SAUDI ARABIA NEWS ITEMS - GULFWIRE DIGEST - 2003 ISSUES

December 22, 2003
 - Warning To US Diplomats In Saudi
 - Saudi Ministry Orders Polls In Tribal Region
 - National Dialogue
 - Unprecedented Public Ferment Among Once-Silent Saudis
 - Prince Dies In Accident
 - Jameel Wins Libel Case Against WSJ Europe
 - Kingdom To Launch News TV Channel
 - Saudi Arabian International School To Close
 - Budget Focuses On Education
 - Finance Ministry Outlines Budget Priorities
 - German Language Center Set Up
 - Kingdom, Sri Lanka Sign Landmark Deal

December 15, 2003
 - Reaction To Saddam Hussein Capture
 - Silent Relief In Saudi Arabia At Saddam's Fall 
 - Senate Ok's Oil Lobbyist For Saudi Post
 - Bandar Counsels Patience On Reforms
 - Background Of The Most Wanted Terrorists
 - Terrorist Gunned Down
 - Saudis Pay Reward For Militant Tip-Off
 - Bush's Iraq A Magnet For Terrorists - Saudi Envoy
 - Embassies Review Security Details
 - Letter From Dhahran: Saudis Get A Taste Of High Security
 - Swiss Uncover Al-Qaeda Cells Planning Attacks In Kingdom
 - Bin-Humaid Welcomes Decision To Empower Shoura Council
 - Al-Khaldi Recants Controversial Fatwas
 - Saudis Seek Courtesy In Religious Police
 - King Fahd Calls For Streamlining Fatwas
 - Schumer: Boot Saudi Diplos
 - Democratic Presidential Candidates Hitting Bush On Ties To Saudi
Arabia    
 - Khobar Towers Bombing Lawsuit Hits Snag
 - 3 Women Among 36 Sentenced For Al-Olaya Protests
 - Medics Abroad Have To Sit Exams To Qualify For Work Visa
 - Ban On Allocation Of Land For Farming
 - Fire At Jebel Ali Oil Waste Disposal Unit Sparks Health Concerns

December 8, 2003
 - Embassies Issue Warnings
 - Terrorists Eye Riyadh Residential Compound, Claims US Embassy
 - Muhaya Blast Suspect Arrested
 - Two Seized In Taif After Shootout
 - Unknown Terror Group Threatens To Wage War On Saudi Security Forces
 - Rewards Posted For Terrorists
 - U.S. Revokes Visa Of Cleric At Saudi Embassy
 - Airlines Review New Haj Guidelines
 - Philippine Embassy Seeks Pardon For Jailed Workers
 - Education System Reform To Promote Moderation: Sultan
 - New English Textbook Written By Saudi Women
 - Women-Only Industrial City Proposed
 - Libyans Jailed For Attack On Saud
 - Abdullah To Open First-Ever Festival For The Disabled
 - Aids Clinic Opened In Riyadh
 - Saudi Interrogators Use Koran To Connect With Captives

December 1, 2003
 - Saudi Police Foil Planned Car Bomb Attack
 - UK Foreign Office Issues New Travel Advisory
 - Saudi Council's Powers Expanded
 - Regional Councils To Have More Powers: Sultan
 - Saudi Blast Details Revealed
 - Petroleum Council Reshuffled
 - Bin-Humaid Blasts Drive Against Charities
 - Germany Reiterates Support For King Fahd Academy
 - Times Says 'Sorry' To Haramain
 - National Strategy To Combat Aids

November 24, 2003
 - Bank Data For Saudi Embassy Subpoenaed
 - Terror Threat To Saudi Oil Province: Report
 - Ambassador Discusses Saudi, U.S. Fight On Terror
 - Saudi Security Braces For End Of Ramadan
 - Conference On Terrorism In Riyadh
 - Saudis Need To Confront Causes Of September 11, Says Al Waleed
 - Khudair Repents Supporting Terror Attacks
 - Saudi Says Militant Supporter Surrenders
 - Saudis Offer Leniency To Militants
 - Cabinet Calls For Global Efforts To Fight Terrorism
 - Al-Qaeda Logistically And Spiritually Bankrupt: Prince Turki
 - Bid To Smuggle Arms Into Kingdom Foiled
 - Saudi Hijacker Extradited
 - Multimillion-Riyal Complex For Fahd National Library
 - US Senators Seek Saudi Sanctions
 - Middle East Expert: Saudi-US Ties Should Be Nurtured

November 17, 2003
 - US Reopens Saudi Missions
 - Sept. 11 Lawsuits Against Saudi Royals Dismissed
 - Al Qaeda Statement Denies Link To Saudi Attack
 - Saudi King Vows To Crush Bombers
 - No Dialogue With Terrorists, Says Prince Naif
 - Saudi Clerics Fear Terror Attack
 - S. Arabia Bolsters Mecca Security After Bombing
 - Unprecedented Security At Riyadh Compounds
 - Riyadh Paper Blasts Al Jazeera For Attack Coverage
 - Saudi Bomb Jars Militants' Support
 - Makkah Pilgrims Get Big Security Boost
 - Border Guards Intensify Search Operations
 - Al-Muhaya Didn't Have Insurance Cover
 - Salman Center Undertakes Arab World's First Research Into Genetic Diseases
  
