At the center of Mecca.

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Caption: At the center of Mecca, the holiest city for the world's 1.6 billion Muslims, sits the Kaaba, a black cube- shaped building considered to be the "House of God." But a building boom in Mecca has upset many Muslims. The 76-story Royal Mecca Clock Tower, along with a giant shopping mall and an 800-room hotel, are being built just south of the Kaaba, and tower over it. The Saudi Arabian government says the...

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