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- Egypt lifts ban on doctors working in Saudi Arabia
CAIRO, December 3 (RIA Novosti) - Egypt's labor ministry has lifted a ban on doctors working in Saudi Arabia, imposed after two Egyptian doctors received 1,500 lashes and prison sentences, Egyptian media reported on Wednesday. Egypt's labor minister,
- Somali pirates free Yemeni ship but hold on to Saudi tanker
MOGADISHU: Somali pirates have freed a Yemeni ship, an official said Wednesday, a day after the leader of their country's Islamist insurgency called for the immediate release of a Saudi supertanker and other vessels. No ransom was paid for the release of
- SABIC reduces output in Europe
OUTPUT REDUCED: Chemical giant SABIC has scaled back European production due to falling global demand. () Chemical giant Saudi Basic Industries Corp has cut output at its European plants as global demand falls with the slowing economy, SABIC's chief
- Egypt lifts ban on doctors working in Saudi
Egypt has lifted a ban imposed last month on its doctors taking up jobs in Saudi Arabia after two doctors were ordered jailed and flogged in the conservative kingdom, local media reported on Wednesday. 'Manpower and Immigration Minister Aisha Abdel Hadi
- Saudi's King Abdullah wins first Lech Walesa Prize
3 hours 36 mins ago Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah is to receive the very first Lech Walesa Prize to recognise his charity and humanitarian work, the prize's organisers announced Wednesday. Skip related content A letter from Walesa to King Abdullah
- Saudis find melamine in Nestle milk powder from China
Food inspectors in Saudi Arabia have discovered the potentially dangerous chemical melamine in Chinese-made milk powder distributed by Nestle, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority has said. Traces of melamine, which has left thousands of children
- Saudis find melamine in Chinese milk powder
6 hours 35 mins ago Food inspectors in Saudi Arabia have discovered the potentially dangerous chemical melamine in Chinese-made milk powder distributed by Nestle in the kingdom, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority said in a statement. Skip related content
- Egypt revokes ban on doctor's visas
The ban was imposed last month following an outcry over the case of two Egyptian physicians sentenced in the kingdom to long imprisonment and 1,500 lashes for allegedly prescribing medication that turned Saudi princess into a drug addict and selling
- Egypt doctors can go to Saudi
Cairo - Egypt has lifted a ban imposed last month on its doctors taking up jobs in Saudi Arabia after two doctors were ordered jailed and flogged in the conservative kingdom, local media reported on Wednesday. 'Manpower and Immigration Minister Aisha
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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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