Click on icons for more Gulf stories
Click on icons for more Kingdom stories
Click on icons for more World stories
Click on icons for more Islam stories
Click on icons for more Business stories
Click on icons for more Opinion stories
Click on icons for more Local Press stories
Click on icons for more Features stories
Click on icons for more stories

 

Tuesday 11 November 2008 (12 Dhul Qa`dah 1429)

Dialogue among civilizations — New York Declaration to commend Saudi interfaith initiative
P.K. Abdul Ghafour I Arab News

 
JEDDAH/NEW YORK: World leaders have started arriving in New York for the landmark UN General Assembly meeting on the Culture of Peace, which will emphasize the need to respect all cultures and reject...  Full Story 
 
 
Shoura rejects proposal to ease Saudi marriages to foreigners
Arab News
RIYADH: The Shoura Council yesterday rejected a recommendation to simplify regulations governing Saudis marrying non-Saudis. However, a council session, chaired by its new Vice President Bandar Al-Hajjar,...  Full Story 
 
 
Cabinet approves national strategy to combat drugs
P.K. Abdul Ghafour I Arab News
JEDDAH: The Council of Ministers yesterday approved the national strategy to combat drugs and narcotics. It also decided to establish diplomatic relations with Ecuador and the princely state of Andorra...  Full Story 
 
 
Keep a sense of proportion
Linda Heard I sierra12th@yahoo.co.uk
A LONG with most people around the world I’ve been rooting for Barack Obama, now America’s president-elect. This time, the American people chose well. With the country’s economy and...  Full Story 
Obama plans Gitmo closure
Matt Apuzzo I AP
WASHINGTON: President-elect Barack Obama’s advisers are quietly crafting a proposal to ship dozens, if not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the United States to face criminal trials,...  Full Story 
 
 
Long waiting list at govt hospitals irks Saudis
Sarah Abdullah I Arab News
JEDDAH: Although medical care for Saudi citizens is free of charge — thanks in a large part to the emphasis on public health care instituted by the Kingdom’s founder King Abdul Aziz —...  Full Story 
 
 
South Riyadh gets center for the disabled
M. Ghazanfar Ali Khan I Arab News

 
RIYADH: Riyadh Gov. Prince Salman called on humanitarian organizations, businessmen and the general public to exert more efforts to integrate disabled children into mainstream Saudi society. Prince...  Full Story 
 
 
Editorial: No end to woes of Zimbabwe
11 November 2008
THE Zimbabwean opposition, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), was right to refuse the compromise plan devised by the leaders of the 15-nation South African Development Community (SADC) at their...  Full Story 

Advanced Search  


Enter your email
City, Country