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Al-Qaeda:
Riyadh attacks
targeted interior
minister
"The Saudi
wing of Al-Qaeda
said it had tried
to assassinate the
kingdom's Interior
Minister in two
high-profile
suicide bombings
in Riyadh last
week, according to
an Internet
statement posted
on Tuesday. The
statement, signed
by the Al-Qaeda
Organization in
the Arabian
Peninsula and
dated Dec. 31,
also vowed the
group would wage
more attacks
against
"infidels and
Christians"
in the world's top
oil
exporter.."
[more]
Saudi
Women Will Be
Allowed to Vote in
'09
"Former
Saudi female
candidates for the
upcoming municipal
elections had
varied responses
after a senior
election official
yesterday said
that women would
be allowed to vote
in 2009. Prince
Mansour ibn Miteb,
chairman of the
General Committee
for Municipal
Elections,
explained that the
only reason women
were not allowed
to vote in this
round was because
municipal
elections are a
new experience and
the short time
given to prepare
for them made it
impossible to
allow women's
participation this
time.."
[more]
Mubarak
holds talks in
Saudi to smooth
ties with Libya
"Egyptian
President Hosni
Mubarak arrived in
Saudi Arabia
Tuesday on a visit
which Egyptian
officials said was
aimed at smoothing
out strained ties
between Riyadh and
Libya.. ..Mubarak
would hold talks
with Crown Prince
Abdullah in a bid
to defuse tensions
between Riyadh and
Libya over an
alleged Libyan
plot to
assassinate
Abdullah.
."
[more]
Conjoined
Girls Separated in
Saudi Hospital
"A medical
team in Saudi
Arabia on Monday
successfully
separated a pair
of Polish
conjoined infant
girls who shared a
spine and
intestines.. ..at
the King Abdul
Aziz Medical City
in the capital
Riyadh.."
[more]
"Saudi
Arabia's finance
minister said in
remarks published
on Monday that his
country would
impose duties on
foreign goods
imported through
Bahrain if the
tiny Gulf kingdom
put into effect a
recently-signed
free trade
agreement with the
United
States.."
[more]
In
2005, a Mideast
window of
moderation
"This
past year the
Middle East has
seen a flurry of
developments that
will be realized
in 2005. Yasser
Arafat's passing
gives rise to new
Palestinian
leadership. In
Iraq,
determination to
hold elections,
despite promises
of violence, will
be tested.
Elsewhere, issues
hardly less
important are
looming: Iran's
nuclear ambitions,
high oil prices,
and
terrorism.."
[more]
Oil
Surges as Saudi
Output Drop
Coincides With
Rising Fuel Use
"The
country has
lowered production
by 500,000 barrels
a day, Reuters
cited Oil Minister
Ali al-Naimi as
saying. The
Organization of
Petroleum
Exporting
Countries pledged
last month to cut
output by one
million barrels a
day starting Jan.
1. U.S. petroleum
products demand
over the last four
weeks was 1.9
percent higher
than a year ago,
the government
said.."
[more]
Saudi
TV presenter
divorced from
abusive husband
"A Saudi
television
presenter has been
granted a divorce
from her husband
who savagely beat
her last year in a
case which
highlighted the
taboo topic of
domestic abuse in
the conservative
Gulf state.."
[more]
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