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- STC slashes by 50% outgoing calls to US
RIYADH - Celebrating the US Independence Day on July 4, STC will be reducing the rates of all on all Al Jawal voice and visual outgoing calls, SMS and MMS to US starting Saturday at 12:00 A.M. until Sunday 12:00 A.M. for all Al Jawal customers without
- Rumors of Mubarak resignation ...
Rumors of the end of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's 28-year tenure as president have recently resurfaced in the Arabic media. Saudi press reports Monday said that that during his recent trip to Jeddah, President Mubarak, 81, notified King Abdullah of
- Saudi-Egyptian talks to benefit Arab conciliation - analysts
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and Egyptian President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak held talks at the Conference Center in Sharm el-Sheikh. Cairo, June 30(SPA) RIYADH, July 2 (KUNA) -- The recent Saudi-Egyptian talks
- 2nd UPDATE: 7 Cos On Afghanistan Iron Ore Mine Bid Shortlist
(Adds background on Afghanistan's tendering of mineral resources and the Aynak copper deposit.) Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON -(Dow Jones)- Seven companies from China, India and a joint bid from Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have made the tender shortlist
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In 1902 Abdul al-Aziz Ibn SAUD captured Riyadh and set out on a 30-year campaign to unify the Arabian peninsula. In the 1930s, the discovery of oil transformed the country. Following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in 1990, Saudi Arabia accepted the Kuwaiti royal family and 400,000 refugees while allowing Western and Arab troops to deploy on its soil for the liberation of Kuwait the following year. A burgeoning population, aquifer depletion, and an economy largely dependent on petroleum output and prices are all major governmental concerns.
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