Provides the latest RSS feeds for Saudi Arabia News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Saudi Arabia News.Net http://www.saudiarabianews.net/ en-us Wed, 14 May 2008 04:19:12 -0400 Wed, 14 May 2008 04:19:12 -0400 30 (MENAFN - Arab News) Saudi Oger has recently won two major contracts of the Ministry of Finance. The SR1.57 billion worth of contracts will see the execution of projects in Jeddah and Riyadh.The first... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14808875&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Wed, 14 May 2008 03:34:21 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14808875&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Jerusalem (AP): Ahead of a visit to the Middle East, US President George W Bush expressed some optimism that an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement would be struck before his term ends while holding o... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14808873&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Wed, 14 May 2008 03:34:34 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14808873&cat=84856ec8d48070cb BEIRUT (AP) - Saudi Arabia sent Iran a sharp warning over Lebanon Tuesday, saying Tehran's support for Hezbollah will damage its relations with other Muslim and Arab countries. More soldiers fanned ou... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14808874&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Wed, 14 May 2008 03:34:35 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14808874&cat=84856ec8d48070cb 797 words The IDB has been essential in its pioneering role treating poverty, unemployment and sustainable development across the Islamic countries until it became an internationally distinguished int... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14808876&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Wed, 14 May 2008 03:34:11 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14808876&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Human Rights Watch called on Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to dismiss a death sentence against a Turkish barber convicted of "cursing the name of God" in the conservative Muslim kingdom http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14807683&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Wed, 14 May 2008 03:14:51 -0400 Arabian Business http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14807683&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Zamil Industrial has announced that Zamil Industrial ITG, the IT operations division of the company, has been awarded International Organization for Standardization ISO 20000 certification ISO/IEC 200... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14809479&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Wed, 14 May 2008 03:09:46 -0400 AME Info http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14809479&cat=84856ec8d48070cb By NOOR TOORANI SIX Saudis have been jailed for six months and fined BD500 after they were caught smuggling drugs into Bahrain. The men were arrested in separate incidents last year, but were all... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14807685&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Wed, 14 May 2008 01:55:02 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14807685&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Saudi web critic facing possible prison sentence, death threats flees country Saudi Arabia, Politics, 5/13/2008 Human Rights Watch today spoke of court cases in Jeddah, Saudi against a Saudi web... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14807684&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Wed, 14 May 2008 01:45:07 -0400 Arabic News http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14807684&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Saudi Arabia's Binladin Group is teaming up with Malaysia's MMC and the Aluminum Corporation of China (Chalco), China's top aluminium producer, for a joint aluminium project in the Kingdom, reported K... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14807682&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Wed, 14 May 2008 01:44:41 -0400 AME Info http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14807682&cat=84856ec8d48070cb While Katherine Zoepf was reporting on recently, she managed to find a way to get a glimpse of the lives of young men in the Kingdom as well. (Elsewhere on this blog today, about love and romance in S... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14805978&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Wed, 14 May 2008 00:19:51 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14805978&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the Saudi Foreign Minister's claims of Iranian support for Hezbollah's recent actions in Lebanon were made in anger. Ahmadinejad says Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Fai... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14805983&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Wed, 14 May 2008 00:19:48 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14805983&cat=84856ec8d48070cb US President George W Bush will likely receive little more than a smile and handshake when he asks Saudi Arabia to help lower oil prices during a visit to Riyadh this week to commemorate 75 years of a... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14805984&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Wed, 14 May 2008 00:19:48 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14805984&cat=84856ec8d48070cb riyadh â?¢ Inflation in Gulf Arab countries is expected to rise by about three percentage points in 2008 and will continue to rise for years, an expert at a regional business bloc said yesterday. Re... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14805986&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Wed, 14 May 2008 00:19:46 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14805986&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Saudi Petroleum, a unit of state-owned Saudi Arabian Oil Co., has sold a fuel oil spot cargo to Cargill for loading later this month, traders said. The 90,000-metric ton cargo of cracked 180-centistok... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14805982&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Wed, 14 May 2008 00:19:49 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14805982&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Lebanon's parliamentary majority leader, Saad al-Hariri, has accused Hezbollah of trying to impose its will on the country with the help of Syria and Iran, and vowed never to surrender to the Shi'ite ... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14805979&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Wed, 14 May 2008 00:19:49 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14805979&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Dubai â?¢ Qtel agreed with a Saudi partner to develop wireless broadband services in the Middle East and Asia, the two companies said yesterday. Wi-Tribe, headquartered in Bahrain, is majority-owned... