1.   Egypt has been granted the right to transport Libyan pilgrims and began that operation Thursday.

2.   Iran Air is also prepared to transport pilgrims from the Moslem former Soviet republics in Central Asia and the Caucasus, Shafti said.

3.   As a compromise solution, the UN agreed to an Egyptian request to allow its national airliner Egypt Air to transport Libyan pilgrims.

4.   Two Egyptian planes landed in Libya on Thursday to transport pilgrims to Mecca in Saudi Arabia under an agreement with the United Nations, officials said.

5.   Meanwhile two Egyptian planes landed in Libya to launch an air bridge to transport pilgrims to Mecca under an agreement with the United Nations, despite the violation.

6.   On Friday Iraq violated the northern air exclusion zone by transporting pilgrims to Mosul.

7.   On Tuesday an official from Egypt Air said the company was ready to send its planes towards Libya to transport the pilgrims if the UN gives the go ahead.

8.   Rayan said Wednesday that Egypt Air would sent its first flights on Thursday to transport Libyan pilgrims from Tripoli and Benghazi directly to Jeddah.

9.   Saudi Arabia is to send four planes to Kabul to transport Afghan pilgrims to the kingdom for the annual Muslim hajj pilgrimage, the Okaz newspaper reported Sunday.