King Orders Payment to Parents of Swapped Tots
Raid Qusti, Arab News |
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RIYADH, 23 January 2008 — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah yesterday ordered the payment of SR300,000 each as compensation to Saudi and Turkish parents, whose newborn babies were mistakenly...
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Saudis Urged to Reform Mindset
Raid Qusti, Arab News |
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RIYADH, 23 January 2008 — Saudis need to change their mindset and gradually change to a knowledge-based society in a way which would not affect the social structure of the country, Singaporean Minister...
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‘Create Nationals for Jobs’
Arab News |
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RIYADH, 23 January 2008 — Mohamed Ali Alabbar, director general of the Department of Economic Development and Chairman of Emaar Properties PJSC, urged the Arab world to “create citizens for jobs rather...
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Businessman’s Widow Struggles to Claim Rights
Lulwa Shalhoub, Arab News |
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JEDDAH, 23 January 2008 — The Indian widow of a Saudi businessman in Al-Kharj, who died four months ago, is struggling to gain her and her children’s share of inheritance after her husband failed to...
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Lock, Stock and Barrel
Querubin J. Minas, Arab News |
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JEDDAH, 23 January 2008 — Stock market turmoil swept around the world again yesterday, with the Gulf and Asian shares pummeled by fears of a US recession before hopes of international action helped...
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Global Recession Likely WEF Topic
Siraj Wahab, Arab News |
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DAVOS, Switzerland, 23 January 2008 — As 2,500 world leaders gather today at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in this picturesque mountain village, stock indices are plummeting around the globe. Although...
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Editorial: Effort to Understand
23 January 2008 |
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As the World Economic Forum (WEF) gets under way once again in the Swiss resort of Davos, there are voices that claim that instead of being a select gathering of the world’s top economic brains who...
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