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Wednesday 20 October 2004 (06 Ramadan 1425)

Stringent Measures in Place to Prevent Epidemics During Haj
M. Ghazanfar Ali Khan, Arab News
RIYADH, 20 October 2004 — Pilgrims will be required to produce yellow fever and meningitis vaccination certificates before being granted entry into the Kingdom. “Any suspected cases diagnosed...  Full Story 
 
 
Gas Outlets Spark Concern Among Madinah Residents
Yousif Al-Balochi, Special to Arab News

 
MADINAH, 20 October 2004 — Residents of Madinah are looking with concern at the spread of cooking gas outlets in residential areas. Many feel that it is a disaster waiting to happen with the outlets...  Full Story 
 
 
Local Councils in Major Cities to Have 14 Members
P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News
JEDDAH, 20 October 2004 — The semi-elected municipal councils in the Kingdom will have four to 14 members each, according to Prince Mansour ibn Miteb, chairman of the general election committee. He...  Full Story 
 
 
No Country Would Have Thought of Something Like That
Muhammad Omar Al-Amoudi
Following the American presidential election campaign, one feels as if he were watching an exciting match of football, boxing or wrestling or even a play. It is as if one were on the floor of the stock...  Full Story 
Expatriates Welcome New Citizenship Law
Arab News Team
RIYADH, 20 October 2004 — Expatriates have welcomed the new amendment to the Kingdom’s citizenship law, approved by the Cabinet on Monday, which qualifies the foreigners who have been in the country...  Full Story 
 
 
Two More Wanted Terrorists Caught
Staff Writer
JEDDAH, 20 October 2004 — Saudi security forces arrested two wanted terrorists, one disguised as a woman, as they press ahead with a crackdown on extremists blamed for a string of terror attacks, an...  Full Story 
 
 
Fatwas According to Tribal Norms
Raid Qusti, rqusti@arabnews.com
A few days before Ramadan, a Saudi religious scholar appeared on Al-Jazeera. Known in the past as a hard-liner, Sheikh Ayid Al-Qarni is now, after a period in prison, preaching a more moderate Islam....  Full Story 
 
 
Mousa Sadr Set to Make a Comeback
Amir Taheri, Arab News
BEIRUT/JEDDAH, 20 October 2004 — Twenty-seven years after his mysterious disappearance in Libya, Imam Mousa Sadr is making a comeback to haunt relations between Beirut and Tripoli. Two passports...  Full Story 

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