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Thursday 29 September 2005 (25 Sha`ban 1426)

Salman Underlines Efforts to Promote Higher Education
P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News

 
JEDDAH, 29 September 2005 — Riyadh Governor Prince Salman yesterday underscored the government’s efforts to promote higher education by establishing new universities and encouraging the private sector...  Full Story 
 
 
Prince Khaled Calls for Effective Measures to Solve Water Crisis
Arab News
JEDDAH, 29 September 2005 — Prince Khaled ibn Sultan, assistant minister of defense and aviation for military affairs, has called for finding effective solutions to the Middle East water problem and...  Full Story 
 
 
Karen Hughes’ Mission: Accomplished ... or Not
Ebtihal Mubarak & Summer Islam, Arab News

 
JEDDAH, 29 September 2005 — The mission of Ambassador Karen P. Hughes, undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and Public Affairs at the US Department of State, in Jeddah was completed on Tuesday....  Full Story 
 
 
Citizens Welcome New Target for Saudization; Employers Lukewarm
Hasan Fitaihi, Arab News
JEDDAH, 29 September 2005 — A decision by the Council of Ministers on Monday to raise the rate of Saudization in private companies to 75 percent has been widely welcomed by citizens who said it would...  Full Story 
Woman Suicide Bomber Kills Six in Iraq
Agenciews
BAGHDAD, 29 September 2005 — A woman, disguised in a man’s robes and headdress, slipped into a line of army recruits and detonated explosives strapped to her body yesterday, killing at least six recruits...  Full Story 
 
 
Israel Steps Up Gaza Attacks
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News

 
GAZA CITY, 29 September 2005 — Israel shut down charities with ties to Hamas across the West Bank and fired artillery into the Gaza Strip for the first time, as it stepped up a five-day offensive against...  Full Story 
 
 
Editorial: Catching Them Young
29 September 2005
IT is the fundamental tenet of all terrorism, not least the wicked tenets of Al-Qaeda, that it seeks by the sheer inhumanity of its vicious assaults to rob those targeted of humane and measured responses....  Full Story 
 
 
What Jobs Suit Women?
Abeer Mishkhas, abeermishkhas@arabnews.com
“THE Council of Ministers approved the new labor law that allows women to work in all fields that suit their nature and raises the rate of Saudization of jobs in companies to 75 percent.” The news...  Full Story 

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