November 10, 2003
 - Riyadh's Night Of Terror
 - Abdullah Vows To Finish Off Terrorists
 - Terrorist Acts Draw Condemnation
 - Bush Commends Kingdom For Democratic Reforms
 - Saudi Princes Grapple With Change
 - No Link Between Democracy And Terrorism'
 - Two Saudi Militants Blow Themselves Up In Mecca: Security Sources 
 - 'Cell Was Targeting Muslims'
 - Imam Blasts Plot To Destabilize Kingdom
 - Sultan To Open Saudi-German Hospital In Madinah
 - Canadian Tortured In Saudi Arabia Calls For Inquiry
 - Prince Khaled Raps Western Attitude
 - US Consulate Resumes Education Counseling
 - Begging Network Leader Arrested
 - Alamoudi's Troubles Mounting

November 3, 2003
 - 2 Al-Qaida Suspects Die In Mecca Shootout
 - Saudi Privatization Pace Slammed
 - Saudi-Iran Talk Al-Qaida Suspect Turnover
 - Official To Saudi Arabia On Visa Security Boost
 - Shoura Proceedings To Be Broadcast On TV
 - Saudis Spending To Improve Image In U.S.
 - Arrest Of Protesters Belies Reform Pledge: HRW
 - Grand Mufti Urges Saudis To Shun Demonstrations
 - Shoura Members Fail To Reach Agreement On Citizenship Law
 - Saudi Official Visits Maine To Mend Post-Sept. 11 Rift
 - Channel 1 Beams Live Translation Into English Of Ramadan Prayers

October 27, 2003
 - Saudi Arabia Dismayed By Western Terror Warnings
 - Saudi Arabia 'Off Limits' To Britons
 - No Consensus On Citizenship Rules For Foreigners
 - More Popular Participation In Development Proposed
 - Saudi-Us Cooperation In War On Terror Sharply Up: Official
 - US Embassy Reviews Saudi Security
 - Kingdom, China Launch Joint Bid To Reactivate Road Map
 - 600 Suspects Nabbed In Crackdown, Says Turki
 - 'No Military Deal With Pakistan'
 - Embassy To Repatriate Afghan Teens Illegally Brought To Kingdom
 - Bonn School Director Protests Closure Plan
 - Saudis Warn Over Protests
 - US Official Warns Against Abandoning Saudi Arabia
 - Saudi Arabia Warns Non-Muslims; Respect Muslim Rules In Ramadan
 - Expats Account For 78% Of Reported Aids Cases
 - EU Court Takes Up Al-Qadi Case
 - Supreme Council For Military Service Formed
 - King Abdul Aziz Foundation Marks 30th Anniversary
 - Schools Told To Stop Collecting Money For Charities
 - Correcting Misconceptions About Women's Role In Saudi Society

October 20, 2003
 - Elections In A Year
 - Saudis Cautiously Optimistic
 - Letter From Riyadh: Defining Moments In Modern Saudi History
 - Saudi Police Quash Protest Rally
 - Abdullah Slams Extremists
 - Suspects Held On Iraq Border
 - Americans Alerted Of Bomb Threat
 - First Rights Conference In Kingdom
 - Fahd's Reign Witness To Far-Reaching Changes
 - Key Ministries To Be Restructured
 - Saudis Irk FBI By Aiding Detained Citizens
 - Saudi Princes Seek Immunity Against 9/11 Lawsuits
 - Abdullah Arrives In Pakistan
 - Riyadh Center To Promote Research In Math, Physics
 - Women's Councils At Chambers Of Commerce
 - Shoura Debates Citizenship Norms For Foreigners
 - Saudi School Books Under Spotlight

October 13, 2003
 - Kingdom Urges UN To Rein In Israel
 - Cabinet Denounces Attack On Syria
 - Saudi Arabia On Verge Of U.S. Blacklist
 - Human Rights Conference In Riyadh
 - Shoura To Work With Rights Bodies
 - Americans Told To 'Be Cautious'
 - Saudi Authorities Say Terror Plots Foiled
 - Move To Set Up Supreme Council For Family Welfare
 - Infrastructure Plan Gets Pride Of Place

October 6, 2003
 - Visa Rules Continue To Strain Saudi-US Relations
 - 'Rational Approach To US Ties Needed'
 - Saudis Travel In U.S. To Dispel Criticism
 - Saudi Women Join Reform Call
 - First Saudi Woman Dean
 - Men Must Accompany Pregnant Women In Clinics
 - Kingdom Lifts Ban On Livestock From Kenya

September 29, 2003
 - Militants Killed In Gun Battle
 - U.S. Ambassador To Saudi Arabia To Resign
 - Kingdom Won't Send Troops To Iraq: Khaled
 - Riyadh Project To Eliminate Extremism
 - U.S. Resisted Saudi Anti-Terror Plans
 - Kingdom Rejects Canada Call For Torture Probe
 - Kingdom Celebrates 2003 National Day
 - Abdullah And Bush Discuss Mideast Crisis
 - Saudi Dissident Arrested Before Reform Meeting
 - Kingdom To Set Up Chair For Islamic Studies In Japan
 - First Paramedic Project Gets Under Way

