Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak approved in principle on Sunday the purchase of 20 U.S.-built radar-evading stealth fighters in a deal worth $2.75 billion, Israeli defence ministry officials said.
According to Reuters, the F-35 warplanes are (...)
Under the patronage of Prince Faisal Bin Khalid, Emir of Asir, the biggest youth gathering will kick off motorsport for amateurs in Asir region Wednesday as part of Abha Tourism Festival 2010.
These activities are supported by the Emir of Asir and (...)
SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO TUNISIA IBRAHIM BIN SAAD AL-BRAHIM
RECEIVED HERE TODAY SAUDI SCOUT DELEGATION CURRENTLY VISITING TUNISIA AT AN
INVITATION OF TUNISIAN SCOUT ORGANIZATION TO ATTEND TUNISIAN SCOUT FORUM
CONCLUDED HERE ON MONDAY0
THE AMBASSADOR (...)
OIL PRICES ROSE TUESDAY AS ENERGY TRADERS MONITORED
SUPPLY THREATS FROM MIDDLE EAST FIGHTING AND A TROPICAL STORM IN THE CARIBBEAN
SEA0 NATURAL-GAS FUTURES EASED AFTER A HEAT-INDUCED SURGE IN ELECTRICITY
DEMAND PUSHED THEM SHARPLY HIGHER A DAY (...)
U0S0 TREASURY SECRETARY HENRY PAULSON SAID TODAY
THE UNITED STATES MUST RESIST THE TEMPTATIONS OF PROTECTIONISM AND INSTEAD
WELCOME INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION TO PROSPER IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY0 DELIVERING
AN ADDRESS AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY)S SCHOOL (...)
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN
CALLED FOR A MEETING TUESDAY MORNING WITH THE FIVE PERMANENT MEMBERS OF THE
SECURITY COUNCIL TO HAVE FRANK DISCUSSIONS ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE CURRENT CRISIS
IN THE MIDDLE EAST ACCORDING TO ANNAN)S (...)
CONSUMER SPENDING IN THE UNITED STATES STUMBLED IN
JUNE CONTINUING A SLOWING TREND FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE MONTH AS HIGHER GAS
PRICES AND BROAD INFLATION FORCE AMERICANS TO TRIM THEIR SPENDING THE COMMERCE
DEPARTMENT REPORTED TUESDAY0 THE (...)
THE FIRST PHASE OF THE GWADAR DEEP SEA PORT
IN BALOCHISTAN WILL BE OPERATIONAL WITHIN A PERIOD OF TWO MONTHS TIME
OFFICIALS SAID0 GWADAR DEEP SEAPORT WILL CHANGE THE ENTIRE ECONOMIC SCENARIO OF
BALOCHISTAN AND TRANSFORM IT INTO HUB OF TRADE (...)
THE BEIRUT STOCK EXCHANGE RESUMED TRADING ON TUESDAY
AFTER BEING CLOSED FOR TWO WEEKS BECAUSE OF THE MASSIVE ISRAELI ONSLAUGHT ON
LEBANON DPA REPORTED0
STOCK EXCHANGE CHIEF FADI KHALAF SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT THE LEBANESE
GOVERNMENT HAD DECIDED (...)
EIGHT PEOPLE INCLUDING A FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AND AN
EX-REBEL LEADER WERE AMONG EIGHT PEOPLE ARRESTED IN BURUNDI)S CAPITAL BUJUMBURA
TUESDAY ON CLAIMS OF FOMENTING A COUP ATTEMPT AGAINST GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT
PIERRE NKURUNZIZA LOCAL MEDIA (...)
UNISTAR NUCLEAR A JOINT VENTURE OF CONSTELLATION
ENERGY AND FRENCH COMPANY AREVA SA THAT INTENDS TO MARKET NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
IN THE UNITED STATES SAID TUESDAY THAT AN AMERICAN FIRM WILL MANUFACTURE AT
LEAST 80 PERCENT OF THE NUCLEAR COMPONENTS (...)
THE UNITED STATES HAS NO PLANS FOR A THAW IN
U0S0-CUBA RELATIONS AFTER CUBAN PRESIDENT FIDEL CASTRO TEMPORARILY HANDED OVER
POWER TO HIS BROTHER BECAUSE OF SERIOUS ILLNESS THE WHITE HOUSE SAID ON TUESDAY
ACCORDING TO REUTERS0
'THERE ARE NO PLANS (...)
A HIGHER DIETARY INTAKE OF VITAMIN B6 MAY DECREASE THE
RISK OF PARKINSON)S DISEASE A STUDY SUGGESTS ACCORDING TO REUTERS0
AMONG MORE THAN 0005 PEOPLE DUTCH RESEARCHERS FOUND THOSE WHO REPORTED
TAKING IN THE MOST VITAMIN B6 WERE ABOUT HALF AS (...)
SKIN TESTING WITH KILLED VACCINIA VIRUS WHICH IS
RELATED TO SMALLPOX IS A SIMPLE AND RELIABLE WAY OF PREDICTING RESIDUAL
IMMUNITY TO SMALLPOX A STUDY SHOWS ACCORDING TO REUTERS0
'RESIDUAL IMMUNE RESPONSE DECADES AFTER SMALLPOX VACCINATION IS (...)
SOMALIA)S PRESIDENT ON TUESDAY TOLD
RESIDENTS OF THE ONLY TOWN HIS GOVERNMENT CONTROLS THAT THEY HAVE A WEEK TO GIVE
UP THEIR WEAPONS AFTER WHICH EVERY SINGLE GUN IN BAIDOA? WILL BE SEIZED BY FORCE
AP REPORTED0
MEANWHILE AN ISLAMIC MILITIA BEGAN (...)
AFTER A NEARLY FOUR-HOUR PHYSICAL EXAM PRESIDENT
GEORGE W0 FBUSH)S DOCTORS ON TUESDAY PRONOUNCED HIM IN GOOD HEALTH AND FIT FOR
DUTY? THE WHITE HOUSE SAID AP REPORTED0
BUSH INDICATED HE WAS HAPPY ABOUT THE RESULTS OF HIS PHYSICAL ? EXCEPT (...)
THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT IN NEW YORK WILL
HOLD A TROOP CONTRIBUTOR MEETING THIS THURSDAY TO ASSESS THE POSSIBLE FORMATION
OF A FORCE TO BE STATIONED IN LEBANON AS PART OF THE SOLUTION TO THE CURRENT
CRISIS BETWEEN LEBANON AND ISRAEL0 2THE (...)
53 that ended inconclusively in a truce and left the Korean peninsula divided.
Conservative protesters chanted anti-North Korea slogans outside the national memorial, but were taken away by police.
The visit to the national cemetery is seen by (...)