61.   Earlier, officials said Rahman was beaten to death by furious Muslim pilgrims who had waited more than two days for a flight to Mecca.

62.   More than half a million Muslim pilgrims have already arrived in Saudi Arabia for the pilgrimage that is due to begin in less than two weeks.

63.   More than two million Muslim pilgrims began pouring into the plains of Arafat Thursday for the climax of the annual hajj.

64.   Muslim pilgrims returning from the hajj, the pilgrimage to the holy sites in Saudi Arabia, were mostly among those stuck, the sources said.

65.   Rahman was beaten to death at Kabul airport late Thursday by angry Muslim pilgrims who had waited more than two days for a flight to Mecca.

66.   Rahman was beaten to death late Thursday by angry Muslim pilgrims who had waited more than two days for a flight to Mecca.

67.   Saudis spent some six billion dollars while foreigners, including Muslim pilgrims, paid the rest, he said.