21.   Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has awarded citations of bravery to the Libyan Arab Airlines crew that violated U.N. sanctions in April to fly pilgrims to Saudi Arabia.

22.   Prices rose Monday after Baghdad announced it would fly pilgrims back from the Muslim cities of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia.

23.   Qatar Airways, a private company, made the request to fly the pilgrims to Israel, Sharon said.

24.   The apparent effort to circumvent the sanctions came as Egypt was carrying out diplomatic contacts to find a legal way to fly the pilgrims.

25.   The only exception to the U.N. sanctions allows Ariana to fly Muslim pilgrims to Islamic holy cities in Saudi Arabia.

26.   The pilgrims will be flown aboard three Royal Jordanian flights from Baghdad to Saudi Arabia next week, Petra said quoting an unnamed source at Royal Jordanian.

27.   The United Nations on Wednesday approved a request by Egypt to fly Muslim pilgrims from Libya to Saudi Arabia despite U.N. sanctions.

28.   The United States said Thursday it may seek tighter U.N. sanctions against Libya after a Libyan airliner flew pilgrims to Saudi Arabia in defiance of the sanctions.

29.   Transmile Air and Saudi Airlines were chosen last year to fly Malaysian pilgrims to Mecca, a job traditionally carried out by Malaysia Airlines.

30.   While the would-be pilgrims boasted of challenging the ban, Egypt was quietly negotiating a plan at the United Nations for flying the pilgrims without violating sanctions.