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Liveblogging the Mecca pilgrimage

Xeni Jardin at 11:58 am Wed, Nov 25, 2009

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Liveblogging Hajj. Al Jazeera has live coverage of the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, including notes on how swine flu and the economy are affecting this year's observance.

Boing Boing editor/partner and tech culture journalist Xeni Jardin hosts and produces Boing Boing's in-flight TV channel on Virgin America airlines (#10 on the dial), and writes about living with breast cancer. Diagnosed in 2011. @xeni on Twitter. email: xeni@boingboing.net.

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    10:15am: Lots of muslims here
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    10:30am: Okay they’re starting to move around
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