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Recruitment of Foreign Labor Down by Half
M. Ghazanfar Ali Khan & Abdul Wahab Bashir |
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RIYADH/JEDDAH, 2 November 2004 — The number of foreigners recruited to work in the Kingdom has dropped by more than 50 percent last month compared to the same period last year, according to figures...
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Magnetic Cards to Help Trace Missing Hajis
Mohammed Rasooldeen, Arab News |
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RIYADH, 2 November 2004 — In order to overcome the problem of missing Hajis, authorities are planning to issue pilgrims with magnetic cards that will trace their movements by satellite within the two...
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Tearful Gunman Repents After Mother’s Death
Essam Al-Ghalib, Arab News |
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JEDDAH, 2 November 2004 — Saudi fugitive Naif Lafi Al-Mutairi, who is wanted by police on several assault charges, is now trying to become reconciled with his family after the death yesterday of his...
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Bush, Kerry Set for Photo Finish
Barbara Ferguson, Arab News |
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WASHINGTON, 2 November 2004 — The final day of campaigning before today’s presidential election day had both candidates sprinting across “swing” states in hopes of snaring voters before they head to...
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Is Thailand Joining the War on Terror?
Khaled Almaeena, almaeena@arabnews.com |
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Over the past few days there has been an alarming increase in the number of innocent Muslims who have been killed. I am not referring to Palestine, Iraq or Chechnya but to Thailand. It too has become...
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Editorial: Muslims in China
2 November 2004 |
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In today’s economically vibrant and politically self-confident China bad news is no news, unless it is really bad. So, things must have gone really badly for China’s official news agency to report...
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Sharon Needs His Nemesis Alive and Kicking
Linda Heard, solitairemedia@yahoo.co.uk |
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The pivot of the Israeli prime minister’s plan to unilaterally quit the open prison called Gaza instead of following through on the Quartet’s “road map” is that he doesn’t have a partner for peace....
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