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Mobily awards ad brief to Impact BBDO Lowe MENA
Saudi mobile telecoms operator Mobily has split its creative advertising brief between Impact BBDO and Lowe MENA following a review, Campaign ME has reported. Riyadh-based Mobily had last called a creative review in 2009, finally deciding to split the business with Impact BBDO and Drive Dentsu. Mobily is one of the biggest ad spenders in the kingdom, the report ...
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SAMA may fix mortgage rates
The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (Sama) has said it is considering new regulations to unify mortgage rates for all banks and finance companies to follow, Arab News has reported. "Sama aims to regulate the loans and mortgage market, and it is considering a further step to fix the rates on mortgage among all banks," said the general manager of Control Finance Companies at Sama, Mohammed ...
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Saudi to send animal samples to US in...
Saudi Arabia said today it would send samples taken from animals possibly infected with a deadly SARS-like virus to the United States for testing in a bid to find the source of disease. The Saudi health ministry has "collected large samples from bats and other animals, including camels, sheep and ...
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Saudi drivers in sidewalk skiing craze
Motorists in Saudi Arabia have been taking to the country's desert roads to try out a new driving craze. The sport, which has been dubbed "sidewalk skiing", involves balancing a car on its side while the vehicle is in motion. Tim Allman ...
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Nitaqat law 75000 and still counting
With thousands of Indians set to return from Saudi Arabia due to the 'Nitaqat' law, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Friday said state governments have been "forewarned" so that the situation does not become "unmanageable". Khurshid, who is on his way to Saudi Arabia on an official ...
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Nitaqat effect 27000 Indians apply for exit papers in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, May 24 India will issue at least 27,000 more Emergency Certificates to enable its citizens to leave Saudi Arabia for home after a new labour policy came into force in the Gulf kingdom. The Indian Embassy here has released a second list of verification and delivery process of Emergency ...
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Expansion to up Riyadh airport capacity to 35 m
An artist's impression of the expanded King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh. (SPA) | | A A JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR Last Update 25 May 2013 3:36 am The new expansion plan for Riyadh's King Khaled International Airport aims at increasing its capacity from 12 million to 35 million, said ...
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Parents of accused man to travel to Saudi Arabia
The parents of an Australian man, who is charged with terrorism offences in Saudi Arabia, plan to travel to the kingdom to support their son and plead on his behalf. Shayden Thorne, 25, originally from Perth, has been in custody since November 2011. He is facing five charges that include supporting ...
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Eight sustain burns in Tabuk house fire
TABUK - A Sudanese family of four and four other people sustained severe burns when the building they live in caught fire. Some citizens used their cars to take the injured to hospital before ambulances arrived at the scene. Tabuk Red Crescent spokesman Hussam Al-Salih said four of the injured are ...
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Parents to fly to Saudi Arabia to plead sons case
The parents of an Australian man charged with terrorism offences in Saudi Arabia are planning to travel there to support their son and plead on his behalf. Shayden Thorne, originally from Perth, has been in custody since November 2011. He is facing five charges, including supporting and encouraging ...
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Indian embassy in S. Arabia to issue 27000 exit certificates
RIYADH India will issue at least 27,000 more emergency certificates to enable its citizens to leave Saudi Arabia for home after a new labour policy came into force in the Gulf Kingdom. The Indian embassy here has released a second list of verification and delivery process of emergency certificates ...
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1967 Toyota 2000 GT most expensive Toyota ever sold
A 1967 Toyota 2000 GT was auctioned for an incredible $ 1.15 million, which makes it the most expensive Toyota ever sold and most expensive Asian car ever, according to the publisher of Hagerty's Price Guide. The Toyota 2000 GT stands in line of Toyota's long history of creating exciting, ...
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Taiwanese trade mission to explore business opportunities
(Arab News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) will lead a 29-member trade delegation to Saudi Arabia in early June. They will tour Riyadh from June 4-7 and Jeddah from June 7-10. They will be earlier visiting Almaty, Kazakhstan ...
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The Shadow War Behind Syrias Rebellion
Syria’s Rebels Aren’t Winning the War: Anatomy of a Battle ) The Saudi support for the more moderate rebel groups may seem at odds with Saudi Arabia’s own austere ideology but in the past, when the Saudis have backed ultraconservative Islamist militants (including supporting jihadists fighting the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s) they have also experienced blowback ...
