Remittances from Saudi Arabia top $16.2bn (Zawya)

20 August 2008, 12:56 am

20 August 2008 RIYADH: The total remittances sent from Saudi Arabia exceeded $16.2 billion last year, ranking it as the second largest country in terms of remittance outflows followed by Switzerland and Germany.... read more

Dhaka seeks more trade with Saudi Arabia (Zawya)

20 August 2008, 12:56 am

20 August 2008 RIYADH: The new Bangladeshi Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, M. Fazlul Karim, said he would be focusing on boosting economic relations between the Kingdom and Bangladesh during his tenure here.... read more

Saudi denies reports of asylum plane in Pakistan (Gulf Times)

19 August 2008, 10:38 pm

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has denied it has a plane waiting to take former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf to the kingdom, a press report said yesterday, amid speculation Riyadh could offer him asylum.... read more

Saudi Arabia denies plane in Pakistan (Dawn)

19 August 2008, 7:51 pm

RIYADH, Aug 19: Saudi Arabia has denied it has a plane waiting at Islamabad airport to take former President Pervez Musharraf to the kingdom, a press report said on Tuesday amid speculations that Riyadh could offer him asylum.... read more

Liberal pockets in Saudi Arabia's rigid state (AlertNet)

19 August 2008, 5:16 pm

Source: Reuters (For a feature about Saudi Arabia's planned Economic Cities: [ID:nL19102851]) By Andrew Hammond JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Aug 20 (Reuters) - The Saudi government has a project to ...... read more

Saudi grand mufti bans birthday and anniversary celebrations (EARTHtimes.org)

19 August 2008, 7:37 am

Riyadh - Saudi Arabia's grand mufti has banned birthday and anniversary celebrations, it was reported Tuesday. Sheikh Abdel-Azizal-Sheikh was quoted in the Saudi Medina newspaper as saying: A true Muslim would thank God while his children are still ...... read more

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