Arabic News Weekly Edition for Saudi Arabia, 7/28/1997
Weekly Edition, Saudi Arabia - Week of July 28, 1997
- Saudis battle to save water
The advertisement shows a veiled woman bathing her baby while water gushes out of taps into an overflowing basin. Suddenly the water flow stops and the child is left with soap all over its face. Saudi Arabia, Science, 7/31/1997 - Yemen discusses border dispute with Saudi
Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh has written to Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd about a border dispute between the two countries. Yemen-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 7/31/1997 - Saudi Shiites arrested
Saudi authorities have arrested three Shiites and slapped a travel ban on the wife of an opposition figure held in the United States in connection with the Dhahran bombing. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 7/30/1997 - France's defense minister meets Saudi counterpart
The two men discussed the Middle East peace process, ties with Iraq and Iran as well as security in the Gulf, and "agreed on most regional problems." Saudi Arabia, Military, 7/29/1997 - Rafsanjani to visit Saudi Arabia
Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani will visit Saudi Arabia later this year in further sign of closer ties between the region's two heavyweights. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 7/29/1997