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News - August 2006

Aug 27 - Sep 02, 2006

  • Muslims Urged to Get More Power [more]

  • Rise of Futures Trading Stirs Concerns [more]

  • Saudi Aramco Buys First-Ever Fuel Oil Cargoes [more]

  • Saudi Arabia's Moment of Redemption? [more]

  • Best Plans to Open Chain of Shops in Saudi Arabia [more]

  • Saudi Bid for Influence Shattered [more]

  • Rowan Awarded Contracts to Drill Offshore Saudi Arabia [more]

  • A Spark of Educational Revolution [more]

  • Saudi Gets 27 Years to Life for Enslaving Maid [more]

  • Oil Scene [more]

  • Saudi Arabia Urges World to Help Lebanon [more]

  • Oil Crashes to 10-week Low After US Data [more]

  • Anti-Poverty Strategy Aims to Help 1.2m Saudis [more]

  • Saudi Inflation Eases; Money Supply Slips [more]

  • Preparations Afoot for Sixth National Dialogue [more]

  • Saudi Arabian Rules Out National Women Crew [more]

  • Saudi Businesswomen to Establish Five Industrial Projects [more]

  • UNESCO Lists Three Saudi Sites as Heritage [more]

  • Foundation Stone Laid for Saudi Diplomatic Complex in Turkmenistan [more]

  • Saudi Students Await the Sentencing of Humaidan al Turki Case [more]

  • Technip Receives Saudi Refinery Contract [more]

  • Saudi Arabia Releases 9 Guantanamo Returnees [more]

  • Saudi Arabia Beheads Guards Over Drugs [more]

  • Power Cuts: Saudi Industries Lose $266m [more]

  • Saudi Businessmen to Meet on Lebanon Reconstruction [more]

  • Kingdom to Host 1st International Conference on Clean Environment [more]

  • Drastic Solutions Needed for Regional Stability [more]

  • Saudi 'Corrects' Ideas of 700 Qaeda Sympathizers [more]

  • Women Face Curbs in Makka Mosque [more]

  • Oasis Group Plans Major Marketing Drive in Saudi Arabia [more]

  • Conference on the Gifted Inaugurated [more]

  • Bureaucracy, Economic Development [more]

  • Saudi Arabia to Increase Crude Oil Supply to Japan by 300,000 bpd [more]

  • Saudi to Host Meeting on Iraq [more]

  • Amex Eyes More Share in Saudi Arabia [more]

  • 34 Held in Saudi Anti-Qaeda Raids [more]

  • Saudi Call Over Arab Identity [more]

  • Saudi Eyes Waste Water Power [more]

  • Kingdom Calls for a Stronger Arab League [more]

Aug 20 - Aug 26, 2006

  • CNN News Now Available to STC Customers in Saudi Arabia [more]

  • High Oil Prices Unjustified, says Saudi [more]

  • Health Insurance to Cover 7 Million Expats - KSA [more]

  • Saudi Aramco Acquires Shareholding in Japan's Showa Shell [more]

  • First Female Architect Gets Office License [more]

  • Saudi Experiment With Dialogue Is Successful [more]

  • Sino-Arab Friendship Trip [more]

  • Saudi Aid Consignment Handed Over to Indonesia [more]

  • Saudi Fleet of 42 Relief Trucks Arrives in Lebanon [more]

  • Saudis Become More Travel Conscious [more]

  • GCC Champions League Starts [more]

  • Saudi Militants Offered Surrender [more]

  • Saudi Arabia: 40 Relief Trucks Leave for Lebanon [more]

  • L&T Consortium Bags $150 Million Saudi Order [more]

  • Ban on Sale of Pet Cats, Dogs [more]

  • Jeddah Shootout: Security Forces Identify 2 Militants [more]

  • Saudi Investment in E-Government Tops SAR 3 Billion [more]

  • Saudi Signs Engineering Deals for New Refineries [more]

  • Medical Education Focus of New University City [more]

  • Security-Related Imports to Rise 13 Percent [more]