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New initiatives for Saudi SMEs in spotlight
A trader monitors stocks at a Saudi Bank in Dammam. (Reuters file photo) | | A A RIYADH: ARAB NEWS Last Update 25 May 2013 1:45 am A two-day forum is being held this week to assess the situation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and the challenges they face to enhance their role in ...
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Schneider marks 33 percent growth in Saudi workforce
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, has announced its workforce in Saudi Arabia has grown by 33 percent bringing the total headcount to around 1,000. Nearly 30 percent of the new recruits are Saudi nationals. Reiterating Saudi Arabia's role as the key growth engine for ...
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Roadshow brings F-150 Ranger Built Ford Tough pickup trucks closer to Saudis
Ford Middle East and Al Jazirah Vehicles Agencies Co. (AJVA), the Ford and Lincoln importer-dealer in Saudi Arabia, have brought the F-150 and Ranger Built Ford Tough pickup trucks closer to Saudi customers through a roadshow across 10 major Saudi cities. Dubbed the largest of its kind, the ...
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Simulation of present and future climate of Saudi Arabia using a regional climate
ABSTRACT In this article, climate parameters (rainfall and temperature) are simulated for Saudi Arabia by downscaling the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) 40-year reanalysis (ERA40) and the European Community - Hamburg Atmospheric Model (ECHAM5) data using the UK Met ...
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Jeddahs new-look King Abdulaziz International Airport takes shape
This is the latest picture of the new passenger terminal at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Areen Design, alongside Arup and Atkins, make up the British consultancy team leading the design of the new terminal. The gateway sits on a total land area equivalent to over ...
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Nitaqat scheme tests Khurshids tightrope-walking skills
External Affairs Minister, Salman Khurshid, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Friday at a delicate moment when the demands for the welfare of around 75,000 Indian workers who may soon have to leave the country have to be balanced with calls for deeper energy and security ties with Riyadh. Mr. Khurshid's ...
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Over 1 lakh Indians face arrest in Saudi Arabia
naturalisation law or Nitaqat, which seeks to replace foreigners in companies with its own people, India is in the midst of a gigantic effort to bring back over 75,000 people in the next few months. After having failed to regularise their work status, these people have applied for emergency exit certificates to leave the country by July 3, the deadline set by Saudi Arabia for deportation of ...
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600 Saudi workers to go home
According to a press release sent by the Office of the Vice President, ?about six hundred overseas Filipino workers stranded at what is now called the ?Tent City? in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be able to come home to the Philippines for free.? ?Issues were now resolvedthe exit visa ...
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Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Receives Head of Lebanese Caretaker Government
SPA -- Ali bin Awadh Asiri, Saudi ambassador to Lebanon, received here today Head of Lebanese Caretaker Government Najib Miqati and a number of Lebanese former officials. During the meeting, Asiri conveyed greetings and wishes of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al ...
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Ahead of hajj WHO to help virus-hit Riyadh
Saudi Arabia dig deeper into deadly outbreaks of a new SARS-like virus to draw up advice ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage, which attracts millions of Muslims. The U.N. agency, which is not currently recommending any restrictions on travel to the kingdom or screening of passengers at airports or entry points, will send a second team of experts in the coming weeks, WHO ...
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Saudi Embassy to London Advises Citizens to Stay Away of Suspicious Places and
SPA -- The Saudi embassy to the United Kingdom asked the Saudi citizens to take caution and stay away of the suspicious places and gatherings. In a statement issued by the embassy today, "Due to the negative repercussions following the heinous crime committed in Woolwich, south-east London, on ...
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Saudi Arabia's massive infastructure drive
Saudi Arabia is in the midst of a major construction boom being implemented and supported by the national government in order to improve infrastructure and living standards in the largest economy in the Arab world.
It was recently announced by the director-general of the Saudi Industrial Property Authority (MODON), Tawfig Fawzan Alrabiah, that a new industrial city would be built in Taif in order to cope with growing demand for industrial land in Saudi Arabia. The Taif Industrial City will in fact be a ‘city within a city’ so to speak, but will measure 11 square miles in size and will function as a fully-fledged industrial city, providing all the infrastructure required in such zones. Read more
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