Saudi factory stitches gold-laced cover for Islam's holiest site

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Dozens of Saudi craftsmen, mostly in their 40s and 50s, are hard at work in a factory in Mecca preparing an embroidered black and gold cloth to cover the Kaaba, the holiest site in Islam.

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