‘Abdullah Did Not Ban Women’s Pictures’
Somayya Jabarti, Arab News |
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JEDDAH, 18 May 2006 — Once again the wire services and international news agencies got it wrong by misquoting Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. The agencies had said that the king had...
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Reform in Harmony With Islam: Princess Lolwah
Siraj Wahab, sirajwahab@arabnews.com |
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JEDDAH, 18 May 2006 — A Saudi princess said reforms would continue in the context of Islamic culture and that the Saudi government had been gently pushing an expanded women’s role for decades. ...
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Four Consortia Qualify for Landbridge Project
P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News |
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JEDDAH, 18 May 2006 — Four consortia comprising Saudi and foreign companies have been qualified to present their offers to carry out the Kingdom’s prestigious landbridge project, which links the country’s...
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SR7 Billion Allocated for Health Care Centers
P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News |
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JEDDAH, 18 May 2006 — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has allocated SR7 billion to establish 2,000 primary health care centers across the Kingdom with advanced facilities, according...
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Abbas, Hamas Deploy Forces
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News |
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GAZA CITY, 18 May 2006 — After the Hamas-led government deployed a rival force yesterday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ordered his own security forces to deploy in strength to impose his authority. “President...
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Of Textbooks and the Joy of Learning
Abeer Mishkhas, abeermishkhas@arabnews.com |
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In The Times the other day there was a story about an author whose sales had surpassed Dan Brown’s, the author of “The Da Vinci Code.” The other author has not gained the fame and fortune of...
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Kingdom Donates $10m to World Food Program
Naif Al-Shehri, Arab News |
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RIYADH, 18 May 2006 — The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia yesterday donated $10 million to the United Nations World Food Program’s (WFP) operations in the Horn of Africa, where over 6 million people in six...
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Editorial: Avoidable Tragedies
18 May 2006 |
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Once again workers have died in an accident that was wholly preventable. The deaths this week of two foreign laborers working on Jeddah’s new sewage system was, the authorities say, the direct result...
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