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• BONDHUS MAKE MY QURBANI A BONANZA IN RIYADH!!

  
  Pak Tea House — Authority: 436
  PTH has received this contribution from Faiz al-Najdi on the sacrifice rites. Hope the readers enjoy this account. Raza RumiFor Desis Qurbani has never been an exciting affair in Saudi Arabia. For simple reason and it is that the Desis are expected to follow some strict rules vis-à-vis Qurbani here. They cannot do ...
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• op-ed on scholars

  
  Virtually Islamic — Authority: 137
  Opinion piece: Jerome Taylor, Independent, Can a Muslim say happy Christmas to his friends?, 26 Nov 09, "While the real world provides a vast array of interpretations from a variety of Islamic schools, more often than not it is the intolerant strands of Islam taught by Saudi Arabias fundamentalist Wahabi scholars that ...
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• Google in Saudi Arabia and Egypt

  
  Virtually Islamic — Authority: 137
  Gaith Saqer, Arabcrunch, Google Launches City Level Ad Targeting In Saudi Arabia and Egypt, 27 Nov 09 "Google announced yesterday that it has added a new feature to its contextual online advertising platform Adwords, for advertisers targeting Egypt and Saudi Arabia."
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• KSA floods

  
  Virtually Islamic — Authority: 137
  BBC News, Saudi Arabia orders inquiry into flash flood deaths, 1 Dec 09 "There has been unprecedented criticism of the government on internet forums and on the social networking site Facebook in the aftermath of the floods. Some accused officials of negligence and a slow response when Jeddahs infrastructure was ...
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• Children in Yemen Killed by Saudi Bombs

  
  Armies of Liberation — Authority: 507
  In their quest to quell the Houthi rebellion in northern Yemen, (its not a civil war but may become one), the Saudis continue indiscriminately bombing deep inside Yemeni territory. Following months of bombing by the Yemeni airforce, the latest bombing raid by Saudi warplanes in Yemen occurred at noon yesterday in ...
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• Saudi in an uproar

  
  Dubai Business | Kippreport — Authority: 546
  If Saudi citizens are vocal enough to go online and openly criticize their government, then you know they’re angry. Given that the Saudi Arabian government doesn’t take criticism well, the comments left by nationals on Facebook pages and blogs are indicative of how bad the situation must be in Jeddah following the ...
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• Greek tanker fights off pirates in Arabian Sea (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Athens, Dec 1 (DPA) Greek authorities said Tuesday that a Greek tanker carrying oil to China successfully fought off a pirate attack in the Arabian Sea.The Ministry of Merchant Marine told DPA that the Greek-flagged vessel Sikinos, with a crew of 24, successfully fought off pirates after coming under gunfire 550 km ...
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• Pakistani Christians: Will Saudis allow construction of cathedrals to challenge Swiss ban on minarets?

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 611
  While the world waxes indignant over the Swiss minaret ban, it is useful to put things into perspective. In Egypt, Christians are persecuted. In Pakistan, construction of new churches is severely restricted. In Saudi Arabia, it isnt allowed at all. So why is a ban on minarets -- not on mosques -- so much ...
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• Saudi king orders compensation for flood victims

  
  Pakistan News | News, Videos, Articles, Current Affairs, Politics, Entertainment, Technology | Geo TV | Dawn | The News | Ten Sports | Geo Super | India News — Authority: 456
  RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’’s King Abdullah has ordered an immediate payment of SR1 million ($266,000) to the families of each person who died in last week’s flooding in Jeddah.
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• New law to create safe environment for migration: official

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Panaji, Dec 1 (IANS) The central government will soon enact the Immigration Management Act, which will provide for a safe environment for migration, a senior official of the overseas Indian affairs (OIA) ministry said Tuesday.Speaking during the inaugural session of the 8th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) conference on ...
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• Mark declares 9-day prayers for Yar’Adua – Vanguard

  
  Nigerian Bulletin! — Authority: 151
  Reliable sources in Saudi Arabia, yesterday, told Vanguard that the President, Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua was in stable condition, even as the Senate President, Chief  David Mark, called on Nigerians to pray for nine consecutive days for the quick recovery of the President.Meantime, the national leadership of the ...
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• Report: Morocco To Play Saudi Arabia In December

  
  Goal.com — Authority: 714
  The Atlas Lions could face off against the Green Falcons this month...
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• Pakistani Christians: Will Saudis allow construction of cathedrals to challenge Swiss ban on minarets?

  
  Jihad Watch — Authority: 756
  While the world waxes indignant over the Swiss minaret ban, it is useful to put things into perspective. In Egypt, Christians are persecuted. In Pakistan, construction of new churches is severely restricted. In Saudi Arabia, it isnt allowed at all. So why is a ban on minarets -- not on mosques -- so much more terrible ...
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• Crisis in Dubai: A Local Perspective

  
  ComingAnarchy.com — Authority: 579
  As you have read and otherwise probably noted, I relocated my base of operations to Dubai last week. Days after I arrived, the emirate snatched global headlines as a number of companies owned by the emirate asked for a delay in payment deadlines on as much as US$60 billion in debt. The primary culprit is Dubai ...
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• Worldwide Hotel Deals

  
  Vacation Visitor Info Travel Deals — Authority: 143
  You will not find a better place to get a better hotel deal than right here! If you want to travel there, it has a hotel! If it has a hotel you will find the best deal here! You will get the best lodging price for rooms in Afghanistan , Albania , Algeria , American Samoa , Andorra , Angola , Anguilla , ...
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• H1N1 strikes during the hajj

  
  AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Authority: 156
  Its a big enough problem that five people have already died and another seventy three cases documented. Saudi Arabian authorities are dismissing the figures as insignificant though it hardly sounds irrelevant. And as some are suggesting, we may not know the full extent of the problem until visitors return home. ...
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• Who is supporting the Houthis

  
  Roads to Iraq — Authority: 470
  Despite Nabanews, is pro-Yemeni government, but few times they scored very good with news credibilities, so what the newspaper reported and published today worth to read (few weeks ago, while everybody said that Iran sent a ship loaded with arms to the Houthis, the newspaper revealed that the ship came from UAE ...
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• Dubai and Abu Dhabi markets plunge on debt woes

  
  TrendPK.com — Authority: 462
  Stock markets in Dubai and neighboring Gulf emirate Abu Dhabi fell sharply on Monday and then ground to a halt amid a lack of buyers after Dubai World’s shock proposal to suspend debt payments. Dubai’s benchmark DFM Index dropped by 7.30 percent as leading securities, including construction and finance, plunged ...
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• Adventure ahead in the Red Sea

  
  Captain Greybeard - Travel Advice - Mirror.co.uk — Authority: 130
  Complete change of scene for me tomorrow. After spending time on board two brand new ships in America in the past couple of weeks, Im flying to Aqaba tomorrow to join Spirit of Adventure, the lovely little ship operated by Saga Cruises. Were going on a Red Sea adventure, and the itinerary has already had to be ...
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• Somali pirates hijack oil tanker going to US

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 168
  Somali pirates seized a tanker carrying more than $20 million of crude oil from Saudi Arabia to the United States in the increasingly dangerous waters off East Africa, an official said Monday, an attack that could pose a huge environmental or security thr
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