21.   Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims headed Saturday to the tomb of the Prophet Mohammed, their mattresses and suitcases stacked atop convoys of buses.

22.   Hundreds of Muslim pilgrims left Gaza heading for Mecca for the annual pilgrimage on Friday, the first ordinary Palestinians to travel on Palestinian passports.

23.   Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims headed Saturday to the tomb of the Prophet Mohammed, their mattresses, cloth bags and suitcases stacked atop convoys of buses.

24.   In a reversal, Col. Moammar Gadhafi says Libyan planes will not fly Muslim pilgrims to Saudi Arabia this month in defiance of a U.N. ban on air travel.

25.   In one case, they said, an Arab-American was kept in Gaza for eight days until he could get out as a Muslim pilgrim.

26.   Iran has suspended visits by Muslim pilgrims to Iraq because of the possibility of U.S. military strikes there, Akhbar newspaper reported Sunday.

27.   It was then financed by Muslim countries to facilitate travel of Muslim pilgrims to holy sites in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

28.   KARBALA, Iraq -- The gold-domed shrines of this holy city are drawing Muslim pilgrims again despite the hardships of travel because of U.N. sanctions.

29.   Libya flew a planeload of Muslim pilgrims from Tripoli to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday in violation of U.N. sanctions against international air travel.

30.   Libyan Airlines celebrated the suspension of a U.N. air embargo Wednesday by bringing home Muslim pilgrims from Saudi Arabia.