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On Saturday, Prince Fahd bin Badr opened the second Olive Festival in Sakaka. The Prince hopes the event will attract local and international investors to Saudi agricultural products. The event offers a chance for farmers to sell produce. Last year at the first festival, olive sales soared over SR10 million. The General Commission for [...]
Albania and Saudi Arabia plan to sign a memorandum of understanding soon to bring the two countries back together. After 9/11 and the Balkan wars, investments between the two countries diminished. Albanian Foreign Minister Lulzim Basha and Albanian Minister to the Kingdom Admirim Banaj, hope to rekindle investments in Saudi banking, oil, food, tourism, [...]
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Health, Dr. Hamad Bin Abdullah Al-Mane’, is not satisfied with the progress of the King Fahd Hospital in Medina. He says the hospital is not running as it should be considering the large amounts of money that have been dispensed for maintenance and management. The minister also relayed orders to [...]
Today in Jeddah, Dr. Eman Al-Ayesh, an internist at King Fahd Hospital, presented a forum on breast cancer to girls in intermediate and high school at the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry. “An alarmingly high 22.6% of cancer cases in Saudi Arabia are diagnosed as breast cancer and 70% of the cases we [...]
A carpenter named Vijay Kumar, went to labor court in Riyadh in 2005 seeking unpaid wages for five months of work. His case was with the tribunal for 17 months and with the Supreme Labor Commission (SLC) for 19 months. Three years later, Kumar has finally received his unpaid salary , an extra SR3,000 [...]
King Abdullah II of Jordan called on wealthy nations with strong economies to help poor and developing nations overcome the consequences of the current financial crisis and realize the UN-set Millennium Development goals by the year 2015. The King urged advanced countries to shoulder their responsibilities and extend financial and technical support to underprivileged countries [...]
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia made comment on the condition of the Saudi Arabian economic situation on Sunday, saying that he believes the Kingdom’s economy to be in excellent condition and that they only suffered a little from the recent economic crisis seen in nations around the world. The King also said that the [...]
The oil minister of Saudi Arabia spoke at the Arab Conference for Mineral Resources in Jordan’s capital, Amman. He spoke about the world economic situation and the continued demand for the natural resources in the Middle East. Even though economic conditions are worsening, the pressure for the world’s natural resources will continue to increase. Specifically [...]
On Friday a group of Palestinian gunmen strategically set up explosives at the Gaza-Israeli border. After Israeli troops recognized the gunmen to be Palestinian they opened fire where one Palestinian gunman died. Both sides show frustration with the recent events, especially since a 5-month truce has been established to not open fire or set explosives [...]
With the strong rules and regulations put forth by the religious community of their conservative country, a group of four girls in Saudi Arabia have found means of expressing themselves, even if they can’t do it in public. Dina (Guitar), her sister Dareen (Bass), Lamia (Singer) and Amjad (Keyboard), have formed the underground rock band, [...]
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