Saudis question Mecca preparedness as MERS spreads

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MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Officials in Saudi Arabia are raising alarm that the kingdom is not doing enough to prevent Mecca from becoming a route for exporting an often deadly respiratory virus as millions of Muslims from around the world converge on the city to perform pilgrimage at Islam’s holiest site.

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