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- Egypt, Saudi Arabia call for Arab FMs meet over Lebanon
CAIRO, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Egypt and Saudi Arabia on Friday called on the Arab League (AL) to hold an emergency foreign ministers' meeting on Lebanon, where fierce clashes between the opposition and the ruling coalition leaving at least eight people dead
- US, Saudi Arabia, Egypt lay blame on Hizbullah
Email Print Be the first to comment on this article The White House on Thursday demanded that Lebanon's Hizbullah 'stop their disruptive activities' as fierce gun battles raged in Beirut. 'Hizbullah needs to make a choice: Be a terrorist organization
- Bush wants oil production increase
Washington: President George W. Bush will ask Saudi Arabia to increase oil production when he visits Riyadh, the Saudi capital, next week, Bush's national security adviser Stephen Hadley told reporters in Washington. 'I'm confident he will,'' Hadley
- Saudi warns Lebanon opposition against escalation
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 AFP - Saudi Arabia warned Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition on Thursday against an escalation of its confrontation with the government, warning that conflict would only benefit "extremist external forces," in an apparent reference to Iran.
- Money not well spent: Fraser
More On This Story Related Topics Story Tools -+ Change font size Share This Story Story tools presented by Chris Wattie/ReutersAuditor-General Sheila Fraser speaks during a news conference on the release of her report in Ottawa May 6, 2008. Sheila
- Saudis to give Morocco 500 million dollars aid
Email Print Be the first to comment on this article RABAT, May 6, 2008 (AFP) - Saudi Arabia has decided to grant Morocco 500 million dollars to mitigate the effects of rising energy prices, Morocco's foreign ministry announced Monday. The Saudi
- Excerpts: Food crisis.Cairo re Gaza 1 May 2008
'08:'Abdullah Calls for New 'Global Food Order'' QUOTE:'King Abdullah blamed world food shortage on biofuel production' EXCERPTS: RIYADH, 1 May 2008 King Abdullah yesterday called for a new global trade order to ensure food security and achieve sustained
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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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AP - The players bounded into the gym, shedding their long black cloaks and veils to take to the basketball court. Up this night: Jeddah United against the Jaguars, as 30 women spectators hooted and hollered from the stands.
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