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Saudi Arabia opens high-speed rail linking Islam's holy cities

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   A high-speed train at the new King Abdullah Economic City station near
   Jeddah.

   [ ] A high-speed train at the new King Abdullah Economic City station
   near Jeddah. Photograph: Stephen Kalin/Reuters

   Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has inaugurated a high-speed rail link
   between the two holiest cities in Islam, part of efforts to boost
   tourism as the country seeks to shed dependence on oil exports.