  • Export of SR300m Worth of Electronic Goods Likely [more]

  • Militants Surrender After Shootout [more]

  • Govt Firm on Armed Forces� Modernization [more]

  • Saudi Arabia Signs for Refinery [more]

  • Prince Fahd Ibn Saud Dies [more]

  • Doing Business in Saudi [more]

  • New Group Will Protect Vulnerable Saudis [more]

  • Saudi Police and Militants Clash [more]

  • Blue Chips Drag Saudi Stocks Down [more]

  • Schools Compete for Thousands of Saudi Students [more]

  • Saudi to Delay New Telecom Licenses [more]

  • Competition for Saudi Airline Licenses Heats Up [more]

  • Municipalities Open Doors to Foreign Investors [more]

  • Shoura Chief Wants Bush Apology [more]

  • Saudi Stock Prices Affect Funds [more]

  • Saudi Lifts Ban on Scrap Metal Exports [more]

  • Saudi to Bank on Record Oil Windfalls [more]

  • $7bn Kingdom Coming to Market [more]

  • Many Global Firms Likely to Attend EEC Meet [more]

  • Municipal Ministry to Hire Women Engineers [more]

  • Morality Is the Basis of Saudi Tourism [more]

  • Saudia to Ban Liquids on Flights to UK, US [more]

  • Irresponsible Statements Fueling Radicalism: WAMY [more]

Aug 13 - Aug 19, 2006

  • Aerospace Workers Set to Move to Saudi Arabia [more]
  • Saudi Housing Shortage [more]
  • Saudi Banks Lost 80,000 Investors [more]
  • Arab Bourses Firm on Truce, Fundamentals [more]
  • The Real 'New Middle East' [more]
  • King Abdullah bin AbdulAziz Launches Knowledge Economic City [more]
  • Women Likely to Outnumber Men by 2010, RCCI Study Reveals [more]
  • BAE Takes Off on Saudi Jets Deal [more]

  • BBC to Document a Royal Life in Saudi Arabia [more]

  • SABIC Tops Forbes 50 Best Companies List [more]

  • 55-Year-Old Saudi Biker Aims for the Guinness Book [more]

  • Bin Humaid�s Aim Is to Instill �Openness� in Shoura Council [more]

  • Human Rights Body: Prisoner Release Should be Expedited [more]

  • Kingdom, Indonesia Begin Work on Refinery Project [more]

  • Fitch Ratings Upgrades Saudi Arabia to A+ [more]

  • Opec Cuts Demand Growth Forecast [more]

  • Saudi Women Await Permission for Women-Only Recreational Halls [more]

  • Prince Saud, German FM Urge Syria to Play Constructive Role [more]

  • Business Women Get New Center at Chamber [more]

  • Kingdom Sends Relief Supplies Worth SR25m to Lebanon [more]

  • Saudi Crown Prince Meets Chinese Mideast Envoy [more]

  • Sipchem to float 150 million share in IPO - KSA [more]

  • Arab Media Watch [more]

  • King Orders Emergency Shelter Plan [more]

  • Saudis React to Bush Comment [more]

  • Saudi Arabia Donates Money to Support UNICEF Relief Efforts in Lebanon [more]

  • Iran's FM in Saudi Arabia to Discuss Regional Issues [more]

  • Is Saudi Supply Pushing its Limit? [more]

  • Arab Media Watch [more]

  • Arab Refinery Output Rises by 600,000 bpd [more]

  • Anti-Islam Media Bias to Be Tackled by OIC [more]

  • Kingdom First to Use Typhoon Jets [more]

  • BMG Saudi Index Launched [more]

  • Red Sea IPO Oversubscribed [more]

  • BAE Set to Win 5 Bln Stg Saudi Eurofighter Contract [more]

  • Saudi Relief Fleet Leaves for Lebanon [more]

  • Saudi Cleric Issues Edict Versus Housing Firm IPO [more]

  • Lebanon UN Resolution Not Enough: Saudi FM [more]

  • Saudi Hospital in Beirut Treats 3,000 Patients [more]

