41.   In Jeddah, airport officials said they had not been informed that an Iraqi plane carrying pilgrims was on its way.

42.   A boat carrying Hindu pilgrims sank in the fast-flowing river Narmada.

43.   A second Libyan plane took off Wednesday to carry Moslem pilgrims to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the official news agency JANA reported.

44.   Egypt Air on Monday stepped up its UN-agreed flights to carry Libyan pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, Libyan officials said.

45.   The UN Security Council on Thursday postponed reaction to an Iraqi flight carrying pilgrims to the annual Mecca pilgrimage amid dissension on whether it violated UN sanctions.

46.   The two planes later left Kabul carrying pilgrims to Saudi Arabia and, according to Karzai, some of the alleged assassins.

47.   The UN Security Council began consultations Monday on whether an Iraqi flight that carried pilgrims to Saudi Arabia last week was in violation of the air embargo.

48.   Western diplomats said Egypt should have impounded the aircraft that carried the pilgrims and saw little that the UN could do now.

49.   It was carrying pilgrims planning to visit Shia Moslem holy shrines in the cities of Kerbala and Najaf.

50.   On Sunday, buses carrying Moslem pilgrims and fleeing Charisharief residents entered the besieged town for the first time since the army launched the operation, residents said.