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...UNHOLY MECCA...
Known for its liberal politics and its liberal spenders, Harvard Square has emerged as a mecca for panhandlers...
...strain had begun popping up, in succession, in more than 10 neighboring countries, including Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire and Sudan. Last November the same virus appeared in Saudi Arabia, two months before the hajj, when 2 million Muslims from around the world descended on Mecca and then returned to their home countries, perhaps carrying more than just their memories with them. Investigators are still looking into the possibility that the outbreak last week in Indonesia was linked to the pilgrimage. Only a 2003 case in Lebanon is unconnected to either the hajj or Nigeria...
...restore your sense of wonder Jordan (minimum duration is seven hours), passing sites that would have been familiar to Lawrence. Sitting in the sidings at Amman station are coaches recognizable from the era. In its heyday, the train carried up to 300,000 pilgrims to the annual Hajj in Mecca; now only a few passengers make the trip, which is operated by Hejaz Jordan Railway (tel: [962-6] 489 5413). ENGLAND Lawrence's brick cottage at Clouds Hill in Wareham, 14 km east of Dorchester, is now under the care of the National Trust (tel: [44-1929] 405616; www.nationaltrust.org.uk...
...journey between Damascus and Amman, Jordan (minimum duration is seven hours), passing sites that would have been familiar to Lawrence. Sitting in the sidings at Amman station are coaches recognizable from the era. In its heyday, the train carried up to 300,000 pilgrims to the annual Hajj in Mecca; now only a few passengers make the trip, which is operated by Hejaz Jordan Railway...