Arabic News Weekly Edition for Saudi Arabia, 1/10/2005
Weekly Edition, Saudi Arabia - Week of January 10, 2005
- Saudi Arabia announces that Thursday is the first day of Eid al-Adha Regional-Saudi Arabia, Religion, 1/15/2005
- Continued Libyan - Saudi disputes
While tension is prevailing the Libyan-Saudi relations since the convening of the Arab summit which was held in Sharm al-Sheikh in 2002, prior to the war on Iraq, the visit of the Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and that of the chairman of the Egyptian intelligence did not succeed in bridging the gap between Riyadh and Tripoli. Libya-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 1/13/2005 - More than one million will arrive in Mecca for al-Haj rituals
Some 1.2 million pilgrims coming from outside Saudi Arabia and other hundreds of thousands from inside it started arriving in Mecca to perform al-Haj rituals whose procedures will start in one week. Saudi Arabia, Economics, 1/13/2005 - Rasheed: Solutions reached to trade problems with Saudi Arabia
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rasheed Mohamed Rasheed said his country will start a new stage of economic relations with Saudi Arabia and that solutions had been reached to some trade problems, something which would help to increase the volume of trade exchange between the two states and encourage joint investments. Saudi Arabia-Egypt, Economics, 1/12/2005 - Saudis are banned from voting for Star Academy
The main company in charge of operating mobile telephone in Saudi Arabia has prevented its clients from voting by messages in a famous TV program for songs competition under the allegations that these messages are a violation of the values of the Muslim society of the kingdom. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 1/12/2005 - Riyadh, Cairo seek more economic cooperation Saudi Arabia-Egypt, Economics, 1/11/2005
- Saudi security killed four gunmen in Riyadh
The Saudi Arabian security forces killed four gunmen in clashes between the two sides in a desert area to the north west of the capital Riyadh. Saudi Arabia, Local, 1/10/2005