RIYADH, 22 September 2006 — The Kingdom has reaffirmed its support for the multilateral initiative to cut down atmospheric CO2 emissions by deploying technology for carbon dioxide capture and storage... Full Story
RIYADH, 22 September 2006 — Some 133,000 Saudi youths have been provided jobs in the private sector since January 2005 till last month. This accounts for 85 percent of the total number of job... Full Story
MAKKAH, 22 September 2006 — With the breakdown of law and order following the US invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003, an insurgency against US forces and a civil war that is biting away at the... Full Story
Since last month Muslim women across the Islamic world have been boiling over a proposal to disallow women praying within the circumambulation area of the Grande Mosque in Makkah. The Presidency... Full Story
SANAA, 22 September 2006 — The European Union election observation team in Yemen yesterday said that the presidential and local elections in Yemen presented an “open and genuine contest.” In... Full Story
GAZA, 22 September 2006 — Five Palestinians, including a woman and three teenagers, were killed and several wounded by Israeli fire in the Gaza Strip yesterday, as both Hamas and Israel cautiously... Full Story
THE welcoming by the Quartet of Middle Eastern peacemakers, Europe, Russia, the UN and the United States, of the efforts by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to create a national unity... Full Story
WASHINGTON, 22 September 2006 — Muslims and Christian groups held a joint press conference here on Wednesday night to express their hopes that reason would prevail over anger regarding Pope Benedict... Full Story