September 22, 2003
 - Saudi Arabia Has No Plans To Acquire N-Arms: Envoy
 - Saudi FM Warns On Relations With US
 - Saudi Defends Anti-Terror Drive
 - Kingdom On Edge
 - Kingdom Calls For World Action To Rein In Israel
 - Shoura Team Scraps Canada Visit In Protest
 - Stand Firm Against Smear Campaign'
 - Schroeder To Visit Kingdom Next Month
 - Saudi Jail Blaze Kills Inmates
 - Charity Collection Boxes Banned
 - Saudi Terror Crackdown Irks Some Muslims
 - Terrorism Tops Abdullah-Snow Talks Agenda
 - UK Accuses Saudis Of Torture
 - Operations By Terrorists Cost $500 Million: Report
 - Saudis Will Need Visa To Visit Indonesia
 - Fahd, Abdullah Hold Talks With Hamzah Haz
 
September 15, 2003
 - Kingdom's Trade With US Has Surged Since Sept. 11
 - Feature-Saudi Mired In Worst Militancy Crisis Yet
 - Saudi Clerics Hit More Rights For Women
 - Saudi Sought By FBI Wanted In Homeland
 - Report Relatives Who Have Gone Missing, Saudis Told
 - Kingdom Wants International Force For Palestine
 - Israel's Pilot Claims 'Baseless And Untrue'
 - Guards Foil Assault On Saudi Minister In Cairo
 - Saudi Guards Shoot Dead Yemeni Smugglers
 - 7 Saudi Terror Suspects Held In Yemen
 - Panel Keeping Report On Saudis A Secret
 - Saudi Ambassador Responds To Newsweek Article
 - Saudi-Russian Rapprochement: U.S. Should Beware
 - Ottawa Seeks Probe Into Sampson Allegations
 - Kingdom Denounces Israeli Move To Exile Arafat
 - No Saudia Pilots Barred From US'
 - KFSH To Set Up Cold Blood Bank
 - Foreigners Can Set Up Remote Area Hospitals
 - Talal Wants Compulsory Premarital Tests
 - Political Reform Essential For Saudi Arabia, Says Prince Talal
 - Health Symposium
 - Kingdom To Take Part In Italy Crime Meet
  
September 8, 2003
 - Abdullah Hails 'Historic Day'
 - Kingdom, Russia Join Hands Against Terrorism
 - Saudi Arabia And Russia Sign Accord On Gas And Oil
 - Saudi-U.S. Meeting Touches On Detainees
 - Kingdom Denies US Pressure
 - Pakistan To Send More Troops To Saudi Arabia
 - Turki Blasts 'Al-Qaeda Link' Allegations
 - British Airways Set To Resume Flights To Kingdom
 - BBC Report On Missile Seizure False
 - 2nd Phase Health Insurance Program To Cover 900,000 Expats
 - 2,500 English Language Teachers To Be Replaced With Saudis Soon
 - GCC Insights: Saudi Arabia's Entry Into WTO All Set

September 1, 2003
 - U.S. Forces Scale Back In Saudi Arabia
 - U.S. Joins Saudi Terror Financing Probe
 - Saudis Challenge U.S. Over Iraq Fighters
 - Amid Tensions, Saudi Envoy Meets Bush's Father
 - Saudi King Tells Clerics To Fight Extremism
 - Abdullah To Open Moscow Exhibition
 - American, British Schools Report Fall In Student Numbers
 - Foreign Universities May Be Allowed To Open Branches In The Kingdom
 - English At Primary Level From Next Year
 - BA Considering Restarting Operations
 - Govt Allocates SR20M To Fight Aids
 - 32% Increase In Number Of Deaths In Road Accidents
 - Plan To Privatize Urban Transport System
 - Port Authorities Send Back Cargo Of Infected Sheep

August 24, 2003
 - Westerners Were The Bombers: Kingdom
 - Cabinet Ok's Anti-Money Laundering Legislation
 - Anti-Money Laundering Law A Very Positive Step, US Says
 - Panel To Monitor Transactions Through Banks
 - Report: Saudi Arabia Sends Message To Israel Over Transfer Of Funds
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 - Top Saudi Cleric Urges Unity, Decries Violence
 - Paper: Saudis Seize Arms At Yemen Border Every Hour
 - BA Flight Suspension To Continue For Some Time
 - Riyadh To Welcome Iraq Council Visit
 - Steps To Prevent Spread Of SARS During Haj
 - Abdullah's Visit Will Usher In New Era: Russian Envoy
 - WTO And S&P Rating Of Saudi Arabia
 - Abdullah Orders Steps To Prevent RVF Outbreak
 - Squads To Enforce Anti-Smoking Law

August 18, 2003
 - US Central Command Chief Meets Sultan
 - Saudi Clerics Condemn Terrorism
 - Four Killed In Riyadh Shootout
 - Riyadh Checkpoint Shootout 
 - Saudi Police Arrest 21 Suspects, Seize Arms
 - Saudi Authorities Are Finding More Militants Than Expected
 - Sympathizers Are Terrorists Too: Abdullah
 - Saudi Arabia To Question '12,000 Citizens'
 - Jeddah To Host Mini-Summit
 - UK Says Security Threat In Saudi, BA Halts Flights
 - NZ, Australia Issue Travel Warnings For Saudi Arabia
 - Warnings After Saudi 'Air Threat'
 - PCA Denies Closure Of KKIA
 - Saudi Diplomat Expelled From UK
 - Saudi Money 'Doesn't Go To Militants'
 - Saudi Arabia Takes Strict Financial Measures To Control Charity 
Associations
 - Border With Saudi Arabia Not Closed, Says Yemen
 - Ex-Envoy Says 9/11 Suit Against Saudis Could Hurt Relations
 - Kingdom Rejects Times Report As Baseless
 - Saudi Says Iran Drags Feet Returning Al Qaeda Leaders
 - Riyadh Hotels Stepping Up Security
 - Freed British Prisoners Accuse Saudis Of Torture
 - New US Visa 'Prostitute' Query Shocks Saudis
 - International Symposium On Autism To Be Held At KSU

