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- Saudi exporters demand duty on Chinese imports
RIYADH, July 4, - Saudi exporters urged the government on Saturday to slap import duties on Ch... economy 4 RIYADH, July 4, - Saudi exporters urged the government on Saturday to slap import duties on Chinese exports, including steel and plastics, to
- Obama to Morocco: End Israel's isolation
US President Barack Obama called Saturday n Arab nations to embrace the Saudi peace initiative and end the isolation of Israel in the Middle East. SLIDESHOW: | World He specifically made a call to Morocco, an African Muslim state which was once home to a
- Cosmote Romania buys rival operator for 3G licence
Mobile operator Cosmote Romania agreed the acquisition of smaller local rival Zapp Mobile for 207 million euro on June 30, after months of negotiations. Cosmote bought Zapp, owned by Saudi Oger, for its 3G licence, but has no immediate plans to launch
- 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
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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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