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Powell’s ‘blot’
That the Bush administration was determined to go to war with Iraq even before Colin Powell made his 2003 weapons of mass destruction pitch to the United Nations is probably the biggest revelation in the former US secretary of state’s new ...
Shameful impasse
THE Obama administration has reached an ignominious impasse on Syria. Administration spokesmen now publicly recognize that the United Nations diplomatic initiative it has backed for the past seven weeks has been a failure. They acknowledge — as they should have ...
Gulf states face hurdles in unity push
RIYADH — Gulf Arab leaders meeting here Monday will discuss closer union between their six states because of what they see as growing threats from Iran and Al-Qaeda after regional uprisings, but significant political obstacles loom.Riyadh wants more defense integration ...
Egyptian voters flock to mission
By Maher AbbasSaudi GazetteRIYADH — Thousands of Egyptian expatriates cast their vote at their embassy here and their consulate in Jeddah, Friday. About a million Egyptians abroad were registered to vote to elect a new president, and 262,000 Egyptians were ...
UN calls for funds to help Muslim refugees
ASHGABAT — Syria, Sudan, and Mali are the biggest refugee hotspots, the UN refugee commissioner said Friday at a conference in Turkmenistan, calling on governments to help alleviate a humanitarian crisis.The conference on refugees in the Muslim World opened Friday in ...
South Korean builders to bid for Saudi housing projects
JEDDAH/SEOUL — South Korea and Saudi Arabia have agreed to exempt Korean builders from business restrictions for them to enter the Kingdom’s SR225 billion ($60 billion) housing market, officials said Friday.Under the new agreement, the top 20 Korean companies and the ...
Arab Spring fails to inspire Algerians
ALGIERS — Algeria Friday declared its ruling party for the past 50 years the victor in a parliamentary election, going against the tide of the “Arab Spring” which has transformed its neighbors.The governing elite in Algeria, which supplies about a ...
Gold prices to increase as demand expected to rise
Gold prices are expected to witness an increase of 10-17 percent during the coming four months compared to the first quarter of the year.JEDDAH — Demand for gold and jewelry is expected to increase by 30-40 percent during the summer ...
Saudi youth annoyed at negative tag
JEDDAH — The fifth Youth Parliament organized by Okaz — Saudi Gazette’s sister paper — raised some very interesting discussion points amongst the attending Saudi youth.The vast majority of the attendees were vexed by the inaccurate portrayal of themselves as ...
Egypt’s presidential hopeful censures Muslim Brotherhood
By Maher AbbasSaudi GazetteRIYADH — Presidential-hopeful Abul Ezz Al-Hariri said he was absolutely certain that the People’s Assembly would be dissolved by the end of this year. He expected that new parliamentary elections will be held at the end of ...
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