Abdullah Pleased With 9/11 Report
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JEDDAH, 15 August 2004 — Crown Prince Abdullah yesterday expressed satisfaction over the 9/11 Commission’s report on Saudi Arabia and said it had exonerated the Kingdom and Islam from terrorist charges. The...
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SR40m Saudi Aid for Darfur
P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News |
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JEDDAH, 15 August 2004 — Saudi Arabia has allocated humanitarian aid worth SR40 million ($10.7 million) for the strife-torn Darfur region in western Sudan, according to Dr. Abdul Rahman Al-Suwailem,...
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JCCI Launches Career Program
Habib Shaikh, Arab News |
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JEDDAH, 15 August 2004 — A seven-week program to help young Saudis find jobs began at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) here yesterday. “This is the sixth in a series of such...
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Elections in Saudi Arabia
Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid |
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Such a title in our local press is strange. A title protesting Saudi women being denied the right to vote and the invalidity of elections that exclude women is equally strange. The local press has...
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Najaf Talks Break Down
Naseer Al-Nahr • Arab News |
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BAGHDAD, 15 August 2004 — Truce talks between Iraq’s interim government and Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr broke down yesterday as the US military claimed killing 50 insurgents in the Sunni town of Samarra...
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An Open Letter to Peace-Loving Americans
Ibtissam Al-Bassam, Arab News |
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PARIS, 15 August 2004 — On Sept. 11, 2001 your land, protected by military might, geographical distance and two oceans, was the scene of a horrific act of terrorism. Three thousand American and non-American...
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American Israel: What Difference?
Dr. Khaled M. Batarfi, kbatarfi@al-madina.com.sa |
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James Rubin, senior adviser to Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, was blunt when we asked him during the Democratic National Convention in Boston about the party’s stand on the Israeli-Palestinian...
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WMD Conceived in Minds Inflamed by Anger
M.J. Akbar, Arab News |
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Religion has many dimensions. For most people it is simply a matter of fact. They were born in a particular faith and see no reason to step outside their ancestral code of belief. For most believers,...
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