Arabic News Weekly Edition for Saudi Arabia, 2/7/2005
Weekly Edition, Saudi Arabia - Week of February 7, 2005
- Riyadh: ministerial reshuffle includes the ministries of information, al-Haj education and social affairs
The Saudi king Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz yesterday made a ministerial reshuffle according to which he exempted the two ministers of education and social affairs from their posts and changed the two ministers of al-Haj and information. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 2/9/2005 - Amid rumors on the deteriorated health conditions of King Fahd, Riyadh: authority transfer will be simple Saudi Arabia, Politics, 2/9/2005
- Terrorism conference adopts Crown Prince Abdullah proposal
The international conference for fighting terrorism which was attended by security officials from 50 countries including the USA wrapped up its deliberations in Riyadh,Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday by adopting a resolution of the Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz providing for the establishment of an international center to fight terrorism. Regional-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 2/9/2005 - Riyadh conference on terrorism concludes today
Works of the international conference on fighting terrorism held in Saudi Arabia will conclude by the call to expand measures of freezing assets which are used in carrying out terrorist attacks. Regional-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 2/8/2005 - Controversy, differences in Riyadh conference over definition of terrorism
Deliberations of the Riyadh conference for fighting what is called terrorism witnessed controversy between delegations taking part over the definition of "terrorism." The Iranian delegation, for example, rejected that the resistance to occupation is terrorism, in a clear sign to the Palestinian and Iraqi peoples. Regional-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 2/7/2005 - US commends Saudi Arabia efforts to fighting terrorism
The American delegate to the Riyadh's conference on fighting terrorism, Francis Townsand, commended the Saudi efforts to fight terrorism, noting that these efforts achieved a fundamental progress. She cautiously welcomed the proposal made by the Saudi crown prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz on establishing an international center to coordinate cooperation and exchange information. Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 2/7/2005