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Wednesday, 07 January 2009 - 10 Muharram 1430 H
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GAZA – Israeli shelling killed 43 Palestinians on Tuesday at a UN school where civilians had taken shelter, medical officials said.In another Israeli attack on civilians, at least 12 members of the same extended family,
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RIYADH – Veteran diplomat Prince Turki Al-Faisal on Tuesday blasted the US government for its “reckless” position towards Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip.The former ambassador to the United States and Britain, speaking at a three-day forum here on relations between the Gulf region and the US, said in a message directed at
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JEDDAH – Saudi borders extending along a 8,500-km borderline will be soon closely monitored by state-of-the-art planes, said Lt. Gen. Talal Mohsin Anqawi, chief of Saudi Border Guard.The Border Guard has taken of late a giant stride into securing the Saudi borders with the new technological implementation of infrared cameras, thermal imaging, and night
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King with scholars
King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, receives Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Aal Al-Sheikh, Grand Mufti, and other scholars.
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Oil increases to over $50 on geopolitical tensions
NEW YORK - Oil hit a one-month high above $50 a barrel on Tuesday as Israel’s incursion into Gaza and a dispute .
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Training day
Saudi national football team players attend a training session in Muscat, Tuesday. The team is taking part in the 19th Gulf Cup tournament, which is contested every two years by Arab countries around the Gulf. Saudi Arabia drew its first .
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Hillary, the key to negotiations
THIS just in: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has cancelled a visit to China so she can monitor Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip.
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‘Deal not far away’: France
JERUSALEM - Israel is taking seriously an international proposal for a Gaza ceasefire that would involve a pledge of foreign forces to prevent Hamas from rearming, Israeli officials and diplomats said on Tuesday.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said a deal to end Israel’s offensive in Gaza was “not far” away,. ...Read more
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said a deal to end Israel’s offensive in Gaza was “not far” away,. ...Read more
Today's Feature
‘If I had a shoe I’d probably throw it too!’
IF five years ago someone said that throwing a shoe at the president of the United States would cause such uproar about the status quo of the Iraq war, not many people would have believed it. But the truth of the matter is that certain things changed when that shoe was thrown. Recently a visiting group of 25 American educators brought to Saudi Arabia by Saudi Aramco had a chance to learn about the Kingdom and the region’s politics from a different point of view.Several of the teachers said the shoe was not only a symbol for the Iraqis but also for Americans.Paul Worely, a social studies teacher at the Parks School in Baltimore Washington DC , said the shoe was an example of just how people feel. .
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“Mummy, I don’t want to go to school...”
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Sunday
Wanted! Protection for NRI property
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Monday
Put a price on the past? Impossible!
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Tuesday
Good stuff! Women find their perfect partner in the kitchen
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