Arabic News Weekly Edition for Saudi Arabia, 1/5/2004
Weekly Edition, Saudi Arabia - Week of January 5, 2004
- Al-Jazeera daily: Saudi Arabian women riding a car detained after exchange of fire with police
The Saudi Arabian security forces yesterday detained a Saudi girl, after they opened fire at her wile driving a car on Monday late night in Tabouk ,to the north of the Kingdom, where females are forbidden from driving a car. Saudi Arabia, Local, 1/8/2004 - Al-Watan: Arab- international figures in Jeddah's economic forum
Several senior world figures, including the Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the former American president Bill Clinton, and the former prime minister of Malaysia, Mahateir Muhammad, will take part in "Jeddah's economic Forum" which will be held on January 17, 18 and 19. Saudi Arabia-Regional, Economics, 1/8/2004 - Saudi foreign minister deplores Israel's decision on Golan
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, Saud al-Faisal, condemned on Tuesday the Israeli decision to expand settlements in the occupied Syrian Golan, stressing that this decision is a continuation of Israel's unilateral anti-peace policies, at a time Syria announces readiness to continue peace negotiations within international peace initiatives. Saudi Arabia-Israel, Politics, 1/7/2004 - Saudi Arabia opens Madina airport to international traffic; al-Faisal: Sharon wants to make the Palestinians an Arab problem
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, yesterday announced the possibility of having a joint European- Arab move to restart the implementation of the Roadmap in order to settle the Palestinian- Israeli conflict. Saudi Arabia-Israel, Politics, 1/7/2004 - King calls on pilgrims to avoid anything that could tarnish pilgrimage
Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Tuesday urged the Moroccan pilgrims to behave in accordance with the precepts of Islam and avoid any situation that could tarnish their pilgrimage to Mecca (Saudi Arabia). Morocco-Saudi Arabia, Religion, 1/7/2004 - King Mohammed holds private meeting with Prince Sultan Bin Abdel Aziz Morocco-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 1/7/2004
- Saudi company rebuild al-Hijaz railway line in three years
Syrian and Saudi officials yesterday laid the foundation stone for the renewal of the railway line which links the two countries known as "al-Hijaz railway" in a project on which the chairman of al-Hijaz railway line, Salah Ahmad, said will bring to Syria 10,000 job opportunities and two million dollars in annual revenues. Saudi Arabia-Syria, Business, 1/6/2004 - Moroccan minister holds talks with King Fahd,, saudi officials Saudi Arabia-Morocco, Politics, 1/6/2004
- Saudi security defuses bomb at telecommunications office in Riyadh
Saudi Arabia's security sources defused a bomb placed in a special office for telephone communications in the capital, Riyadh. Saudi Arabia, Local, 1/6/2004 - Dialogue seminar calls for study extremism in Saudi Arabia
In conclusion of its meetings in Mecca, the Saudi "national dialogue seminar" called for a deep study for the phenomenon of extremism in the Saudi society. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 1/5/2004