Hundreds of foreign journalist in Saudi Arabia to cover the Hajj

December 7, 2008

As many as 300 foreign journalist from all are covering the Hajj this year, the Ministry of Culture and Information reported today. Media outlets included CNN, the British Broadcasting Corporation, Reuters, the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Al-Jazeera, Dost TV (Turkey), The Financial Times (UK), The Guardian (UK), Politiken Newspaper (Denmark), NOS TeleTekst (The Netherlands), Eurovision, Kanal D (Turkey), Arna TV (Kazakhstan), NDTV (India), United Press International, TRT (Turkey), and France 24.