taking firework displays, Dubai is set to raise the bar this New Year with a stunning 24 minute showpiece that will seamlessly flow from the iconic Burj Khalifa Downtown at midnight on a 23km journey along the city's coastline to culminate in an (...)
year veteran of the national security establishment when President George W. Bush summoned him to assume command of a demoralized and embattled Pentagon in late 2006. He inherited incoherent spending priorities, a broken procurement process and two (...)
hit by food price increases, residents now have to contend with rising rents in the city.
Ibrahim Fahad from Shoala real estate agency told Saudi Gazette recently that rents have gone up by an average of 30 percent since last year. Two-room (...)
qualified Netherlands will be at full strength against out-of-contention Cameroon in its final Group E match Thursday in a bid to avoid a hat trick of early knockout exits after fielding weakened teams.
In the 2006 World Cup and at Euro 2008 the (...)
2009 Expo.
Australia, Austria, Brazil, China, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom have put up their Pavilions at the Show. As many as 300 Saudi companies are (...)
financed over 60 projects in 26 countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East for a total value of $3.2 billion.
Recent joint activities included a power project in Yemen, an education project in Iraq and, more recently, Jordan's Queen Alia airport (...)
BY now there should be no doubt in anyone's mind about the mendacious character of the Bush administration, but recent revelations still have the capacity to shock and anger.
Of course, it's hardly surprising that it has finally come to light that (...)
divided lower house of
parliament, he said.
The cabinet, which can at most count on a tight majority in
parliament's lower house thanks to two renegade opposition deputies,
has yet to find support for its package in parliament.
International (...)
WARMING SIGNS OF DEVELOPMENT
AND CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS, INCLUDING IN THE AREAS OF DISARMAMENT,
SECURITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
THE SUCCESSFUL ELECTION AND SUBSEQUENT INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT
ELLEN JOHNSON-SIRLEAF IN JANUARY WERE NOTABLE MILESTONES (...)
government organizations to participate in the discussions, reported dpa.
The ADB said it established the Clean Development Mechanism Facility in August 2003, which allowed member-developing countries to access financial resources through efficient (...)
London or Singapore-Sydney route.
The A380 test flight to Frankfurt, however, has been met with protests from environmentalists and from residents from the area surrounding the airport.
In the build-up to the aircraft's arrival in Frankfurt, the (...)
related contracts and grants every day and the total bill could reach $200 billion, he said. "What you have is a recipe for waste and abuse."
The Bush administration has said a team of government department inspector generals would review all (...)
based company is working with King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran and high schools across Saudi Arabia to find talented students who will join its project teams in Kingdom. Its personnel will help to train young Saudi engineers (...)
OPEC supply growth this year by 205,000 barrels per day, with production problems in the U.S. Gulf, Mexico, Norway and Britain accounting for most of the shortfall. Russia is also pumping less than expected.
"The extent to which (the IEA) felt (...)
down cabinet to focus on voters' main concern -- cutting the unemployment rate of 10.2 percent which helped fuel rejection of the EU treaty and is dragging down economic growth.
"It is an absolute requirement of our social pact so that the French (...)
high pump prices could hit record levels over the spring and summer as motorists hit the road for the holiday season, the AAA auto group said. Retail pump prices are now only about 13 cents below the all-time record of last May.
Refinery troubles (...)
at a level many say is too low and therefore painful for competitors.
Jin met Taylor and others before more talks on Saturday.
"We came away encouraged they recognised the importance of moving toward a flexible currency regime," a U.S. Treasury (...)
89, which was the worst in 30 years and sparked fears of famine.
That plague took $300 million and operations in 28 states to contain.
Ould Babah said the worst case scenario would be fighting locusts over an area of one million hectares in (...)