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Saudi Arabia Five beheaded crucified amid disturbing rise in execution Amnesty
(Source: Amnesty International) Saudi Arabia must halt a "disturbing" rise in death penalty usage that has resulted in at least 47 state killings in the country already this year, Amnesty International urged after six more people were executed today. Five Yemeni men were beheaded and "crucified" ...
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10 alleged Iranian spies arrested in Saudi
Saudi security forces (AFP) Saudi Arabia's interior minister Major General Mansour Al Turki released a statement of Tuesday announcing that 10 members of an alleged Iranian spy ring had ...
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IMF sees Saudi economic decline over expected drop in oil output
RIYADH: Saudi economic growth will slow to 4.4 percent in 2013 from 6.8 percent last year due to an expected fall in oil production, and cuts in government spending, ...
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Addl staff to legalise status of expatriates in Saudi Arabia
The Bangladesh Consulate in Jeddah is experiencing an unprecedented influx of nationals who are seeking the mission's consular services to legalize their status or be repatriated back home. A large stretch of Makkah Road near the consulate was jammed in the early hours of yesterday morning. The ...
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Coronavirus claims first life in Tunisia
Tunisian authorities say man contracted new SARS-like virus after visit to Saudi Arabia 1 min 19 sec ago TUNIS -- A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from new coronavirus, a strain of a virus that emerged in the Middle East last year, after a visit to Saudi Arabia, the health ministry said yesterday ...
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Silicon Motions Management Presents at B. Riley Co. 14th Annual Investor Conference
Silicon Motion Technology Corp. (SIMO) B. Riley & Co. 14th Annual Investor Conference Transcript May 21, 2013 4:30 PM ET Mike Crawford - B. Riley & Co. We'll go ahead and get started. It's my pleasure to introduce Riyadh Lai, the CFO of Silicon Motion. We also have Jason Tsai, the VP of Investor ...
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Australia seeks to raise dairy exports to Kingdom
(Arab News - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Australia aims to increase its dairy exports to Saudi Arabia from 28,000 tons ($ 80 million) to 50,000 tons in the next five years, according to Peter Myers, Dairy Australia's international trade development manager. "Australian ...
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Tunisian man dies of new coronavirus
Ghana News plugins A man has died of the novel coronavirus (NCoV) in Tunisia, in what is believed to be the first such case in Africa. Tunisia's health ministry said the 66-year-old had visited Saudi Arabia, which is badly affected by the virus. There have been 20 deaths worldwide out of 41 cases ...
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Deadly Virus Kills Tunisian Man
The novel coronavirus BBC A man has died of the novel coronavirus (NCoV) in Tunisia, in what is believed to be the first such case in Africa. Tunisia's health ministry said the 66-year-old had visited Saudi Arabia, which is badly affected by the virus. About 20 deaths and 41 cases have been ...
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Saudi reportedly executes Yemeni gang members
Saudi Arabia has executed five Yemenis and displayed their bodies in public for killing a national and forming a gang that committed robberies across several towns in the kingdom, the interior ministry said. The men were executed on Tuesday in the town of Jizan in the southwest of Saudi Arabia. New York-based watchdog Human Rights Watch (HRW) slammed the punishment as "outrageous". ...
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Trade between Saudi Malaysia at USD3.99b
(MENAFN) The Consulate General of Malaysia Commercial section in alliance with Council of Saudi Chambers (CSC) and Jeddah Chamber of Commerce (JCCI) businessmen and their Malaysian counterparts in Jeddah organized a business meeting between Saudi and Malaysian businessmen, reported Arab News.The total trading value between the two countries is USD3.99 billion.USD1.22 billion was the value of ...
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Saudi Arabia displays corpses of 5 executed Yemeni men
Saudi Arabia executed five Yemeni men convicted of robbery and murder and then displayed their corpses in the south-western town of Jizan on ...
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Green Motion Car Rental Sells Master Franchise for the Middle East
U.K.-based Green Motion announced today the sale of its regional master franchise territory to Jordan-based Sadeen Rent A Car. Sadeen Rent A Car, a major player within the Jordanian rental market, has been operating for more than a decade and has been investigating a partnership with an international vehicle rental brand. Richard Lowden, Green Motion’s founder and chairman, said, ...
