Official Fined in Case of Harassment
Samir Al-Saadi, Arab News |
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JEDDAH, 21 May 2007 — The Court of Grievances has found a government official guilty of mistreating a Saudi family and fined him SR2,000, the Saudi Press Agency said quoting a statement from the Riyadh...
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30 Percent of Beggars Aren’t Poor, Survey Finds
P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News |
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JEDDAH, 21 May 2007 — About 90 percent of beggars in Saudi Arabia are foreigners and 30 percent of them are not poor but they have adopted begging as way to make quick money, according to a survey...
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Non-Muslim Overstayer Arrested in Makkah
Zainy Abbas, Arab News |
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MAKKAH, 21 May 2007 — A Sri Lankan Christian was arrested in the holy city of Makkah, which is off-limits to non-Muslims, by the Expatriates Monitoring Committee in Makkah. The authorities were...
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Haniyeh Could Be on Israeli Hit List
Hisham Abu Taha & Mohammed Mar’i, Arab News |
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GAZA CITY/RAMALLAH, 21 May 2007 — Israeli forces killed at least four Palestinians yesterday and an Israeli minister warned that even Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh could be targeted by...
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Gunbattle in Lebanon
Agencies |
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TRIPOLI, Lebanon, 21 May 2007 — Lebanese tanks pounded shells at a militant group’s headquarters in a Palestinian refugee camp next to the northern city of Tripoli yesterday in clashes that left 13...
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Editorial: Anarchy in Gaza
21 May 2007 |
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Yet another cease-fire has been reached between warring Palestinians in Gaza. Will it hold or be broken by the first instance of provocation? It is the fifth such truce since violence broke out a little...
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