Saudi Arabia riled by Thai policeman's promotion - AP - msnbc.com
Saudi Arabia denounced the promotion of a senior Thai police officer indicted in connection with the disappearance of a Saudi businessman in Bangkok 10 years ago. The decision by Thailand to promote Lt. Gen. Somkid ...
Saudi Arabia urged not to paralyze man - CNEWS
A judge in the northwest province of Tabuk in Saudi Arabia has allegedly sent letters to hospitals in the country asking if they could sever a man's spinal cord as punishment for paralyzing another man in a fight two ...
Jordan's king to visit Saudi Arabia Sunday ahead of trip to Washington - Charleston Gazette
AMMAN, Jordan - Jordanian King Abdullah II is traveling Sunday to Saudi Arabia for consultations with the Saudi leadership ahead of his trip to Washington to attend a six-way meeting on September 1, officials said ...
Saudi Arabia Contributes More Than $170 Million for Pakistan Flood Relief - Earthtimes
WASHINGTON , Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , including the government, citizens and corporations, have donated more than $170 million to the people affected by the flooding in ...
Saudi Arabia ’s Sama Airlines Is Forced To Close Its Doors - avstop.com
August 23, 2010 - Sama Airlines, a Saudi Arabia low-cost airline which is based at King Fahad International Airport, Dammam, the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia (the most oil-rich region in the world ...
"Concentrates - Saudi Arabia" is now available at Fast Market Research - PR Inside
Sales of concentrates in the Kingdom remained highly seasonal in 2009, where highest demand was registered during the month of Ramadan. Normally, people in Ramadan break their fast with a liquid, and Vimto (liquid ...
Public Protests over Unemployment in Saudi Arabia - All Headline News
United States (TML) - Two hundred Saudi teachers staged a rare protest in the Saudi capital of Riyadh over the weekend, calling on the government to give them jobs. The protesters, mainly Arabic language teachers trained ...
Saudi Arabia not mulling paralysis penalty for attacker - msnbc.com
RIYADH — Saudi officials are trying to persuade a man paralyzed in a fight in the conservative kingdom to accept compensation for his injuries and drop a demand that his attacker have his spinal cord severed, a ...
Correction: LLWS-New Jersey-Saudi Arabia story - Newsday
(AP) — In a story Aug. 24 about the Little League World Series game between Toms River, N.J., and Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, The Associated Press, relying on official scoring, erroneously reported that an errant throw by ...
Saudi Arabia tells clerics to keep sermons short - Dallas Morning News
BEIRUT – Keep it short and to the point. And above all, don't embarrass the boss. That's the message of a series of official Saudi directives restricting the activities of clerics who issue bizarre fatwas or ...
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Mobs attack home of Iranian opposition leader
 Pro-government crowds swarmed outside the battered home of a key Iranian opposition leader Friday after militiamen attacked with firebombs and beat a bodyguard unconscious in a brazen message of intimidation and pinpoint pressure on dissent.
‘We were all screaming — we got the animals and ran’
Wen Baragrey, a writer who lives by the sea in Christchurch, New Zealand, shares her chaotic escape from her swaying home during the early morning earthquake that struck.
Volcano, dormant 400 years, spews new ash
 An Indonesian volcano that was quiet for four centuries shot a new, powerful burst of hot ash more than 10,000 feet in the air Friday, sending frightened residents fleeing to safety for the second time this week.
World Blog: In touch from Titanic wreck scene
‘Significant damage’ in New Zealand quake
 At least two people were seriously injured in a major earthquake that caused extensive damage early Saturday in Christchurch, New Zealand, hospital officials said.
Deadly bomb blast rocks rally in Pakistan
 The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Friday for a suicide bombing that killed at least 43 people in the southwestern city of Quetta.
Mom’s hug revives baby that was pronounced dead
“He’s doing things dead babies don’t do — you might want to come see this!” Kate Ogg told doctors who had declared her premature baby dead. After the Australian mom held him to her body for two hours in a method called “kangaroo care,” the infant stirred to life.
Nein, danke! German kids get porn pens
To sweeten their first day at primary school German children are normally given a cone filled with sweets, but children in Essen opened theirs to find raunchy writing instruments that project erotic images.
UPS 747 cargo plane crashes in Dubai
 A UPS 747 cargo plane with two crew aboard crashed in Dubai shortly after takeoff Friday, the company said.
Israel urged to open up atomic program
The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog has invited Israel to consider joining a global anti-nuclear arms pact and to place all its atomic facilities under his agency's inspections, an IAEA report said on Friday.
Gates: U.S. troops face 'tough days' ahead
 As the last of 30,000 U.S. reinforcements arrive in Afghanistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday got a firsthand look at operations in the dangerous south.
7 defendants convicted in Portugal sex abuse trial
 Seven people were convicted of child sex abuse in Portugal on Friday in a major trial that lasted nearly six years and shocked the country.
Castro dons uniform for first big speech in years
 At 84 and having dusted off his military uniform, Fidel Castro on Friday addressed his first political rally since becoming ill and resigning as president in 2006.
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