Budget to Boost Vital Sectors: Al-Assaf
P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News |
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JEDDAH, 20 December 2006 — Saudi Arabia’s 2007 budget aims at development of vital sectors and projects including new universities, schools, hospitals, health centers and industrial cities as well...
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Mina Projects Aim to Increase Pilgrim Safety
Zainy Abbas, Arab News |
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MAKKAH, 20 December 2006 — Several large construction projects have been undertaken in Mina with the aim of increasing the safety of pilgrims. The most notable among them is the new multilevel Jamrat...
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Another Major Conference Canceled
Maha Akeel, Arab News |
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JEDDAH, 20 December 2006 — Another major conference was canceled in Saudi Arabia. The conference has been rescheduled to take place in Amman instead, in order to avoid having to confront the hurdles...
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Kingdom Won’t Take Sides in Iraq, Says Saud
P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News |
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JEDDAH, 20 December 2006 — Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal said yesterday that Saudi Arabia would not take sides in Iraqi sectarian violence, denying press reports that Riyadh would support...
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Fighting Rages Across Gaza Strip
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News |
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GAZA CITY, 20 December 2006 — A fierce gunbattle between rival Fatah and Hamas forces erupted outside Gaza’s main hospital yesterday, sparking a day of factional violence that left an already shaky...
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Sixth Month in Prison for Fatima and Child
Ebtihal Mubarak, Arab News |
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JEDDAH, 20 December 2006 — Fatima, the 34-year-old woman who was divorced in absentia against her will from her husband by a judge at the request of her half-brothers, has entered her sixth month...
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Wife in Indonesia, Maid in Kingdom
Maha Akeel, Arab News |
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JEDDAH, 20 December 2006 — An 18-year-old Indonesian woman sought the help of her country’s embassy in Riyadh for a divorce from her abusive husband only to find out that her marriage with the elderly...
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