Over SR6bn Withdrawn Through ATMs for Eid
P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News |
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JEDDAH, 16 November 2004 — People in the Kingdom have withdrawn more than SR6 billion from banks through their 3,300 ATMs located across the country during the first two days of Eid Al-Fitr, press...
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Situation on Corniche ‘Explosive’
Hassan Adawi & Saleh Fareed, Arab News |
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JEDDAH, 16 November 2004 — Sales of firecrackers are burgeoning on the Corniche despite warnings that their use is dangerous to people visiting the beach. Lack of control over the sale or use of potentially...
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Fallujah: Murder Made Respectable
Linda S. Heard, solitairemedia@yahoo.co.uk |
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Iraq is under martial law, complete with curfews and press restrictions. A report in the prestigious Lancet says 100,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed since the start of the invasion. Unemployment...
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Can Barghouti Be the Palestinian Mandela?
Roger Harrison, Arab News |
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With Marwan Barghouti allowing himself to be nominated as a candidate in the Palestinian elections slated for Jan. 9, 2005, Israel and the US are placed in a politically interesting position. Keen...
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Powell, Others Quit Bush Team
Barbara Ferguson, Arab News |
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WASHINGTON, 16 November 2004 — US Secretary of State Colin Powell surprised Washington and the world yesterday by announcing his resignation. Also leaving the administration are Agriculture Secretary...
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US ‘Neocons’ Gun for Key Posts
Arab News |
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JEDDAH, 16 November 2004 — With Colin Powell stepping down, changes that were bound to happen in the second Bush administration are reaching the higher echelons of the Cabinet. Others whose resignations...
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Abbas Meets Hamas to Urge Unity Pact
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News |
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GAZA CITY, 16 November 2004 — Trying to put the Gaza gunfight of Sunday behind it, the new Palestinian leadership held a series of talks aimed at creating what one called “a national accord” ahead...
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