August 11, 2003
 - Abdullah Begins 4-Nation Tour With Visit To Syria Today
 - First National Dialogue Center Established
 - U.S. Gov't Won't Release Terror Financing List
 - U.S. Officials Press Saudis On Aiding Terror
 - Report: 2 Saudi Militants On Wanted List
 - Kingdom Condemns Libyan Leader's Remarks
 - Bayoumi To Be Quizzed By FBI Again
 - Bassnan Plans Lawsuit In US Against Unlawful Arrest
 - Women Legal Consultants Under Study
 - Saudi Bomb Britons Return
 - Kingdom To Help Build Part Of Afghanistan's Road Network

August 4, 2003
 - Saudi Refuses To Extradite Bayumi To US Over Alleged 9/11 Links
 - Washington 'Welcome To Interview Al Bayumi'
 - US Rejects Saudi Call On 9/11 Report
 - Sultan Flays Congress Report On Sept. 11
 - US Lawmakers Press Bush On Saudi Financing Data
 - Saudis Turn Up The Heat On Terror
 - Security Forces Arrest 3 More Fugitive Militants
 - Eight Killed In Saudi Shootout
 - Terror Suspect Disclaims Role In May 12 Raid
 - Prince: Al-Qaida Trained Saudi Militants
 - Saudi Installations Under Surveillance In Germany, Report Says
 - No Evidence' Against Saudi Expelled From Malawi
 - Saudi Pro-Reform Journalist Banned
 - U.S. Troop Pullout Mutually Agreed Says Saudi Envoy
 - Kingdom To Fingerprint People Arriving At All Points
 - 244 Iraqi Refugees To Go Home This Week
 - What Directive On Charity Donations?
 - Website On Abdullah Al-Faisal Launched On His 86th Birthday

July 28, 2003
 - U.S. Allows Diplomats, Families To Return To Saudi Arabia
 - 9/11 Report Malicious, Says Saudi
 - Saudis Crack Terrorist Cell
 - Danger Of Terrorism Still Exists In Kingdom: Naif
 - Mauritania Shuts Saudi Charities
 - Bayoumi Not A Government Agent: Bandar
 - US Asked To Stop Hasty Inclusion Of Businessmen's Names To List
 - 3 Arrested For Possessing Printed 'Terror' Material
 - How Toll Free Number Is Aiding Terror Crackdown
 - US View On Democracy And Human Rights In Saudi Arabia
 - Reforms In Kingdom Are Under Study, Sultan Says
 - Al-Watan: Saudi Arabia And The WTO Negotiations
 - Summer Travel Trade Hit By Lukewarm Response
 - Minister Warns Saudis Not To Waste Water

July 21, 2003
 - Top U.S. Human Rights Official To Visit Saudi Arabia
 - Watchdog Set Up For Charities
 - Issue Of Western Women Married To Saudis Addressed
 - Saudi Article Spurs Delight And Anger
 - Lifting The Veil
 - Kingdom Welcomes Formation Of Iraq's Governing Council
 - Private Firms Allowed To Set Up More Postal Agencies

July 14, 2003
 - Final Arrangements Under Way To Join WTO
 - What Does Joining The WTO Mean For Saudi Arabia?
 - Kingdom Donates $1.8M To UNRWA
 - Nationality Regulations Tightened
 - Arab Women Are Breaking New Ground In All Fields
 - Japanese Firm Plans To Create Green Belt In EP
 - Campaign To Dissuade Saudi Men From Taking Foreign Wives
 - MOH Lifts Ban On SARS-Hit Countries
 - Abdullah Receives UN Representative
 - ECJ To Consider Case Of Saudi Businessman
 - Kingdom, Iran Sign Judicial Cooperation Deal

July 7, 2003
 - Saudis Arrest 124 In Terror Crackdown
 - Top Saudi Bombing Suspect Killed In Al-Jouf
 - Saudis Arrest Suicide Bombings Suspect
 - Look At Roots Of Terror: Naif
 - FBI Says Al Qaeda Has Blank Saudi Passports
 - Saudi Charity Denies U.S. Charges Of Terror Links
 - Tight Security Takes Toll on Expat Life
 - Saudi Arabia May Revoke Citizenship Of Osama Sons
 - Kingdom To Relaunch $25B Gas Project
 - Abdullah Launches Umrah Network
 - Saudi Arabia Selling New Image To Skeptical Americans
 - Kingdom To Host World Conference On Human Rights
 - $25,000 Ransom Paid For Saudi In Iraq

