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Sunday 24 February 2008 (16 Safar 1429)

Partnerships to Open New Doors
Michel Cousins, Arab News

 
JEDDAH — Opening the 9th Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF) at the International Exhibition and Convention Center yesterday, Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal emphasized Saudi Arabia’s potential to become...  Full Story 
 
 
Gustaf Impressed With Scouts’ Role in Haj
Arab News
RIYADH — Swedish King Carl Gustaf, honorary president of the Universal Scout Fund, and Riyadh Gov. Prince Salman jointly opened the international scout exhibition for peace at the King Fahd Cultural...  Full Story 
 
 
Saudi Woman in Egypt Car Crash Cleared
Samir Al-Saadi, Arab News
JEDDAH — An Egyptian court yesterday found Sarah Fahd, the 27-year-old Saudi woman whose car collided with a taxi resulting in the death of two people and the injury of two others, not guilty of reckless...  Full Story 
 
 
Blogger’s Family Urges Authorities to Allow Prison Visits
Ebtihal Mubarak, Arab News
JEDDAH — The family members of the detained Saudi blogger Fouad Al-Farhan said yesterday that although Saudi authorities allowed Al-Farhan for the first time to make a telephone call from Jeddah’s...  Full Story 
Gazans Rally to Protest Blockade
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News
GAZA CITY — Merchants across the Gaza Strip closed their shops yesterday in a half-day strike to protest against Israel’s blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory, an AFP correspondent said. Meanwhile,...  Full Story 
 
 
Opposition Considers Ways to Curtail Musharraf’s Power
Azhar Masood, Arab News
ISLAMABAD — President Pervez Musharraf is coming under attack from leaders of Pakistan’s main opposition party, who vowed yesterday to curtail some of his broad powers, including his right to dismiss...  Full Story 
 
 
Editorial: Action Against PKK
24 February 2008
Turkey has understandable reasons for its latest and largest incursion into northern Iraq in pursuit of PKK guerrillas. But whatever Ankara imagines it will achieve by the incursion, the outcome is...  Full Story 
 
 
America's Malaise
Judith Kipper, Arab News
Every presidential campaign matters, but the 2008 presidential campaign is particularly important. What the United States needs is a president who will begin to heal the nation and to address its formidable...  Full Story 

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