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Luftansa Cargo plane crashes in Saudi Arabia

A cargo plane belonging to the German carrier Luftansa crash landed at King Khalid International Airport in Riyad, Saudi Arabia according to television reports.  The plane split into two upon landing.  However, the two crew members, the Pilot and the...

Saudi women to be allowed to argue cases in court

Change happens, it happens everywhere all of the time, though the pace of it varies widely. The Middle East is one of the places that the west has tried in the past to force change, often with disastrous...

Abdulmutallab Underwear Bomb Not The First - Saudi Anal Bomb Was

Distasteful and frightening - an understandable reaction to the news that Abdulmutallab, the Christmas Day Bomber, concealed explosives in his underwear and groin area. But Abdulmutallab was not the first. In...

al-Qaeda's on the web

Al-Qaeda has intensified it's indoctrination to the offspring of  Muslims migrants in the west. This of course is to incite terrorism and create a 5 column within the homelands of what it see's being the...

North Korea Qualifies for World Cup 2010 - first time in 43 years

In addition to working on its nuclear arsenal, North Korea has also been working on its soccer. The North Korean Soccer Team qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 43 years, after tying 0-0 with the...

Yorams back from the States Shares his views on Obama

Pleased that my co-host of Israelseen is back from the U.S. and now has much to say about his impressions of President Obama and his realtionship with Israel. My views are pretty much in sync with his observation of the events currently unfolding. Enjoy. " “SAUDIS REJECT...

Agosta scandal rocks French presidency

Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari got his nickname "Mr. Ten Percent" in the 1994 purchase of Agosta submarines for Pakistan military, worth 800 million Euros. The commission was fixed 80 million Euros, but...

Royal brother attacks Saudi Warren Buffet

A prince in one of the world's most despicable kingdoms, Saudi Arabia, has brought his fight with his "liberal" brother, the world famed Saudi Warren Buffet, into the public realm. The House of Saud maintains an...

Saudi Smokers Quit Smoking, Get a Free Wedding

A quit-smoking campaign in Saudi Arabia will earn one man an all-expenses-paid wedding. The campaign is designed to promote a healthier lifestyle in a nation where an estimated quarter of the 27.6 million residents are smokers. Hundreds of men have already expressed...

69 Filipinos in Riyadh Arrested for "Deviant Behavior"

A large number of foreign workers were rounded up recently during a concert at a closed compound in Riyadh. They were arrested for engaging in "Deviant Acts" during a private celebration of the Philippine Independence Day. ""Vice President Noli de Castro, also the ...

Saudis run mad for old Singer Sewing Machines

Rumors from a few days ago started a mad search through family and friend's homes for old singer sewing machines, rumored to contain the 'magical' red mercury. ('...the existential status of “red mercury”...

Saudi’s large souk for fatwa merchants: Get your fatwas here!

Souk= marketplace, traditionally open-air, now on the internet and over satellite TV channels."Farcical fatwas, often at odds with each other, flood Saudi sites, satellites as faithful seek spiritual answers. By Habib Trabelsi Women are banned from sitting on a chair or...

Breaking News: Millions see UFO crash, Saudi Arabia

" Astonishing events are occuring around the world and not as much as a word about them is being written or said in the West. In Saudi Arabia last week what might well have be a UFO, possibly crashing into earth,...

Veteran Saudi journalist Talaat Fareed Wafa, Dies at 53

In recognition of his services to media, Crown Prince Sultan, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, met the full costs of Wafa's treatment both in the United States and in the Kingdom... "...

Filipinos in Riyadh eye prominent doctor for top OWWA post

His name was cited  as one of the acheivers in the Hall of Fame of OFW Acheivers-an anthology of OFW Acheivers in Saudi Arabia, 1990 to 2000. At Riyadh Hospital where he was the medical director, he earned...

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