approval for a waiver to the sanctions allowing Egyptian aircraft to ferry Libyan pilgrims.

3.   Egypt earlier in the day had won U.N. approval for a waiver to the sanctions, on humanitarian grounds, to allow Egyptian aircraft to ferry Libyan pilgrims.

4.   Egypt last month received U.N. approval to ferry Libyan pilgrims from Libyan airports.

5.   Iraq violated a U.S.-patrolled no-fly-zone on Friday, using helicopters to ferry pilgrims home from a border-crossing point with Saudi Arabia.

6.   Many of those killed were porters and men hired to ferry pilgrims on their horses.

7.   Starting Monday, helicopters will ferry the pilgrims from the Iraqi-Saudi border to their home areas, the news agency said.

8.   The illegal flight occurred the same day that Egypt secured a special waver from the U.N. Security Council to ferry pilgrims to and from the holy sites.

9.   The same day, Egypt secured a U.N. waiver to ferry pilgrims to and from the holy sites.

10.   While at water level, Paris-style barges will ferry pilgrims, city officials said Friday in a presentation of the work ahead.