Arabic News Weekly Edition for Saudi Arabia, 4/19/2004
Weekly Edition, Saudi Arabia - Week of April 19, 2004
- Two wanted Saudis killed in confrontation in Jeddah
The Saudi Arabian police said that two men suspected to be among a list of 26 wanted by the Saudi authorities In Jeddah were killed.. Saudi Arabia, Local, 4/24/2004 - Three detainees injured in a fire in a prison in al-Riyadh
At least three detainees held in al-Haer prison to the south of the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh were injured after fire erupted in it. Saudi Arabia, Local, 4/24/2004 - Al-Haramayn groups claim responsibility for Riyadh explosion
A group naming itself Al-Haramayn group claimed responsibility for the suicide attack which targeted the headquarters of the police in Riyadh on Wednesday evening, over which news reports were contradictory on the number of the victims between 4 and 8 and some 150 wounded, many of them are in critical health conditions. Saudi Arabia, Local, 4/23/2004 - Three gunmen were murdered in confrontations with the police in Jeddah
News reports said that the Saudi Arabian security forces exchanged fire with suspected besieged in a building in Jeddah on Thursday evening. The reports explained that three of the gunmen were killed, all of them are Saudis, and three security men were injured in the confrontation. Saudi Arabia, Local, 4/23/2004 - Four killed, scores wounded in Riyadh explosions
Saudi Arabia's minister of the interior Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz threatened to chase what he called terrorist cells which carried out the suicide attack which targeted the Saudi general security headquarters in Riyadh's downtown. Saudi Arabia, Local, 4/22/2004 - King of Bahrain arrives in Riyadh
King of Bahrain Hamad Bin Issa al-Khaleifa arrived in Riyadh yesterday in a short visit to the Kingdom during which he will discuss the Arab summit which is expected to be held in Tunisia in May. Saudi Arabia-Bahrain, Politics, 4/19/2004 - Saudi Arabia licenses for establishing 15 branches of foreign universities Saudi Arabia, Education, 4/19/2004