Arabic News Weekly Edition for Saudi Arabia, 7/11/2005
Weekly Edition, Saudi Arabia - Week of July 11, 2005
- Washington freezes assets of the opposition Saudi movement for reforms
The USA has decided to freeze the assets of the opposition Saudi Arabian group "the Islamic Movement For Reforms", which takes London as headquarters, almost 7 months after freezing the assets of its chief Saad al-Faqih. Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 7/15/2005 - US calls Saudi Arabia for more measures to stop financing terrorism
The US said that the Middle East countries have to exert more efforts in order to fight what it called financing terrorism and warned it will push these countries to rake measures to this effect unless these countries will do that by themselves spontaneously. Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 7/15/2005 - King Fahd still in hospital, improving
The Saudi minister of defense and aviation, Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, said that the health condition of King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz has been improved six weeks after he was admitted to hospital. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 7/14/2005 - Saudi government urged to oversee charitable group activities
The Saudi Arabian government must follow through on its commitment to establish a commission to oversee charitable organizations, the U.S. Treasury official responsible for fighting terrorist finance says. Saudi Arabia-USA, Politics, 7/14/2005 - Riyadh discloses suspect was arrested in Yemen, restores back 12 Saudis
Saudi Arabia's ministry of the interior said that one Yemeni citizen described in June as one of the main wanted is being detained in Yemen under another name, and that it received from the Yemeni authorities some 12 Saudi nationals. Saudi Arabia-Yemen, Politics, 7/11/2005