At least 717 people were killed and another 863 were injured in a stampede this morning at a Hajj pilgrimage near the Islamic holy city of Mecca. The incident, which the BBC reports is the deadliest at the Hajj in 25 years, comes just 13 days after a crane collapsed into Mecca’s Grand Mosque, killing 109.
Paris Hilton is currently facing some major backlash in Saudi Arabia. Hilton — the less-famous niece of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills stars Kim and Kyle Richards — has just opened a store to sell her "handbags and accessories" at the Mecca Mall.
The Way We Live Now: looking back wistfully at the glorious year past, standing astride the river of commerce, one foot on the solid bank of triumphal economic revival, the other on the muddy bank of economic recession. Dancing!
It's real. The Saudi government is currently building an enormous clock tower in Mecca, set to Arabia Standard Time, that they hope will overshadow the Greenwich Observatory as the true center of the world's time. Yes. Arab Muslims: Time Thieves.
