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Saudi woman reaches top of M...
A Saudi woman has broken a world record by reaching the summit of Mount Everest. She not only became the first Saudi woman to to reach this peak, but also the youngest Arab to ever make it to the top of Mount Everest. 25-year-old Raha Moharrak managed to complete this mission after persuading her ...
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US shale boom to send shockwaves in global oil trade
The world has changed -- and so has the global energy dynamics. The shale gas and tight oil revolution -- unleashed in the northern hemisphere of the world and which has the potential to spread to the far flung corners of the world too -- brings to fore a number of geopolitical issues. With North ...
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Mayor of Sanaa Saudi Ambassador Inspect Site of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Medical
SPA -- Abdulqader Ali Hilal, Mayor of Sana'a City, Ali Al-Hamdan, Saudi ambassador to Yemen, and Abdullah bin Abdulkareem Al-Shdokhee, head of Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) delegation, inspected here today the project site of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Medical City in the principality of ...
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Climber is First Saudi Woman to Scale Mount Everest
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Saudi Arabia more tolerant says woman film maker
View Photo AFP/Loic Venance - Saudi Arabia's first woman film maker Haifaa Al Mansour poses on May 18, 2013 during a photoshoot on the sidelines of the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes. Al-Mansour ...
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Saudi- Market cap falls to SR 1.44 trillion
(MENAFN - Arab News) The Saudi stock market was in the red last week, reversing after a 3-week surge and dropping 0.82 percent.Saudi Arabia's benchmark stock index reflecting a 3-day fall during the week, closed at 7,147.42 points last week, trimming 58.85 points for the entire week.The index went 28 points above and 121 points below the break-even line during the week.On an YTD basis, TASI ...
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Saudi Stocks Rise Most in 4 Months Led by Property Companies
May 18 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia's benchmark stock index gained the most in more than four months, led by real estate developers and petrochemical companies. Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Co. gained the most in more than 10 months, while Jabal Omar Development Co. rose to the highest since ...
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New case of SARS-like virus in Saudi Arabia ministry says
in Saudi Arabia, ministry says A new case of the deadly coronavirus has been detected in Saudi Arabia where 15 people have already died after contracting it, the health ministry announced on Saturday on its Internet website. "One new case of novel coronavirus recorded in the Eastern Region" where ...
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Bomb hits near Saudi Algerian embassies in Libyan capital
TRIPOLI, May 18 (Xinhua) -- A bomb exploded near the embassies of Saudi Arabia and Algeria in Tripoli, the capital of Libya, on Saturday, diplomatic sources told ...
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WHO concerned coronavirus spreading person to person
The World Health Organization has issued a blunt assessment of the coronavirus outbreak in Saudi Arabia, acknowledging for the first time that there are concerns the virus may be spreading from person to person, at least in a limited way. The statement called for urgent investigations to find the source of the virus and how it is infecting people. And it reminded countries they have a duty to ...
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Saudi Arabia repels cyber-attacks
Saudi Information Minister says hackers will be punished to the fullest extent of the law London, Asharq Al-Awsat--A number of Saudi Arabian government websites were subject to a series of "coordinated and simultaneous attacks" by unknown hackers over the past few days, Asharq Al-Awsat has learnt. ...
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Saudi Arabia to prevent EU pork-fed fish from entry
EU to begin allowing farmed fish to be fed processed animal proteins, including pork. Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat--Not long after the European "Horse Meat" scandal shocked the world, the European commission has approved a decision to feed fish with processed animal proteins (PAPs)--including pork--as an ...
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Saudi Arabia Women Banned from Switching on Immoral Air Conditioning by Islamic
According to the Iran-based Al-Alam news network the cleric is alleged to have decreed: "turning on the cooler ventilator is prohibited for women in the absence of their husbands" because "the woman's act is very dangerous, and may bring about immorality in the society. When she turns the cooler ...
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Sector estimated at $44.9b in GCC
(MENAFN - Arab Times) 4 million students enrol every year in basic education in region. A report issued by KFH-Research noted that the volume of education market in the GCC is 45 billion of total volume of the MENA region that is 75 billion. It added that the region spends 3.8 percent of total GDP ...
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Saudi Arabia To Participate In Meetings of World Health Organization
SPA -- Prince Abdulaziz bin Ahmed bin Abdulaziz, Member of the Board of Trustees of the International Agency for Prevention of Blindness and Head of the Agency's Eastern Mediterranean Region, will head the delegation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the meetings of the 66th session of the General ...
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Deputy Defense Minister Visits Royal Saudi Land Forces Command
SPA -- Prince Fahd bin Abdullah bin Mohammed, Deputy Defense Minister, paid a visit here today to the Command of Royal Saudi Land Forces. Upon arrival at the venue, the Prince was greeted by the Chief of General Staff, General Hussein Bin Abdullah Al-Qabil, and the Land Forces' Commander, ...
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Mobily and PCCW Global to enhance data and voice services collaboration
Bayanat Al Oula, Mobily's subsidiary, has signed a cooperation memorandum with PCCW Global to enhance business opportunities for both parties. The memorandum, which was signed during the International Telecoms Week (ITW) in Chicago, highlights the collaboration in defining & developing mutual areas of cooperation, enhancing & supporting data and voice services, in addition to ...
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Saudi- Najran Cement CEIC ink deal
(MENAFN - Arab News) Najran Cement Company has announced that it has signed a three-year contract with Chinese company CEIC to operate and maintain its third production for a three-year period.The new line, which is still being built, is expected to come into production during the third quarter of ...
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Cyber attack on Saudi government websites
Several government Internet sites have come under "coordinated and simultaneous" cyber attack, an information security spokesman in the oil-rich kingdom reported on Friday. The spokesman said among them was the interior ministry website brought down for an hour on Wednesday after being targeted in a so-called denial of service attack from "hundreds of IP addresses in different ...
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Saudi Crown Prince Receives US Navy Secretary
Jeddah, May 18. (BNA) -- Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Premier and Defence Minister HRH Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received here today the US Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and his accompanying delegation, currently on a visit to Saudi Arabia. According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), issues of mutual concern were discussed during the meeting. W H ...
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Boeing delivers 777-300 jetliner to Saudia
Boeing, on May 17, 2013, delivered a 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplane to Saudia, marking the latest milestone in its longstanding relationship with the airline and the Kingdom of Saudi ...
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STOCKS-NEWS-MIDEAST-Dar al-Arkan jump helps raise Saudi index
1256 GMT- The kingdom's benchmark all-share index closes up 1.14 percent to 7,229.02 points, buoyed by a 9.58 percent jump for real estate ...
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Expansion of businesses and investments in King Abdullah Economic City increases demand on all housing income levels
Giving a status update on progress in King Abdullah Economic City, Mr. Fahd Al-Rasheed, Managing Director and CEO of KAEC, affirmed the growing number of businesses and investments in the city from local and international companies who are looking for a prime location that offers world-class infrastructure, state-of-the-art electricity, water and sewage network, telecommunications services, ...
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First Days Inn Hotel in Saudi Arabia officially opens in Riyadh
Wyndham Hotel Group, the world's largest hotel company with approximately 7,380 hotels and part of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, announced the opening of the first Days Inn hotel in Saudi Arabia, the 56-room Days Hotel Olaya in ...
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MOH confirms Saudi Arabias 31st coronavirus case
French Dr. Eric Senneville talks about the novel coronavirus at the Tourcoing Hospital in Tourcoing, France, in this May 14, 2013, photo. France is among the countries which had confirmed cases of the new SARS-like virus. ...
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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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