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14805987&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Wed, 14 May 2008 00:19:45 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14805987&cat=84856ec8d48070cb No. 1925 The following are reports from the past six months regarding threats against U.S. President George W. Bush from MEMRI's Islamist Websites Monitor Project, http://www.memriiwmp.org. Bush To Be... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14805980&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Wed, 14 May 2008 00:19:50 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14805980&cat=84856ec8d48070cb . Any bill blocking the arms deals would likely face a veto threat from the White House, which has rejected the plan, and it is unlikely the Senate could gain a veto-proof majority, especially given... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14804832&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 22:25:55 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14804832&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Washington (Platts)--13May2008 US Senate Democrats intend to introduce a resolution later Tuesday to block a $1.2 billion US arms sale to Saudi Arabia, they said. Several of the senators, at a press b... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14802547&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 21:09:37 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14802547&cat=84856ec8d48070cb - Saudi Oger has recently won two major contracts of the Ministry of Finance. The SR1.57 billion worth of contracts will see the execution of projects in Jeddah and Riyadh. The first project, a contra... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14802548&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 21:09:38 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14802548&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Concrete supplier, Saudi Readymix, has started its annual national recruitment campaign aimed at Saudi nationals. The company plans to recruit more than 800 new employees in 2008, raising the total wo... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14800485&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 20:48:53 -0400 Arabian Business http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14800485&cat=84856ec8d48070cb GE Healthcare has formed a joint venture with El Seif Development to help it more effectively cover the Saudi Arabian market. GE El Seif Healthcare Arabia will market GE Healthcare's broad portfolio, ... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14800258&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 20:48:53 -0400 Arabian Business http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14800258&cat=84856ec8d48070cb LONDON: A Saudi Arabian man is to get 150 lashes and spend eight months in prison after he was caught meeting a woman without a chaperone in a coffee shop. http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14800946&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 19:18:29 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14800946&cat=84856ec8d48070cb FRANKFURT, Germany Industrial gases and engineering firm Linde AG said Tuesday that it has acquired a 51 percent stake in Saudi Industrial Gas Co. Ltd. Munich-based Linde did not provide financial det... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14798405&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 17:44:19 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14798405&cat=84856ec8d48070cb WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats on Tuesday introduced legislation to stop a U.S. arms sale to Saudi Arabia worth $1.4 billion in a tactic supporters said was aimed at pressuring the OPEC count... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14796574&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 15:44:15 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14796574&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday Iranian-backed Hezbollah's routing of the Western-backed government's supporters in Lebanon would affect the Islamic Republic's ties with Arab countries. 'Of course, for I... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14793949&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 14:22:34 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14793949&cat=84856ec8d48070cb RIYADH, May 13 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday Iranian-backed Hezbollah's routing of the Western-backed government's supporters in Lebanon would affect the Islamic Republic's ties with Arab c... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14789785&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 11:02:55 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14789785&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Russiaâ??s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport is preparing a $4 billion arms contract with Saudi Arabia, the Gazeta daily reported on Tuesday. A preliminary agreement on the purchase of Russian weap... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14789786&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 11:02:54 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14789786&cat=84856ec8d48070cb BEIRUT - Lebanese troops were set to use force if necessary on Tuesday to disarm gunmen and enforce law and order after six days of deadly sectarian gunbattles that have thrown the nation into fear an... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14792947&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 12:53:43 -0400 Middle East Online http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14792947&cat=84856ec8d48070cb As he travels to the Middle East this week, President George W. Bush is expected to press US ally Saudi Arabia to do more to contain runaway oil prices which threaten to depress both the US and world ... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14789787&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 11:02:53 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14789787&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday denounced the 60th anniversary of Israel's establishment. Speaking to domestic and foreign reporters, the Iranian leader said "celebrating birth anniver... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14793399&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 12:30:13 -0400 Al Bawaba http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14793399&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, has said that the comments by the Saudi foreign minister that Tehran interfered in the recent crisis in Lebanon are false and made in anger. http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14792181&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 12:28:51 -0400 Al Jazeera http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14792181&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Aluminum Corp of China Ltd, the nation' biggest producer of the metal, raised the cost of its smelter project in Saudi Arabia by 50% to US$4.5 billion after allowing for the construction of a power pl... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14789788&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 11:02:52 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14789788&cat=84856ec8d48070cb State-owned Saudi Arabian Mining Co. plans to raise 9.25 billion riyals ($2.47 billion) in July in the Middle East's biggest initial public offering of stock for a mining company, the Saudi exchange r... