Haj Firms Want Saudia to Pay Reparations
P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News |
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JEDDAH, 1 February 2005 Representatives of 11 Haj and Umrah service companies in Makkah have asked Saudi Arabian Airlines to pay compensation worth SR80 million for the losses they suffered as a...
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Irate Pilgrims Damage Airport Computers
Hassan Adawi, Arab News |
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JEDDAH, 1 February 2005 The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) yesterday denied an Al-Jazeera television report about French pilgrims going berserk at King Abdul Aziz International Airport here, but...
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Candidate Declares War on Corruption
Raid Qusti & Nasser Al-Salti, Arab News |
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RIYADH, 1 February 2005 In one of the boldest campaign platforms chosen by a candidate contesting the forthcoming municipal elections, Dhafer Al-Yami has pledged to combat corruption in Riyadh Municipality. For...
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Phone Cabins Going Out of Business
Mahmoud Ahmad, Arab News |
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JEDDAH, 1 February 2005 Phone cabins have become a losing business and as a result an estimated 3,000 of them are on the verge of closure. The crisis has been brought about by the recent reduction...
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Allawi Calls for Unity
Naseer Al-Nahr, Arab News |
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BAGHDAD, 1 February 2005 Iraqs interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi called on his countrymen to set aside their differences yesterday, a day after Iraqis voted on religious or tribal lines. ...
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Guantanamo Captives Can Go to Court
Barbara Ferguson, Arab News |
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WASHINGTON, 1 February 2005 A federal judge ruled yesterday that foreign terror suspects detained overseas by the US government can challenge their imprisonment in US courts. The judge also criticized...
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Editorial: Yet Another Scandal
1 February 2005 |
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War brings chaos in its wake in which the most extraordinary items can go missing. No one ever found out what happened to the brand new tanks and equipment for an entire US armored division, which...
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Challenging a Sacred Cow
Linda Heard, solitairemedia@yahoo.co.uk |
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Excuse me while I put on my flak jacket. For many the touting of democracy as the best system of governance indeed, the only form has become almost a religion. Democracy, they say, means freedom,...
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