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LONDON, October 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Online Syndication Has Never Been Easier! Saudi Research and Publishing Company (SRPC), a Saudi Research Group (SRMG) subsidiary, announced the digital "SRMG News Service [http://syndication.srpc.com ]" for its leading publications Asharq Al-Awsat, Al Eqtisadiyah, Arab News and Al Majala allowing news consumers to seamlessly pick their favorite items in text, audio, photo and video formats from a wide array of...
BOSTON, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Al-Othman Holding Company, the Saudi Arabian multinational conglomerate, has awarded J/Brice Design International, Inc. its second major real estate design contract in the Saudi Kingdom - The Al Othman Compound, exclusive community of 120-Luxury Villas in Al Khobar, center of the Saudi oil industry. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100112/NE36217 ) Earlier in 2009, Al-Othman Holding Company selected J/Brice (www.jbricedesign.com) to design and...
The following editorial appeared in the Dallas Morning News on Monday, June 30: ___ Last week's oil conference in Saudi Arabia marked a turning point in U.S.-Saudi relations, raising doubts about whether the oil-for-security formula still guides this longtime alliance. With skyrocketing oil prices endangering U.S. economic stability, Saudi Arabia refused to increase production beyond a token amount. Saudi and U.S. officials bickered about whether the current price spike is because of...
RIYADH (Reuters) - A Saudi minister has said he finds it revolting to see spoilt children waited on hand and foot by Asian maids, whose main role is often that of status symbol. Labor Minister Ghazi Algosaibi said the kingdom had become too dependent on foreign maids, mainly from Asia, but did not say if entry visas for them would be curbed. "In this society, the healthy teenager needs a maid to bring him a glass of water that is exactly 10 meters (yards) away. This is yet another...
By Tatiana Siegel LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Former "Arrested Development" star Jason Bateman has joined the cast of the Middle East thriller "The Kingdom." Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper and Jennifer Garner already have boarded the project, which is set for a June start date. The Universal Pictures revolves around a deadly bombing attack that targets Americans working in a Middle Eastern country, and the U.S. government's counterterrorist response. Peter Berg ("Friday Night Lights")...
By Erik Kirschbaum BAD NAUHEIM, Germany (Reuters) - The pictures of naked women are being removed from the hotel's health spa, the hard-core porn channels switched off and all the alcohol will be removed from the mini bars before Saudi Arabia arrives. Germany is rolling out the red carpets for the 31 foreign teams and a million overseas visitors heading its way for the World Cup but the small resort town of Bad Nauheim north of Frankfurt is busy taking away temptation for its Muslim...
(Recasts, adds details, background RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it had arrested 40 suspected militants, including eight who were linked to al Qaeda's attack on the world's largest oil processing plant last month. Security forces also seized a cache of explosives and firearms in simultaneous raids in several parts of the kingdom, an interior ministry spokesman said. There has been a spate of attacks in Saudi Arabia and last month the authorities foiled an al Qaeda...
By Andrew HammondRIYADH -- Young Saudis, thirsty for cinema in a country with no big screens and just the bare bones of a movie industry, are determined to drag the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom into the celluloid world.Seven Saudi movies will take part in a film festival in the United Arab Emirates' capital Abu Dhabi in March, the strongest showing yet for the nascent Saudi cinema at any festival.And entertainment firm Rotana -- owned by royal entrepreneur Prince Alwaleed bin Talal --...
By Souhail Karam ABQAIQ, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Al Qaeda claimed responsibility on Saturday for an attack on a Saudi oil facility at Abqaiq, when security forces fired at suicide bombers trying to storm the world's biggest oil processing plant. Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said oil and gas output was unaffected by Friday's "terrorist attempt" -- the first direct strike on a Saudi oil target since al Qaeda attacks aimed at toppling Saudi Arabia's U.S.-allied monarchy in 2003. In a...
By Souhail Karam ABQAIQ, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for Friday's attack on a Saudi oil facility at Abqaiq, when security forces fired at suicide bombers trying to storm the world's biggest oil processing plant. Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said oil and gas output was unaffected by the "terrorist attempt" -- the first direct strike on a Saudi oil target since al Qaeda militants launched attacks aimed at toppling Saudi Arabia's pro-Western monarchy in...
