Saudi Arabia to offer $25 mln loan to assist education in China

Beijing (ANTARA News)- Saudi Arabia on Monday agreed to provide a loan of 25 million U.S. dollars to assist an education project in Tianshui City, northwest China`s Gansu province. The loan was offered by the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), a fund chaired by Saudi Arabia`s...

Some 312 Indonesians die in Saudi during hajj pilgrimage

Mecca (ANTARA News) - A total of 312 Indonesians have died in Saudi Arabia up to Monday (Dec. 31) during this year`s hajj pilgrimage, according to data from the Indonesian hajj information center. Currently, 33 Indonesian hajj pilgrims were being hospitalized in Saudi Arabia,...

Daughter of the West

" * LRB * 13 December 2007 * Tariq Ali more detail icon * printer icon print layout * mail icon tell a friend Daughter of the West Tariq Ali Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing...

Yudhoyono asks Indonesian haj pilgrims to pray for nation

"Religious Affairs Minister M Maftuh Basyuni said President Susilo Bambang Yudhyono has congratulated Indonesian haj pilgrims in Mecca and asked them to pray for the safety and welfare of the Indonesian nation.Speaking before Indonesian haj pilgrimage personnel and officials...

Saudi clerics issue fatwa against inflation?

Ever wondered about the economic disparity in Saudi? Check this out.""This crisis will have a negative impact on all levels, causing theft, cheating, armed robbery, and resentment between rich and poor," the statement said. Wealth distribution remains a problem in Saudi...

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 plans monorail for Muslim holy places: report

Riyadh (ANTARA News) - Saudi Arabia is planning a five billion dollar monorail network to transport millions of pilgrims around the Muslim holy sites during the annual hajj pilgrimage, a Saudi daily reported on Monday. The oil-rich desert kingdom is to carry out a feasibility...

Saudi Authorities Alarmed At The Growing Number Of Runaway Girls

"Interesting. It seems that they think the growing problem is serious enough to “study” it. From Al-Arabiya: "The Saudi Ministries of Interior and Social Affairs, in collaboration with the Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, are conducting a...

Oil market well supplied, OPEC agenda open-ministers

"On global oil supplies, the minister said: "They are definitely comfortable and they are definitely within the five-year average, and no one can deny it. That is a fact."The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries had no control over prices being determined by the...

Saudi announces US$300 mln fund for climate change studies

Riyadh (ANTARA News) - Saudi Arabia has contributed $300 million toward a fund to establish an international program for scientific research into energy, the environment and climate change. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz announced the...

Deregulating the Dream

"Deregulating the Dream America is close to being a 3rd world country when it comes to class and wealth. My take: Americans (mostly republican) constantly brag about how we are the BEST at everything, the problem is that we are not. Its time we faced facts and started...