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14789789&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 11:02:50 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14789789&cat=84856ec8d48070cb BEIRUT - The Future TV station of Lebanese parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri, forced off the air by Hezbollah last week, resumed broadcasting on Tuesday outside of Beirut. Future TV and its s... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14792948&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 12:53:44 -0400 Middle East Online http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14792948&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Michel Noblet, Managing Director, HMH - Hospitality Management Holdings, said, 'We feel it's a brilliant opportunity. Qatar has been making bold moves in terms of development. This has led to a massiv... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14789790&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 11:02:47 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14789790&cat=84856ec8d48070cb MUNICH (Thomson Financial) - Linde AG. said it bought a 51 percent stake in family owned industrial gases company Saudi Industrial Gas Co. Ltd. (SIGAS). No financial details were disclosed. The deal i... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14789791&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 11:02:47 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14789791&cat=84856ec8d48070cb "The dynamic second-generation Suzuki XL7 has been refined into a midsize crossover SUV to appeal to a wider market. Developed with a focus on on-road performance, the XL7 seamlessly combines superb d... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14789783&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 11:02:46 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14789783&cat=84856ec8d48070cb SABIC unlikely to raise ceiling on sale of Islamic bonds despite strong demand. MANAMA - Saudi Basic Industries Corp 2010.SE (SABIC) priced Islamic bonds worth up to $1.33 billion at 48 basis points a... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14789782&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 11:02:45 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14789782&cat=84856ec8d48070cb L-R: Mr. Alain Sykora, Director, Automotive Division - Zahid Tractor; Mr Raed Abu Alrab, Service Manager, Automotive Division - Zahid Tractor; Mr. Carlos Ghosn, President and CEO of Renault; and Mr. G... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14790457&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 10:40:03 -0400 AME Info http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14790457&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Vienna - Flag carrier Austrian Airlines (AUA) extended a last deadline to a key Saudi investor until May 21 on Tuesday, but both parties clearly regarded the planned 150-million-euro (232- million-dol... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14787378&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 10:33:48 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14787378&cat=84856ec8d48070cb President George W. Bush will likely receive little more than a smile and handshake when he asks Saudi Arabia to help lower oil prices during a visit to Riyadh this week to commemorate 75 years of a r... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14788878&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 09:31:52 -0400 Middle East Online http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14788878&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Riyadh - A Saudi national was beheaded by the sword on Tuesday after being convicted of murdering a compatriot, the interior ministry said. Abdullah bin Hamil Hederiss al-Shemari was found guilty o... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14788196&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 09:23:35 -0400 IOL http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14788196&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Hamas movement on Tuesday said the release of an Israeli soldier captured in 2006 would not be part of a proposed Gaza Strip calm, despite Israeli demands for progress on the issue. "Whoever thinks th... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14789243&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 09:08:27 -0400 Al Bawaba http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14789243&cat=84856ec8d48070cb The U.S. Army said Tuesday that militants staged several attacks on U.S. soldiers in Sadr City and elsewhere. "They are obviously not listening to any agreement," Lt. Col. Steve Stover, a military spo... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14789244&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 09:08:26 -0400 Al Bawaba http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14789244&cat=84856ec8d48070cb (MENAFN - Arab News) Batelco (Bahrain Telecommunications Company) is set to invest $1 billion in Saudi market as part of a strategy aimed at enhancing the revenues of the company from overseas operati... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14785214&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 07:02:06 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14785214&cat=84856ec8d48070cb (MENAFN - The Peninsula) (QNB), Emirates Bank International (EBI), and Arab Bank signed an agreement yesterday with Al Arrab Contracting Company (ACC), in which the three banks will act as Mandated Le... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14785215&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 07:02:07 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14785215&cat=84856ec8d48070cb SAUDI ARABIA: Scomi OMS Oilfield Holdings Sdn Bhd last Wednesday set up a limited liability company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The new company, Scomi OMS Oilfield Services Arabia Ltd,, has an ini... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14785213&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 07:02:05 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14785213&cat=84856ec8d48070cb The Pentagon has dropped charges against a Saudi national being held at Guantanamo Bay who was alleged to have been the '20th hijacker' in the September 11 attacks. Mohammed al-Qahtani was one of six ... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14785207&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 07:02:07 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14785207&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Arab News RIYADH, May 12: Several months after the government's decision to allow women to stay in hotels without guardians, businesswomen and other travelers started taking advantage of this new free... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14785211&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 07:02:03 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14785211&cat=84856ec8d48070cb The government's Philippine National Oil Co. (PNOC) decided against exercising its right to match Ashmore Group's offer to buy Saudi Aramco's 40% stake in oil refiner and retailer Petron Corp. PNOC ow... