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Monday 24 October 2005 (21 Ramadan 1426)

Massive Response to Telethon
M. Ghazanfar Ali Khan, Arab News

 
RIYADH, 24 October 2005 — Saudi Arabia has raised more than SR140 million in a telethon for earthquake survivors in Pakistan. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah launched the effort on...  Full Story 
 
 
13 Terror Suspects Arrested
Arab News
RIYADH, 24 October 2005 — Saudi security forces have arrested 13 suspects in a residential area of Riyadh. The men are believed to be members of the Al-Qaeda terror network. One of those arrested...  Full Story 
 
 
Scholar Agrees to Debate Deviant
Saad Al-Matrafi, Arab News
JEDDAH, 24 October 2005 — A leading Saudi scholar has agreed to refute the ranting of an extremist in a debate he hopes will show the world that the true nature of Islam has nothing to do with terrorism...  Full Story 
 
 
Education Ministry Opens New Unit to Look Into Teachers’ Complaints
Maha Akeel, Arab News
JEDDAH, 24 October 2005 — The Ministry of Education has opened a new unit for receiving and dealing with complaints from girls’ schools, women teachers and supervisors. The complaints can be sent...  Full Story 
Syrian Minister Says He Didn’t Threaten Hariri
Dahi Hassan, Arab News
DAMASCUS, 24 October 2005 — Syria’s deputy foreign minister yesterday denied he had threatened former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri days before he was assassinated. As the United States and...  Full Story 
 
 
Cornerstone Laid for Girls’ Technical Institute in Madinah
Yousif Muhammad, Arab News

 
MADINAH, 24 October 2005 — Crown Prince Sultan laid the cornerstone of the higher technical institute for girls in Madinah on Saturday. He also opened new facilities at the College of Technology and...  Full Story 
 
 
Raunchy Sexy Things
Amr Al-Faisal
During my summer holiday I read an interesting book entitled “Female Chauvinist Pigs” written by Ariel Levy. In this book the author, a journalist for the New Yorker magazine, examines the rise...  Full Story 
 
 
To Shoot or Not to Shoot
Javid Hassan & Ali Al-Zahrani, Arab News
RIYADH, 24 October 2005 — The title of this article encapsulates the dilemma facing all professional photographers in the Kingdom — as well as amateurs who simply want to take a picture. It could,...  Full Story 

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