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4 hrs ago | South Africa News.Net

Saudi Arabia shuts down 27 food stores over health concerns

Twenty seven retail food outlets in a Saudi Arabian city have been shut down by health authorities.

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8 hrs ago | The Peninsula

Saudi hails election of new Lebanese leaders

RIYADH: The Saudi government yesterday welcomed the re-election of Nabih Berri as Lebanon's Parliament Speaker and naming of Saudi-born billionaire Saad Hariri as Prime Minister.

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Thu Jul 02, 2009

F&M Magazine

Saudi's South Steel to Receive $160 Million Loan for Jazan Project

Saudi Arabian steel maker South Steel Company has signed an agreement with the Saudi Industrial Development Fund for a $160 million loan to partially fund the construction of the $1.35 billion first phase of the Jazan steel mill.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Sugar Land, TX, United Arab Emirates, Germany

Gulf Times

Top Saudi investor accepts insider trading verdict, but will keep investments

Issa told Reuters he was not considering altering his stake in any of the firms in which he is a shareholder, including Saudi Hotels, Savola Group, Riyad Bank and Banque Saudi Fransi, Calyon's Saudi affiliate.

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Financial Times

Saudi Arabian bourse feels watchdog's bite

It has happened twice. In February 2006 and last October, millions of Saudis saw their savings evaporate overnight as the Saudi bourse, the Arab worlda s biggest, crashed.

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

The Daily Star

Democracy falls by wayside as US looks to foster ties with Saudi Arabia

RIYADH: US President Barack Obama wants to foster the historic US relationship with Saudi Arabia and defend trade links from competition, without raising questions about democracy in the Gulf Arab ally.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, US Military, US Air Force

The Oregonian

EADS wins border security deal with Saudi Arabia

European aerospace and defense contractor EADS NV has won a major contract with Saudi Arabia to supply a border security system covering 9,000 kilometers of the kingdom's land and sea frontiers, the company said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, US Politics, US News

The Hindu

ODEPC to go in for mass recruitment to Saudi Arabia

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The public sector Overseas Development and Employment Promotion Consultants Ltd.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, Nursing, Medicine

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Financial Times

Saudi Arabia goes mining for jobs

A kilometre below a rock-strewn green mountain in western Saudi Arabia, half a dozen Saudi and Filipino miners in orange helmets and olive-green overalls are boring into the ore veins of the Al Amar gold mine.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, Geology, Science

NewsBlaze

Arab States Set Up an Anti-Pirate League

A consortium of Arab states have set up a joint anti-piracy naval force to prevent the spread of piracy from the Gulf of Aden into the Red Sea and Gulf.

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Related Topix: Piracy News, World News, Middle East, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, Terrorism

Crofsblogs.typepad.com

Saudi Arabia seeks H1N1 expertise

Via Arab News , a story datelined Jeddah: Expertise sought to quickly identify swine flu carriers .

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, World News, Middle East, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Mon Jun 29, 2009

The Taipei Times

Canada urges clemency for citizen

Canada has assured the family of a Canadian sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia over a deadly schoolyard brawl that it is pursuing all avenues to assist him, officials said on Saturday.

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6 ABC

Court won't hear 9/11 claims vs. Saudi Arabia

The Supreme Court has refused to allow victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to pursue lawsuits against Saudi Arabia and four of its princes over charitable donations that were allegedly funneled to al-Qaida. The court, in an order Monday, is leaving in place the ruling of a federal appeals court that the country and the princes are protected by ...

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Terrorism, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, US News

Flight Global

PICTURES: Saudi Arabia's first Eurofighter Typhoons head for Middle East

Saudi Arabia's first two of 72 Eurofighter Typhoons have been flown to the country, less than two weeks after a formal roll-out ceremony was held in the UK.

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Omaha World-Herald

Anti-smoking campaign targets young grooms

The catchy slogan, "Kicking the habit is on you, and marriage is on us," is meant to entice young grooms to give up smoking by offering an attractive incentive.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Wedding, World News, Middle East

Sun Jun 28, 2009

The Peninsula

Saudi militants on trial allowed to pick lawyers

RIYADH: Saudi militants being tried in special secret courts are allowed to have lawyers to help their defence, the country's top human rights official said yesterday.

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Penticton Herald

Saudi courtsa spat over Montrealer facing beheading a a positivea : Day

The judicial wrangling in Saudi Arabia over a Montreal man facing beheading is a good sign, says Trade Minister Stockwell Day, because it shows the country's top court isn't sold on a lower court's ruling.

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The News

Saudi Arabia has too many clerics: university head

RIYADH: The Saudi job market does not need more graduates in Islamic studies, the head of one of Saudi Arabia's newest universities said in remarks published on Sunday.

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Flight Global

Saudi Arabian mystery as long-haul jet appears on Airbus backdrop

This backdrop image, captured by chance during an Airbus event at the Paris Air Show, has sparked curiosity after it appeared to show the Saudi Arabian Airlines logo accompanying an unidentified four-engined aircraft.

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Sat Jun 27, 2009

Canada.com

Day meets with family of man sentenced to beheading in Saudi Arabia

Trade Minister Stockwell Day has told the family of a Montreal man facing beheading in Saudi Arabia that Ottawa is doing everything it can to assist him.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, North America, Canada, Stephen Harper

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