Arabic News Weekly Edition for Saudi Arabia, 3/3/2003
Weekly Edition, Saudi Arabia - Week of March 3, 2003
- Crown prince Abdullah telephone call from al-Hariri Saudi Arabia-Lebanon, Politics, 3/8/2003
- Al-Sharq al-Awsat: Political tension cause 70 Saudi companies pulls out from Libyan fair
A press source said that 70 Saudi Arabian companies have withdrawn their applications to take part in a fair to be held in the Libyan capital Tripoli in October this year, following the crisis which erupted between the two states where Libya summoned its ambassador from Saudi Arabia. Libya-Saudi Arabia, Economics, 3/7/2003 - Saudi scholar forbids taking part in attacking Iraq
The Saudi Arabian scholar Sheikh Salman Bin Fahd al- Ouda has issued a Fatwa banning any individual, group or a country from taking part in attacking Iraq " in words, nor action, nor supplies and support." Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 3/7/2003 - Qathafi opposes summoning the Libyan ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Libya's Leader of the Revolution Colonel Muammar al Qathafi has announced that he opposes summoning his country's ambassador to Riyadh, stressing that he was not informed about what had happened in this regard. Libya-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 3/6/2003 - Saudi- French military talks Saudi Arabia-France, military, 3/6/2003
- Saudi Arabia's unemployment reaches 30 percent
Saudi Arabia has put out into actual implementation a decision yesterday which bans recruiting foreigners in Jewelry shops in the kingdom with the objective of ensuring job opportunities for its citizens, as unemployment rate in the kingdom reached 30%. Saudi Arabia, Economics, 3/5/2003 - Libya summons its ambassador from Saudi Arabia for consultation
An official Libyan source in Tripoli announced yesterday that Libya has decided to summon its ambassador from Saudi Arabia for consultation following the rift that took place during Saturday's press conference between Libya's Leader of the Revolution Colonel Muammar al Qathafi and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz. Libya-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 3/4/2003 - Saudi Arabia vows to have no part in war against Iraq
"The Arab-Israeli conflict erupted more than half a century ago. If we are thinking of a solution, we should be looking at toppling Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and not Iraqi President Saddam Hussein," Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister said. Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 3/3/2003 - Qathafi provokes Saudi anger at Arab League summit
An open rift between existed at the Arab League summit Saturday as Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah clashed with Libya's Leader of the Revolution Colonel Muammar al Qathafi, with the Crown Prince angrily denying that his country was a US colony. Libya-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 3/3/2003