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Sunday 29 October 2006 (06 Shawwal 1427)

Gates to Speak on ICT Role for Kingdom at Riyadh Forum
Javid Hassan, Arab News
RIYADH, 29 October 2006 — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah will sponsor the first Global Competitiveness Forum Series in Riyadh on Nov. 8. Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates will be the keynote...  Full Story 
 
 
Bin Mahfouz Libel Rulings Boost Saudi Confidence
Siraj Wahab, Arab News
JEDDAH, 29 October 2006 — UK and Swiss court decisions asserting that banker Khalid Bin Mahfouz was libeled by authors who accused him of funneling money to Al-Qaeda in a 2001 book have restored confidence...  Full Story 
 
 
Fatima and Kids Spend Eid in Prison as Divorce Case Lingers On
Ebtihal Mubarak, Arab News
JEDDAH, 29 October 2006 — Living in the women’s section of Dammam prison with his mother and two-year-old sister Nuha, Sulaiman did not realize that he had spent not only his first Eid Al-Fitr but...  Full Story 
 
 
Young Saudi Couples Turning to Stem Cell Procedure for Kids
Roger Harrison, Arab News

 
JEDDAH, 29 October 2006 — Vaccination against disease is almost universally accepted as a positive step in health care. The recipient might not ever be exposed to the disease, but the preventative...  Full Story 
PRC: Hostage Crisis to End Soon
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News
GAZA CITY, 29 October 2006 — One of the three Palestinian factions holding an Israeli soldier in the Gaza Strip said yesterday it expected a solution to the crisis within days, but Hamas and a Palestinian...  Full Story 
 
 
Bangladesh Political Violence Escalates
Imran Rahman, Arab News
DHAKA, 29 October 2006 — At least six people were killed and around 1,000 wounded, many by bullets, in violent clashes between the supporters of the outgoing government and the opposition across Bangladesh...  Full Story 
 
 
Biggest Foreign Policy Blunder Since the End of World War II
Sir Cyril Townsend, Arab News
It has been a week when Iraq has moved right up the media agenda. For example, John Humphreys, the Radio 4 Today presenter, has been in Basra giving vivid verbal pictures from that troubled city, and...  Full Story 
 
 
New High-Tech Hospital to Boost Up Health Care
Arab News
JEDDAH, 29 October 2006 — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah is set to open a new private hospital called the International Medical Center in Jeddah today. The new medical center...  Full Story 

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