June 30, 2003
 - Leading Saudi Dissident Stabbed In London Home
 - Saudis Arrested With Plans Of GOV'T Buildings: Report
 - Riyadh Bombing Mastermind Said In Saudi Custody
 - Saudis Seek To Net More Militants
 - Wahhabi Strain Of Islam Faulted
 - Abdullah Tells Citizens To Report Suspects
 - Special Programs For Saudi Students
 - Retraining For 1,000 Saudi Preachers
 - We Will Always Support Palestinian Demands: Saud

June 23, 2003
 - Kingdom Still Seeking 2 Main Suspects In Riyadh Bombings
 - Suspects In Saudi Terror Plot Include Many Teens
 - Terror Crackdown In Makkah
 - Terror Suspects Identified
 - Security Forces Step Up Hunt For Militants
 - Saudi Group Presses Crown Prince For Reform
 - U.S. Seeks Solution To Nationals Seeking To Leave Saudi
 - Woman Who Sought Help Of Us Consulate Free To Leave
 - Border Guards Seized Huge Quantities Of Arms Last Year
 - Stiff Penalty For Money Laundering
 - Saudi Govt OKs Setting Up Of 2 New Universities
 - Top Education Panel Debates English At Primary Level
 - South Africa Seeks Saudi Students
 - EU Seeks Saudi Aid For Afghan Reconstruction
 - Warning On Firearms
 - Water Shortage Angers Riyadh Residents
 - University Professors Call For Higher Salaries
 - Kingdom Donates 10 Water Plants To Iraq
 - Ministry Plans Friday Sermons In English

June 16, 2003
 - Police, Terror Suspects Killed In Mecca Shootout
 - Saudis Arrest Five More In Bombing Probe
 - Anti-Terrorist Measures In Effect: Al-Jubeir
 - Saudi Arabia Launches New PR Campaign In US
 - Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency Implements New Regulations Regarding
Charities              
 - Apply For US Visas Now, Envoy Tells Students
 - Saudi Comments On Israeli Attacks, Palestinian Aid
 - Special Training For Religious Police
 - Saudi's Powerful Morality Police In Firing Line  
 - Sacking of Imans not Linked to  Riyadh Blasts, Asserts Ministry
 - Five Saudi POWS Executed By Saddam Regime
 - Kingdom, Yemen Agree To Tighten Border Security
 - Jeddah's Legal Community Keeps Fingers Crossed For New Association
 - Metro Planned For Riyadh
 - Makkah Festival Hopes To Attract 1M Visitors 

June 9, 2003
 - FBI Lauds Kingdom's Cooperation
 - Abdullah 'Nearly Pulled Out Of Summit Over Ties With Israel'
 - Cabinet Asks Israel To Implement Mideast Road Map In Full
 - Rid Mideast Of WMDS: Abdullah
 - Letter From Saudi Arabia: Dramatic Change In Landscape
 - Reformist Impulse In Saudi Arabia Suffers Setback
 - Arms Trafficking Rife On Yemeni Border
 - Saudi Official: Bombing Suspect Killed In Weekend Attack
 - Unprecedented Security In Riyadh
 - Shoura To Debate Employment Law For Women
 - Jobless Saudi Women: Problem Grows Worse
 - Number Of Single Women May Double By 2007
 - Encourage Expats To Bring Their Families - Study
 - King Fahd Donates SR100M For Top Medical Center

June 2, 2003
 - Saudi Arabia On High Alert After Gun Battle
 - Saudis Sack Editor After Cleric Calls for Boycott
 - Crown Prince to Attend  ME Summit
 - Mideast Peace Drive on Abdullah's G-8 Agenda
 - Abdullah Leaves for G-8 Summit
 - Saudi Ambassador to U.S. Says Royal Family Stable DespiteTerrorAttacks                          
 - Kingdom Will Pursue Riyadh Bombers: Prince Saud
 - Saudi Arabia, Morocco Arrest Attack 'Masterminds'
 - Kingdom Casts Net Wider for Al-Qaeda
 - Saudis Urged to Stand United in Fight Against Terrorism
 - Ministry Fires 353 Imams, Muezzins
 - Tight Security Eases Tension Among Western Expatriates
 - US To Release More Saudi Prisoners
 - Kingdom Seeks any Saudis Held in Iran
 - Extra Security was in Place at Bomb-Hit Jadawil Complex
 - Japan Invites Saudi Arabia to Join Forum
 - Saudis Mount Intense Drive Against Terror 
 - Saudi Cleric's Followers Face Charges
 - FBI Director Traveling Overseas, Mideast
 - Kingdom to Assist in Organizing World Parks Congress    

May 26, 2003
 - Government Vows to Stamp Out Terrorism
 - Saudi Envoy Fears Another Major Attack
 - Reforms Critical for Progress: King Fahd
 - Kingdom Arrests Four More
 - Naif Denies Hijack Bid
 - Gunman Held at US Saudi Office
 - US Diplomatic Posts Reopen
 - Saudis Re-Examine an Islamic Doctrine Cited by Militants
 - Lawmakers Criticize Saudi Arabia
 - Saudi Diplomat on a Secret Mission
 - Al Qaeda Arms Traced to Saudi National Guard
 - No National Guardsmen Sold Arms to Al-Qaeda: Prince Naif
 - Security Sources: Saudi Arrests Al Qaeda Suspects
 - Security Tightened Amid Terror Threat
 - Religious Police Say They are Unfairly Targeted
 - King Fahd Undergoes Eye Surgery
 - School Curriculum
 - Saudi Textbooks Lack Global Dimension
 - Kingdom to Foster Moderate Image of Islam, Says Abdullah
 - Confront Smear Campaign Against Islam
 - Young Saudis Reflect on Fallout
 - Women's Council Set Up to Enhance Scientific Awareness
 - Ministry Planning to Set Up Human Rights Section
 - Terrorism to Top Koizumi's Riyadh Talks With Abdullah

