Arab sheikh backs wild horses for endurance

Could Australia's wild horses be about to take the endurance world by storm? Thirteen wild horses from Western Australia have been plucked from the wilderness, and, in a tale reminiscent of "My Fair Lady", now find...

Massive Dust Storm over the Middle East

"A massive dust cloud hovered over the Middle East in mid-June 2008, stretching from Iraq to India and spreading south past the Arabian Peninsula. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s...

Camel beauty pageant to be held in UAE

If you happen to own an attractive camel and think that yours is the best looking camel out there, then head on over to the United Arab Emirates for the annual camel beauty contest. I have to wonder what the camels...

More than 300 passengers aboard a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight escaped unhur...

"More than 300 passengers aboard a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight escaped unhurt Tuesday after their Boeing 747 jet caught fire as it landed in Bangladesh, an official said.The 326 passengers were evacuated after...

Activists protest execution of Indonesian maid in Saudi Arabia

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Tens of activists of non-governmental organization Migrant Care demonstrated outside the Saudi Arabian Embassy here on Monday in protest against the execution of Indonesian maid Yanti Irianti (35) in Saudi Arabia. "Migrant Care condemns the execution...

Raffles Dubai projects its unique brand of Arabian hospitality

"Raffles Dubai is the latest five star luxury hotel brand to enhance and extend their brand experience through the use of "music styling", thanks to sensory brand consultant Equal Strategy.Occupying a pre-eminent position in Wafi City, Dubai's ultra exclusive lifestyle...

Minister: staying permits in Saudi Arabia often abused

"In 2007, the number of Indonesians already deported had reached 22,116. The deportation cost was covered by the Saudi Arabian government including for the deportation of 600 Indonesians who were arrested in Aziziah, Mekkah, last Friday. As to the newly arrested Indonesians,...

Saudi king to present award to ex-mining minister Soebroto

Riyadh (ANTARA News) - Saudi Arabian King Abdullah will bestow an award on Soebroto, a former Indonesian mining minister and OPEC secretary general, for changing the image of OPEC (Organization of the...

Otis` leading technology in prestigious Abu Dhabi towers

"he contract calls for Otis to provide 53 elevators and six escalators in two oval-shaped office and residential towers, which are part of a sweeping development on Al Reem Island, a 2.5-square mile natural island on the Arabian Gulf located 300 meters off the coast of...

Ganpati waiting for the makeup man

"Ganpati waiting for the makeup man Once molded, the idols of Ganpati are painted using spray guns and brushes. These idols are taken by various mandals and individuals who worship these idols from one day to about...

Why The Simpsons flopped in the Middle East

One can assume APU the lively shopkeep is stereotyped as a burly red neck Calgarian. Though it has to be a stretch how the other characters who liven the show are omitted. But then we have mosque on the prairie. So...

Russian General Says U.S. Continues Preparations for Iran Strike

"The release of the 15 British sailors and marines captured by Iran has robbed the U.S. of a pretext to attack Iran, but the U.S. has not given up plans to attack Iran militarily, president of the Academy for Geopolitical Problems Colonel General Leonid Ivashov was quoted as...

Aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis Entered the Persian Gulf Tuesday

" WASHINGTON, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis entered the Persian Gulf Tuesday to join another U.S. carrier already there in a show of force seldom seen since World War II. Stennis was escorted by the guided-missile cruiser USS Antietamas it...

Party-goers to be flogged and thrown in jail

I can't begin to count the number of times I've heard my friends on the Left describe Conservatives as wanting to establish a "Theocracy" in America.  Maybe it just boils down to understanding what a theocracy is.....for that, all we have to do is to look at the Magic...

Judge Orders Deportation of Saudi Princess for Mistreating Domestic Workers

"BOSTON — A Saudi Arabian princess accused of breaking U.S. immigration laws by locking up her domestics' passports and forcing them to work for low pay was ordered to be deported, prosecutors said Thursday. Hana F. Al Jader of Winchester was sentenced to two years of...

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