Better Facilities in Place for Pilgrims at Jeddah Airport Khaleej Times JEDDAH ' Seven new terminals have been set up at the King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah to receive Haj pilgrims, according to Khaled Al Khaibari, head of media for the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA). | Al Khaibari said on Tuesday that the new terminals have the latest techno...
U.S. "Persistent" in Mideast Peace Push CBS News Clinton Urges Israel, Palestinians to Talk Before Stop in Egypt to Sooth Nerves Over Her Own Remarks | Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments Photo | From right to left : Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheik Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Deputy Prime Minist...
Etihad signs new codeshare deal with UK's Flybe TravelDailyNews Etihad Airways customers around the world will soon be able to fly to a host of new regional airports within the UK, following the signing of a new codeshare agreement with Flybe, the biggest regional airline in Europe. | The new deal will also give ...
Army: Fort Hood shooting rampage suspect is alive The Oklahoman | FORT HOOD, Texas -- A military mental health doctor facing deployment overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post on Thursday, setting off on a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded, Army officials said. | Army Lt. Gen. Robert Cone ...
AP News in Brief at 5:58 p.m. EST The Press Democrat | FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) - A soldier opened fire at a U.S. Army base in Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday, unleashing a stream of gunfire that left 12 people dead and 31 wounded. Authorities killed the gunman, and apprehended two other soldiers suspected i...
Mutilating Women Middle East Online For a couple of decades, a small, underfunded nonprofit organization in New York called Equality Now has bolstered community groups in Africa that are making steady progress against the painful and destructive practice of female genital mutilation (F...
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Sara Bint Talal, a 'People's Princess' Middle East Online She inherited from her father, Prince Talal bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, his nonconformity and his outspokenness, and from her mother, her deceptive beauty: Princess Sara is an unconven...
Saudi tourism has potential but faces obstacles Khaleej Times JABAL SAWDA, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia's highest point offers stunning views and a mild climate, away from the scorching desert heat that dominates most of the Gulf Arab state ' ...
Saudis Try to Head Off Swine Flu Fears Before Hajj Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Every year, the single largest gathering on the planet is the annual pilgrimage to Mecca: 2.5 million people from 160 countries packed into a small city in Saudi Arabia for five ...
U.S. "Persistent" in Mideast Peace Push CBS News Clinton Urges Israel, Palestinians to Talk Before Stop in Egypt to Sooth Nerves Over Her Own Remarks | Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments Photo | From right to left : Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheik Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, U.S. Secretary of...
Global Reactions National Post National PostNovember 3, 2009 | UNITED STATES | The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said flu-related hospitalizations and deaths were higher than normal. Forty-eight states reported widespread outbreaks of flu. "This many report...
Hollywood Hits the Desert The Daily Beast | The first-annual Doha Tribeca Film Festival was an ambitious beguilement. The Daily Beast’s Rebecca Dana reports from the mirage. | It’s a hazy weekend afternoon in Qatar, the pint-size Islamic nation that juts out from Saudi Arabia int...
Health Minister To Take Flu Jab to Launch Drive Khaleej Times DUBAI ' The UAE Health Minister Dr Hanif Hassan is scheduled to be the first person to get the flu shot on November 8 when the health ministry launches its H1N1 vaccination campaign at the Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research in Abu Dhabi. | A few members of top brass of the ministry are also expected to volunteer for the first jabs, ...
Google seeks to turn a profit from YouTube copyright clashes The Observer | Google is seeking to drag YouTube into profit by convincing music and film footage rights owners to make revenue from their content rather than remove it from the video-sharing site for breach of copyright. | The company has been touting a fingerprinting system for rights holders that means YouTube can identify their material even when it has bee...