May 19, 2003
 - Bombs Rock Riyadh
 - Bush Pledges Full Support
 - Saudi Official Defends Cooperation on Attacks
 - Saudis Triple bomb Inquiry; Vow Joint Antiterror Effort
 - High Alert in Eastern Province
 - U.S. Orders Citizens to Leave Saudi Arabia
 - US Embassy, Consulates Reopen
 - US Criticizes Security in Riyadh
 - Saudi Envoy Defends Compounds' Security
 - Put Criticism on the Record, Official Tells US
 - US State Department Advises Diplomats' to Leave
 - American, British Schools Closed Till Further Notice
 - Bombs' Intent: To Fray US-Saudi Ties
 - Bombing May Boost Ties to U.S.
 - Kingdom Determined to Suppress Terrorism: Prince Abdullah
 - Kingdom has Long History of Fighting Terrorism
 - New Challenge to Saudis
 - Saudis Call For Reforms, Tolerance
 - AL-Haramain Shuts 3 Offices Abroad; 4 More to Close
 - Trouble in the House of Saud
 - Panel Pans U.S. Over Saudi Arabia
 - Compound Owners 'Cut Corners on Security'
 - Jeddah Calm Despite US Terror Warning
 - Riyadh Aftermath
 - Report: Expelled Saudi Envoy denies Terror Claim
 - Kingdom Asks for Reasons Behind Us Expulsion
 - Five Saudis Released From Guantanamo
 - Thales Becomes Co-Founder of Al-Faisal University

May 12, 2003
 - Al-Qaeda Plot Foiled
 - Saudi Official: Attacks Targeted Royals
 - New Cabinet Ministers Take Oath
 - GCC Insights: New Saudi Government Faces Many Challenges
 - US Expels Saudi Consular Aide in Los Angeles
 - U.S. Saudi Exodus Brings Relief
 - Saudis Will Deal With New Iraqi Gov't
 - Kingdom Gets First Independent Rights Group
 - Women as Regional Directors Possible
 - Crown Prince to Visit Russia on Putin's Invitation
 - Saud in Moscow for Landmark Visit
 - Saudi Arabia, Cuba Sign Protocol to Open Diplomatic Missions
 - Singapore asks Kingdom to Lift SARS-Related Travel Ban

May 5, 2003
 - US Troops to Leave
 - New Cabinet Unveiled
 - Cabinet Restructuring Will Boost Efficiency, Cut Public Spending
 - Crown Prince Receives U.S. Defense Secretary
 - U.S. Exit is No Sure Cure for  Saudi Royals' Troubles
 - US Warns of Terror Plans, But Kingdom has no Information
 - American Civilian Shot in Jubail
 - Prince Sultan to be Honored
 - Strangers in Their Own Homeland
 - Restrictions on Saudi Businessman Eased: US Consul General
 - Saudi Telethon Raises Millions for Iraqis
 - Saudi Princess Haya Dies at 90
 - Hospital Appoints First Woman Chairperson
 - Fahd Orders Release of 5,000 Prisoners
 - Women in the Shoura

April 28, 2003
 - New Ministries, Mergers Likely in Next Month's Cabinet Reshuffle
 - Naimi Likely Attending Last OPEC Meeting
 - Saudis, UK in Talks to Push Reform - Straw
 - Saudi Advisory Council Makes its Mark 
 - Saudis Withdraw Berlin Diplomat After Germans Cite Possible Militant
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 - Pilgrims From Far Eastern Countries Barred
 - Saudi Student Can Legally be Deported, US Judge Rules 
 - Saudi TV Telethon for Iraqis
 - First Saudi Relief Convoy Heading for Baghdad
 - Fight to Save Saudi Heritage From Rush of Modernity
 - Saudi Police Officer Slain in Fourth Recent Attack
 - New Saudi  TV Channel to be Launched

April 21, 2003
 - Saudi Team Seeks to Boost Kingdom's Image in US
 - Saudi Oil Supply to Jordan
 - Riyadh Dismisses Several Preachers
 - Saudi Prince Faisal Makes Surprise Visit to Syria
 - First Saudi Relief Convoy to Reach Iraq
 - King Fahd Approves Law to Set Up Private Universities
 - Manpower Council to Broaden Scope for Saudi Women

April 14, 2003
 - Non-Muslims Free to Practice Faiths in Private 
 - Exclusive: Saudis Express Mixed Feelings
 - Saudi Press Cautiously Welcomes Saddam;s Departure
 - Exclusive: Kingdom in War Relief Efforts
 - Kingdom Looking After Over 5,000 Iraqi Refugees
 - Prince Majed Passes Away
 - Shoura Joins IPU 
 - Exclusive: Kingdom Wants Iraqis to Set Up Own Government
 - Challenges Before The Kingdom's First Woman Nursing Chief
 - Saudi TV Battle Pits Clerics Against Lebanese Women
 - MOH Takes Steps to Keep  SARS Out
 - New Case of Dengue Fever in Jeddah

