Saudi Newspapers this morning prominently displayed under their headlines the following major issues: -- Cabinet endorses several measures of a Ministerial Committee, comprising limiting schemes; Benefits and Rights under Civil and Military Retirement Schemes and Social Insurance Scheme; Requirement for the completion of the subscription period for entitlement to the pension before the age of 60 years; Incompatibility of the contributor combining the retirement pension and salary of employment covered by Civil or Military Retirement or Social Insurance Schemes. -- Cabinet's measures as regards the development of an appropriate mechanism for delivering services to the granted lands. -- The Leadership condoles the Lebanese President for the victims of the crash of the Ethiopian plane. -- King and Crown Prince express condolences to King of Malaysia on the death of Sultan of Johor State. -- The Leadership sends felicitations to the President of India and the Governor of Australia. -- King patronizes First Judges Forum in Riyadh later Today. -- King orders appointment and promotion of 28 judges. -- Prince Misha'al condoles the Bahraini King. -- Prince Salman meets Tony Blair and the participants of 4th Global Competitiveness Forum. -- Prince Khalid bin Sultan: Some abnormal claims tried to insinuate that the events in the South are sectarians. -- The Council of Senior Scholars to hold a meeting next Saturday. -- Jeddah: Investigation with 88 people presumed to be affected by the flash floods. -- Ethiopian plane carrying 90 passengers plunged into the sea shortly after takeoff from Beirut. -- Iraq rules out barring 59 disqualified candidates for the parliamentary elections. -- 65 killed and wounded in 3 explosions at the targeted hotels in Baghdad. -- Ali Al Kimawi (Chemical Ali) and 36 others executed in Baghdad. -- Luxembourg: Netanyahu's statements threaten to trigger a «new conflict." -- British-Iraq Inquiry (Chilcot Inquiry) stresses: no legitimacy as regards Blair's stance on invasion of Iraq. -- 21 countries meet in London on support to Yemen in the face of Al-Qaeda. -- Mitchell concludes the Middle East tour. -- Israel prevents Belgian ministers from visiting Gaza. -- Emergency meeting in Montreal to help Haiti that lost 150,000 thousand people as a result of a strong earthquake. -- Curfew relaxed in Jos, Nigeria after sectarian clashes that claimed lives of hundreds. -- Karroubi recognizes Ahmedinejad as President of Iran, despite the election fraud. -- Japanese Island of Okinawa residents elected mayor who opposes the construction of a new U.S. base. -- Myanmar military Junta would release opposition leader Suu Kyi in November. -- McChrystal hopes to reach peace based on negotiations with the Taliban in Afghanistan. --MORE
