Arabic News Weekly Edition for Saudi Arabia, 5/24/2004
Weekly Edition, Saudi Arabia - Week of May 24, 2004
- Saudi- Yemeni border demarcation operations finalized
Sanaa announced yesterday that the German "Hanza Luftpedia" company in charge of border demarcation between Saudi Arabia and Yemen, according to Jeddah treaty, completed border demarcation between the two states. Yemen-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 5/28/2004 - Saudi Arabia detains three over links to an attack on security forces
Saudi Arabia's security sources announced that three persons were detained and one car was seized used in an attack against the security forces in Breida city to the center of the country last week. Saudi Arabia, Local, 5/26/2004 - Egypt, Saudi Arabia sign agreement on mining projects Egypt-Saudi Arabia, Economics, 5/26/2004
- Pakistan voices support for Arab Peace Initiative, meeting with Saudi King Saudi Arabia-Pakistan, Politics, 5/26/2004
- Turkey al-Faisal: the war in Iraq is a colonial one, and is about oil
Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Britain and Ireland, Prince Turkey al-Faisal, described the invasion led by the US against Iraq as a colonialist war and that some in Washington considered it as a means to control Iraq's oil. Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 5/25/2004 - 18.8 million foreigners in Saudi Arabia; booby trapped car in Riyadh
News reports quoted Saudi Arabia's security forces as saying that the security forces found yesterday a booby trapped jeep car in Breida city to the north of Riyadh. This was after they received information of suspected persons in the area, denying an armed clash to have had happened. Saudi Arabia, Local, 5/25/2004 - Morocco sees increase in number of pilgrims to Saudi Arabia
The number of Moroccan pilgrims to the Islamic holy sites in Saudi Arabia should be increased in light of findings of the general population census that Morocco will conduct this summer. Morocco-Saudi Arabia, Economics, 5/25/2004 - One German killed in a fire shooting in Riyadh
One German was killed in an attack by bullets to the east of the Saudi Arabian capital in Riyadh yesterday. Saudi Arabia, Local, 5/24/2004