1.   Stores stayed open late, allowing pilgrims pick up some last souvenirs.

2.   The Saudis allowed the pilgrims, whose paperwork was in order, to continue their journey, but briefly detained two of the planes.

3.   When security forces began to allow pilgrims through, the crowd surged setting off the stampede.

4.   But Riyadh countered that it was applying a quota system agreed with other Islamic countries allowing one pilgrim for every thousand people.