  • TNT to Invest USD 1 Million in Saudi Arabia [more]

  • Saudi Gets Tough on Cyber Crims [more]

  • Saudi Shares Rise 2.1pc on Speculations [more]

  • Saudis Deny Human Trafficking Allegations [more]

  • Saudi to Crack Down on Terror Financiers [more]

  • Hezbollah on the Rise Thanks to Silence of Arab Administrations [more]

  • IIRO to Contest �Terror� Allegations in US Court [more]

  • Shoura Calls for Independent Body to Ensure Saudization [more]

  • Outrage Over Bush�s Use of �Fascist� Term [more]

  • Saudi Women Form Charity Unit Under Red Crescent [more]

Aug 06 - Aug 12 , 2006

  • Saudi Air Launches Privatization With Catering Unit [more]

  • Petroleum Ministry Sets Global 'Green' Forum [more]

  • Arab Media Watch [more]

  • Partial Trade Deal on the Table with China [more]

  • Makkah Imam Blasts UN for Being a Mute Spectator [more]

  • IPO Stirs Reform Debate in Saudi Arabia [more]

  • Saudi Ministry of Justice Completes First Phase of Plan to Improve Women's Access to Courts [more]

  • Move to Open Up Aviation Sector in Saudi Arabia for Foreign Investments [more]

  • Impact of Terrorist Plot Unlikely to Hit Mideast [more]

  • Kingdom, Turkey Set to Boost Trade Ties [more]

  • Saudi Flights Continue as Heathrow Locks Down [more]

  • Liberals Fear Emergence of a New Generation of Angry Young Men [more]

  • Kingdom to Host World Conference on Tourism [more]

  • Saudi Arabia and Egypt to Combine Electricity Systems [more]

  • Saudi to Ease Access to Bourse [more]

  • Focus on Saudi Opportunities at London Seminar [more]

  • Abdullah Lashes Out at Israeli Aggression [more]

  • Turkey and Saudi Arabia Sign 6 Deals [more]

  • Saudi Arabia, Mexico to Help Fill U.S. Oil Gap [more]

  • Saudi Arabia to Establish New Technology Park [more]

  • Saudi Authority Issues 500,000 Investment Licenses in 2006's Second Quarter [more]

  • Arabs Exported Crisis to Security Council [more]

  • Saudi Opposition Group Sets Up Base in Paris [more]

  • Saudi Women journalists Battle On [more]

  • Saudi Arabia Slowly Opens Window on AIDS [more]

  • Will Saudi Arabia Need to Make up Alaska Oil Loss? [more]

  • Delayed Summit Plan Expected from Arab Leaders [more]

  • Saudi King Arrives in Turkey with $25 Billion for Investment [more]

  • Saudi Police Hold 7 After Pro-Hizbollah Marches [more]

  • Saudi Arabia and the Human Capital Investment Management [more]

  • Oil Report [more]

  • Record 10 Million Saudis Subscribe to SR2.55 Billion Emaar the Economic City IPO [more]

  • Arab Foreign Ministers Begin Extraordinary Meeting [more]

  • Special Courts to Begin Terror Suspects� Trial [more]

  • Saudis Send Their Views to US President [more]

  • JCCI to Host First ME Real Estate Meet [more]

  • Saudi King Abdullah to Visit Turkey on August 8 [more]

  • Saudi Youth Use Cellphone Savvy To Outwit the Sentries of Romance [more]

  • Saudi Arabia�s Tadawul Makes Gains [more]

  • National Commercial Bank's Saudi Trading Equity Fund Rated Top Performer Worldwide [more]

  • Domestic Violence Not Rife in Saudi Arabia [more]

  • Minister Decries Saudi Maid Craze [more]

  • Opec Output Fell 250,000 bpd in July [more]

  • Businessman Gifts Ambulances to Lebanon [more]

  • Turkish Media Meet Saudi Women Prior to King�s Visit [more]

  • The King Approves Salary Increase for Saudi Students Abroad [more]

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