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Monday 26 May 2008 (20 Jumada al-Ula 1429)

Prince Sultan Congratulates Al-Zuman for Everest Feat
Ghazanfar Ali Khan, Arab News
RIYADH, 26 May 2008 — Farouk Saad Hamad Al-Zuman, the first Saudi to leave his footprints on the summit of Mt. Everest, has successfully made his descent to the base camp. Prince Sultan bin Salman,...  Full Story 
 
 
Sponsor Letters Not Needed for Visas for Foreign Businessmen
Mohammed Rasooldeen, Arab News
RIYADH, 26 May 2008 — Foreign businessmen wishing to visit Saudi Arabia will now be able to secure visas without the need for a letter from a local sponsor in the Kingdom, a development that the Council...  Full Story 
 
 
Meet on Dialogue Now Set for June 4
P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News
JEDDAH, 26 May 2008 — The three-day international Islamic conference on dialogue, which was scheduled to begin at the Muslim World League (MWL) headquarters in Makkah on May 31, has been postponed...  Full Story 
 
 
Red Tape Impedes Factory Workers’ Case
Hassna’a Mokhtar, Arab News
JEDDAH, 26 May 2008 — Court bureaucracy has further impeded the case of five Pakistani mechanics, who for five years have not been paid their salaries and are living destitute in a rundown defunct...  Full Story 
Panel Drafting Laws Against Harassment
P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News
JEDDAH, 26 May 2008 — A committee made up of experts including Shoura Council members is currently at work drafting a new law to prevent the sexual harassment and molestation of women in the workplace....  Full Story 
 
 
BJP Poised to Form Govt in Key Indian State
Nilofar Suhrawardy, Arab News
NEW DELHI, 26 May 2008 — India’s main opposition party, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has won an election in the southern state of Karnataka, extending a winning streak ahead...  Full Story 
 
 
FBI Wrestling a ‘Good News, Bad News’ Predicament
Barbara Ferguson, Arab News
WASHINGTON, 26 May 2008 — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is battling a real “good news — bad news” situation within their ranks. Bad news first: The FBI’s highest-ranking Arab-American...  Full Story 
 
 
Editorial: Lebanon’s Triumph
26 May 2008
Ushering in a new chapter in a country is never easy, more so when the country in question is as fractious as Lebanon. But even in the politics of Lebanon in which people and parties rarely if ever...  Full Story 

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