April 7, 2003
 - Saudi Prince: Saddam Should Step Down
 - Kingdom Seeks Intervention of Peace-Loving States to End War
 - Saudi Elite Feel Betrayed by US Actions
 - US Halts Tomahawks Over Saudi Arabia
 - Saudi Firm Refuses SR240M Deal to Provide US Army With Trucks
 - Al-Safi Dairy Shuns Supply Deals with US Forces in Iraq
 - Iraq War Sparks Jihad Debate in Saudi Arabia
 - Saudi Fighters 'Bound for Iraq'
 - German Arrested in Riyadh for Alleged Al-Qaeda Link
 - MOH Braces for Border Emergencies
 - US Cites China, Israel, Saudi Arabia for Poor Human Rights
 - Kingdom Starts Issuing Licenses for Pilots, Crew
 - Death of 75 New-Born Babies Causes Concern
 - Italy Recalls Muslim Ambassador
 - Revenues of Charities Put at SR14 Billion

March 31, 2003
 - Saudis Say They Offered 'Ideas' to End War, Not Formal Plan
 - Saudi Minister: US Ties May be Hit if War Drags On 
 - Saudi Advisory Body Demands Halt to War on Iraq
 - Saudi Protests Over Stray Cruise Missiles
 - Saudi Arabia Seems Calm, But, Many Say, is Seething
 - War Stirs Powerful Emotions 
 - Saudi Clerics Denounce War in Sermons 
 - Victim of Riyadh Explosion Identified as Terrorist
 - Saudi Envoy Killed in Ivory Coast
 - Protection Against Radiation Ensured
 - Saudi Govt Hailed for Visas to OFWs from Kuwait
 - No Timetable for Saudi Oil Deliveries to Jordan
 - Leading Saudi Dissident 'Freed'
 - Kingdom Not to Accept Iraqi Refugees: SRCS

March 24, 2003
 - Kingdom Urges Bush, Saddam To Halt War
 - Iraq Must Not Be Occupied, Says Fahd
 - Saudi Advisory Body To Condemn War On Iraq 
 - Saudi Arabia Says It Won't Join A War
 - Kingdom Beefs Up Security For War
 - Saudi Identifies Man Killed By Bomb In Capital
 - Kingdom Assures World Of Oil Supplies
 - US Embassy Reopens In Saudi
 - Saudi Officials Shield U.S. Troop Presence From Public 
 - Reluctant Saudi Arabia Prepares Its Quiet Role In The U.S.-Led
War On Iraq
 - Saudi Arabia Quietly Helping U.S. In War
 - Westerners Here Will Be Protected: Naif
 - Cabinet Urges Quick Action To Implement Me 'Roadmap'
 - Kingdom Urges Swift Action To Match Words
 - Naif Rules Out Political Parties In Kingdom
 - Lawyer Urges Rumsfeld To Free Innocent Prisoners
 - Crime - What Ails Saudi Society

March 17, 2003
 - Rumsfeld Visit 'Has Nothing To Do With War Date'
 - War Now More Likely Than Ever: Saud
 - Saudis Allow Use Of Key Facilities To US
 - Saudi Rulers Walk Political Tightrope
 - Saudis Won't Allow Churches On Its Land 
 - Military Service 
 - 100 FBI Agents Arrest Saudi Student In Night Raid 
 - Saudi Hints U.S. Troops May Be Cut After War 
 - Kingdom, Yemen Sign Border Security Accord
 - Kingdom To Help Evacuate Foreigners
 - SR100 Million To Fight Poverty
 - T-Shirts With Bin Laden Portraits Confiscated  

March 10, 2003
 - U.S. Troops Here For Humanitarian Reasons
 - Us Troops 'Pouring Into Saudi Arabia'
 - Saudi Troops Deploy To Guard Kuwait
 - Kingdom Won't Give Saddam Asylum: Saud
 - Reform With An Islamic Slant
 - Saudi Arabia Hands Over Tanker Suspects
 - Saudi Newspapers Accuse Qaddafi Of Serving Foes
 - Home-Grown Saudi Reform
 - Reform Debate Rages In Saudi Arabia
 - Steps Taken Against Influx Of Refugees From Iraq: Naif
 - Saudi Can Banish Ghost Of 9/11 Through OPEC Oil Surge
 - Saudi Takes More Steps To Back U.S. War Effort
 - Saudi/OPEC/Capacity: OPEC Now Above 24.5M B/D Pledge
 - U.S. 'Decides Not To Blacklist Kingdom Over Religions'
 - Women Call For Shoura Council Representation
 - Jeddah Municipality 'Should Act Now To Stop Spread Of Dengue Fever'
 - Municipality, Health Directorate Get Their Act Together On Dengue
 - Saudis Must Apply 2 Months Ahead For US Visa: Embassy
 - Saudi Royals Stuck With Divorce Tab
 - Water Tariffs To Be Introduced Within Two Years: Gosaibi
 - Australian Flogged For 'Thief Wife'  

