Arabic News Weekly Edition for Saudi Arabia, 5/16/2005
Weekly Edition, Saudi Arabia - Week of May 16, 2005
- Al-Nueimi: No shortage in oil supplies
The Saudi minister of oil Ali al-Nueimi said that the capacity for the crude oil production can be increased in several areas of the world should oil prices remain between $ 30 and 40 for one barrel. Saudi Arabia, Economics, 5/18/2005 - HRW: Saudi Arabia's reform punished for exercising free speech
Whitson added "In handing down such brutal sentences, the Saudi authorities are trampling on the right to free speech." Saudi Arabia, Politics, 5/17/2005 - Three Saudi reformers were sentenced to imprisonment
A court in Riyadh issued imprisonment sentences ranging between six to nine years on three Saudi reformers who demanded the introduction of constitutional changes in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 5/16/2005 - Lebanese prime minister arrives in Riyadh
The Lebanese prime minister Najib Liqati arrived in al-Riyadh on Sunday to hold talks with senior Saudi officials in the course of the visit which was the first by him since he had assumed his post. Lebanon-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 5/16/2005