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First Staybridge Suites in Jeddah by IHG
(MENAFN) InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has agreed with Dyafah Al Mutahida to launch Staybridge Suites in Jeddah, reported Arabian Business.The project will be the first of its kind to open in Saudi Arabia, according to a statement by IHG.The 200 suites will offer many options, such as separate working areas and entertainment facilities, in addition to free WiFi.It's worth noting that ...
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Saudis Arrest Ten More Members Of Iranian ‘Spy Ring’
Saudi Arabian officials have arrested 10 more members of an alleged Iranian-linked spy ring, according to the interior ministry, following the detention of 18 other such "spies" in ...
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For once I agree with the head of Saudi Arabias religious police -- about Twitter
The sheikh says Twitter is bad , and that anyone using it "has lost this world and his afterlife." A bit extreme, but I understand the sentiment. Myself, I would have put it in a more Wordsworthian way. I think that most social media are a sordid boon, and that late and soon, twitting and ...
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DSI awarded $460m contract in Saudi Arabia
Dubai-based Drake & Scull International has announced its general contracting unit has won a SR1.73bn ($460m) contract from Lamar Investment and Real Estate Development Co in Saudi Arabia, Zawya Dow Jones has reported. DSC Saudi Arabia will oversee and undertake construction work on the Lamar Towers project in Jeddah, the company said. The project, halted in 2009, was restructured and ...
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Tunisian dies of coronavirus after KSA...
TUNIS/JEDDAH: A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from new coronavirus, a strain of a virus that emerged in the Middle East last year, after a visit to Saudi Arabia, the Tunisian health ministry said on Tuesday. Ministry spokesman Ibrahim Labassi said the man, a diabetic, died in hospital in the ...
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Stadium access for Saudi women under...
Saudi women watch the official opening ceremony of the Gulf Cup at the 22 May Stadium in Aden, Yemen, on November 22, 2010. Women could be allowed in to football stadiums in Saudi Arabia in the near future after the head of the country's football federation said he was in favour of the ...
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Saudi Team Wins 2 Bronz in the Opening Arab Atheltics Games 18
SPA -- Saudi athletes began collecting medals for the Kingdom, in the first day of the Pan-Arab Track and Field Games, in its 18th edition, which has been launched here this evening. Thrower Sultan Al-Bishai, won the bronze of put shot, while his colleague Nawaf Al-Yami won, the bronze of High ...
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Saudi Arabia six executed including five Yemenis crucified outside a university
Saudi Arabia must halt a "disturbing" rise in its use of the death penalty, Amnesty International said this evening after six people were executed in the country today.Five Yemeni men were beheaded and "crucified" this morning in the city of Jizan, while a Saudi Arabian man was executed in the south-western city of Abha.The beheadings and "crucifixions" took place ...
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Saudi PH ink pact on workers
Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz (left) and Saudi Arabian Labor Minister Adel Bin Mohammed Fakeih INQUIRER FILE PHOTO/PHOTO OF MINISTER FAKEIH FROM GCF.ORG.SA MANILA, Philippines--Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz and Saudi Arabian Labor Minister Adel Bin Mohammed Fakeih signed in Jeddah on Sunday an agreement on the recruitment of Filipino domestic workers and the duties and responsibilities of ...
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A Tunisian man died of SARS-like virus after Mecca pilgrimage
A Tunisian man died after a pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and two adults children tested positive for SARS-like virus, health officials say. World Health Organization officials said Tuesday the 66-year-old Tunisian man was the second pilgrim to the Muslim holy city to be sickened with the SARS-like virus novel coronavirus, The Wall Street Journal reported. The Tunisian man returned from a ...
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Saudi executes five criminals and displays the bodies
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Tuesday executed five Yemenis convicted of crimes and displayed their bodies in public as a deterrent for future criminals, the government said.The Interior Ministry said the five were convicted of setting up a gang that carried out several crimes, including the murder of a Saudi man. They were executed on Tuesday and their bodies were put on ...
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Smit Tugs Move Crippled UASC Ship to Saudi Arabia
has been moved to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, by two tugs from Smit Salvage.Prior to the arrival of the tugs, UASC vessels Ain Snan and Jebel Ali had, in turns, extended emergency support to the vessel.Full power was restored to the generators prior to the beginning of towage on May 13, and towage operations began on May 15. The vessel was cast off by the Smit tugs at Jeddah on May 18, when four tugs ...
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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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