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Top Executive Wants Saudis to Invest in Domestic Market
Top Executive Wants Saudis to Invest in Domestic Market Arab News July 13, 2005. The top executive of a Saudi agricultural firm, who lost heavily through overseas investments recently, is encoura...
ANALYSIS-Kuwait’s democracy troubles Gulf Arab rulers
24 Jun 2009 12:47:25 GMT Source: Reuters By Andrew Hammond DUBAI, June 24 (Reuters) – The ups and downs of parliamentary democracy in Kuwait are being used by Gulf Arab rulers to discredit the idea...
Bickering Saudis Struggle for an Answer to Iran’s Rising Influence in the Middle East
By HASSAN M. FATTAH December 22, 2006 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 21 — At a late-night reading this week, a self-styled poet raised his hand for silence and began a riff on neighboring Iraq, in the o...
Democracy cannot be imposed from the outside.
Turki Rasheed: . Turki al-Rasheed, a Saudi reformer for democracy, states that “Voters invariably frown on strength coming from abroad; the only legitimate sources of strength any Arab politician can ...
Eradicating poverty: Role of agriculture
Eradicating poverty: Role of agriculture Turki Faisal Al-Rasheed Arab News Saturday 29 November 2008 Poverty is a global phenomenon. In Scandinavian countries two percent of the population live ...
Fire of hatred
Fire of hatred ATUL ANEJA in Dubai The execution strengthens sectarian polarisation in West Asia and is likely to result in a bloodbath. SADDAM HUSSEIN WITH Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in 1979 i...
How conserving water won over agricultural production
How conserving water won over agricultural production Saudi Arabia dreams of food security Le Monde diplomatique / English edition March 2009 by Alain Gresh The date-processing factories all al...
In Search Of Electoral Data
In Search Of Electoral Data Saudi Voters Centre chief sees changes By Our Staff Repoter Bahrain Tribune – 24 November 2006 He is s a v v y. He is erudite. Smart as a whip and says is like he sees ...
Iraq in turmoil
Iraq in turmoil More By Andrew Hammond ANALYSIS-Saddam death raises tribal, religious ire in Saudi 04 Jan 2007 09:33:59 GMT Source: Reuters RIYADH, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Saddam Hussein’s unruly execu...
Municipal Councilors to Have Role of Observers Only’
Municipal Councilors to Have Role of Observers Only’ Javid Hassan, Arab News RIYADH, 1 August 2007 — Municipal councilors who won the 2005 elections that were held Kingdomwide will only play the ...