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14785209&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 07:02:02 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14785209&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Dubai, May 12 - Saudi Arabia, one of the world's top rice buyers, is likely to start investing in rice farms in Thailand by the end of 2008 in a move to boost security of food supply, industry sources... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14785208&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 07:02:01 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14785208&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Saudi minister in Ankara The only region at risk of drought is the Southeast, Agriculture Minister Mehmet Mehdi Eker said yesterday. Eker held talks with Saudi Arabian Industry Minister Abdullah Bin A... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14783167&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 05:43:13 -0400 Turkish Daily News http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14783167&cat=84856ec8d48070cb SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The Pentagon has dropped charges against a Saudi at Guantanamo who was alleged to have been the so-called '20th hijacker' in the Sept. 11 attacks, his U.S. military defense law... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14780895&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 02:23:50 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14780895&cat=84856ec8d48070cb It is not Al-Qaida but rather Islamist anti-Semitism in Saudi Arabia, Iran and its allies that poses a threat to the Jewish people, a new position paper from The Jewish People Policy Planning Institut... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14780896&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 02:23:50 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14780896&cat=84856ec8d48070cb For a company that has several large-scale projects, businesses with steady earnings and lucrative businesses under its belt, MMC Corp Bhd somehow lacks the power of sustainabilty compared to similar ... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14780898&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 02:23:48 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14780898&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Riyadh, May. 12, 2008 (CWNews.com) - The Vatican has renewed talks with Saudi Arabian leaders about the possible construction of a Catholic church in that country, Vatican Radio reports. Vatican offic... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14780899&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 02:23:47 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14780899&cat=84856ec8d48070cb WASHINGTON -- U.S. President George W. Bush will likely receive little more than a smile and handshake when he asks Saudi Arabia to help lower oil prices during a visit to Riyadh this week to commemor... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14780897&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 02:23:49 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14780897&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Atlas Fisheries WLL, a Bahrain-based Saudi Arabian company, signed a joint venture agreement on May 8 last with Baraka Ltd, a daughter concern of Ahmed Amin Group of Companies, a Bangladeshi company. ... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14780900&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 02:23:46 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14780900&cat=84856ec8d48070cb AI URGES RELEASE Saudi professor to face flogging for meeting woman for coffee 05/11/2008 Muhammad Ali Abu Raziza, a psychology lecturer at the university of Mecca, has been sentenced to 150 lashes an... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14780901&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 02:23:45 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14780901&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Saudi Arabian Amiantit Co, which makes fiberglass, iron and cylinder pipes, recorded a 44% increase in sales last month, reported Bloomberg. The company said sales in April advanced to 390 million riy... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14781455&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 02:03:45 -0400 AME Info http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14781455&cat=84856ec8d48070cb in Saudi Arabia on May 16, and is expected to press the Saudis to boost their oil production as a way of curbing spiraling fuel prices. "I have made the case that the high price of oil injures... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14779619&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 00:26:15 -0400 Yahoo! News http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14779619&cat=84856ec8d48070cb commemorates the 75th anniversary of the formal establishment of U.S.-Saudi relations. The White House has said Bush will stress U.S. concerns about soaring oil prices when he meets http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14779778&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Tue, 13 May 2008 00:25:36 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14779778&cat=84856ec8d48070cb NICOSIA: Around 200 people fleeing the violence in Lebanon, including the Saudi ambassador in Beirut, have arrived in the nearby island nation of Cyprus, officials said on Monday. Since Saturday, 18 p... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14777453&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Mon, 12 May 2008 23:01:31 -0400 Congoo http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14777453&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Project finance for the Saudi Landbridge rail scheme is expected to include an Islamic tranche that will be worth about USD1 bln, according to one banker close to the project. 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Bush on Monday called Iran the "single biggest threat" to peace in the Middle East ahead of a visit to the region centered on celebrations of Israel's 60th anniversary. "To me i... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14772624&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Mon, 12 May 2008 16:44:21 -0400 Al Bawaba http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14772624&cat=84856ec8d48070cb According to Olmert, the issue of arms smuggling in particular will distinguish between a temporary truce and sustainable calm. The Israeli leader asked Suleiman to pass along this message to Hamas of... http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14772625&cat=84856ec8d48070cb Mon, 12 May 2008 16:44:20 -0400 Al Bawaba http://feeds.saudiarabianews.net/?rid=14772625&cat=84856ec8d48070cb (MENAFN - Arab News) Saudi ports in Jeddah and Dammam received 1.56 million tons of rice during the past 16 months, according to Dr. Khaled A. Bubshait, president of the General Ports Authority. 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