March 3, 2003
 - Saudi Arabia Denies Deal On Use Of Bases
 - No New Resolution, No Support: Kingdom
 - Expat Exodus Under Way
 - Canadians Told To Leave
 - Jittery Saudis Must Deal With More Crime
 - Bombing Suspect Held
 - Makkah Teens Arrested For Al-Qaeda Link
 - Kingdom Calls For Efforts To Avert War
 - US Deluding Itself Over Iraq: Saud
 - Shoura In The Dark About Reform Moves
 - Shoura For Media Presence At Meetings
 - Kingdom's Biggest Drug Smuggler Nabbed
 - Kingdom Boosts Strategic Oil Storage Capacity
 - Fire Force Ready
 - Saudi Warns Of US Casualties
 - Money Laundering Training For Judges
 - New Body For Saudi Journalists
 - Saudi Businessmen Shy Away From US, Eye Options Elsewhere
 - Saudi Women Battle Odds For Private Sector Jobs
 - National Geographic Seeks To Present True Image Of Kingdom To West
 - No To Satellite Dishes
 - Seven Cases Of Dengue Detected In Jeddah  

February 24, 2003
 - Riyadh Asks Iraq To Comply With Un
 - Westerners On Edge In Saudi After Briton Killed
 - Kingdom Defends Foreign Forces
 - Gas Masks To Flood The Market
 - Al Qaeda Suspect Freed After Saudi Probe
 - I Support Abdullah's Reform Program: Naif
 - Ask New Saudi Ambassador To UK

February 17, 2003
 - Saudis Launch First Al-Qaeda Trial
 - Kingdom, India To Sign MOU On Fighting Terror
 - Smuggling On Saudi-Yemeni Border
 - US Revokes Licenses Of 2 Saudia Pilots
 - US Extends Registration Deadline For Saudis
 - Foreign Powers Cannot Meddle In Kingdom's Internal
Affairs
 - Saudi Oil Industry Boosts Security
 - Saudi Deputy Governor Shot Dead

February 10, 2003
 - Saudis Plan To End U.S. Presence - N.Y. Times
 - Questions Over Us Troops' Saudi Future
 - Pro-Qaeda Oil Workers A Sabotage Risk For Saudis
 - Foreign Pilgrims At Record High
 - Fourteen Killed In Hajj Stampede
 - War Fear Stopping Saudis From Traveling Abroad
 - Edict Forbidding Attacks On Non-Muslims Reassures Expats
 - 90 With Al-Qaeda Links Jailed, Says Prince Mohammed
 - Al-Qaeda Suspects Arrested, Says Naif
 - Gunmen Fire At Briton Working In Saudi Firm
 - National Plan Unveiled To Fight Poverty
 - Suspect's Wife Returns To Kingdom Sparking Criticism
 - The Russians Are Coming... And In A Big Way
 - Saudi Students Studying Abroad
 - Expats, Visitors To Be Fingerprinted
 - Kingdom Has Six Million Smokers; 20% Females

February 3, 2003
 - Prince Saud Al-Faisal Meets With U.S. President At White
House
 - Saudi Says War Will Not Help U.S Terror Campaign
 - Saudis, Expats Call On Bush To Heed To Reason Over Iraq
 - Saudis Pursue Plan For Saddam Exile – Diplomat
 - War Against Iraq Will Adversely Affect Region: Al-Qusaibi
 - No Plans To Stop Sending Saudi Students To US
 - Reformists In Free, Frank Talks With Abdullah
 - More Embassies Advise Expats To Be Ready To Leave
 - Jeddah's Expats Are Staying Put, Despite War Fears
 - Fewer Us Muslims Arriving For Haj
 - Standing At Arafat On Feb. 10
 - EP Residents Irked By US Warnings
 - New Ceiling For The Percentage Of Expatriates
 - Saudi Education System
 - Kingdom's Prisons System To Undergo Major Overhaul
 - Saudis Offer Interview With Woman Who Left U.S.

January 27, 2003
 - Kingdom Pledges All Efforts To Ensure Haj Is Trouble Free
 - Plan To Fingerprint Pilgrims Put Off
 - France Tenders Apology For Visa Denial
 - Human Rights Team Holds Frank Talks With Saudi Officials
 - Lawyers Help Saudi Students Register In Us
 - Former Bin Laden Friend Denies Terror Ties
 - Saudis Worry As They Waste Their Scarce Water
 - Alwaleed Donates SR.4M For Palestinian Disabled
 - Getting To Know One Another [Dr. Ann Jordan]

January 20, 2003
 - Riyadh Urges Diplomatic Efforts To Resolve Crisis
 - Expat Relief As Tax Proposal Is Rejected
 - Tax Decision Proves Shoura Independence: Member
 - Rejection Of Saudi Income Tax Bill Hailed
 - Conservative Saudi Oil Minister May Quit
 - Naif Calls For Strong Arab Media To Counter Smear Campaign
 - Prince Turki Named Envoy To UK
 - Saudi Reformists To Call For Gradual Democracy
 - Saudi American Exchange Program
 - US Finger Print Plan Will Be Reciprocated: Prince Ahmed
 - Office Set Up To Seek Data On Missing Saudis
 - Alwaleed Dismisses Accusations Of Terror Funding As Stupid
 - U.S. Considers Diplomacy To Get Nation To Change Religion Attitudes
 - Trial Resumes For Saudis Accused Of Plot
 - French Must Give Reasons For Visa Denial
 - Businesswomen's Presence At JEF Significant, Participants Say