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Could Saudi Arabia Be Next?

With a wave of pro-democracy fervor sweeping the Middle East, could the region's richest powerhouse, Saudi Arabia, be next to fall? Or perhaps the question should be: Can oil money buy stability? Weeks ago, the answer seemed to be "yes." While revolutions took hold in Tunisia and Egypt, the Persian Gulf's richest and...

Saudi Arabia Giving Citizens a 15 Percent Raise to Avoid Becoming the Next Libya

Call it the Oprah theory of governance: Everyone gets a prize and everyone stays happy. Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has returned to Riyadh after receiving spinal surgery in New York and recovering in Morocco. All told, the 86-year-old monarch has been away from home for three months. Now, Abdullah is offering financial...

Saudi King Announces Wage Hikes, Holds Fast Against Political Reform

MANAMA, Bahrain -- Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah announced today a $10.7 billion package of benefits for citizens after returning to the country from a three-month absence for medical treatment. But there was no mention of political reforms despite popular uprisings sweeping across the Arab world. The economic incentives...

Opinion: Can Democracy Take Root in Egypt?

With the decision by Hosni Mubarak to step down, nothing will ever be the same again in Egypt, nor perhaps in the Arab world. So the real question now is, what comes next? Will Egypt turn to some form of representative government? Perhaps, but it's pure fantasy to believe that this will be anything like Eastern Europe in...

Who's Next? A Tour of Potential Dominoes in Arab World

President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt is on his way out, a victim of the same popular street movements that forced Zine El Abidine Ben Ali from Tunisia. And one of the biggest questions in the Middle East now is whether other long-entrenched and repressive regimes could be next. Every unelected president, king and emir in the...

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Sheik Abdul Mohsen Al Obeikan, Saudi King's Ultraconservative Adviser, Dismissed Over Women Rights Issue

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has dismissed a controversial ultraconservative adviser after he publicly criticized reforms aimed at easing restrictions on women, the kingdom's state media reports.

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05/28/12 Healthy economy draws investors to Saudi Arabia Source: Zawya.com Saudi Arabia is a huge market with vast potential open to investors, according to Siddeek Ahmed, chairman and managing director of Eram Group that has 30 companies in 10 countries.
05/27/12 Saudi Crown Prince flies abroad for medical tests Source: ArabianBusiness.com Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Nayef has left the kingdom for a holiday and medical tests, the state news agency reported on Saturday, in a country where the health of senior royals is keenly watched.
05/27/12 Saudi Embassy In U.S. Holds Graduation Ceremony of... Source: Saudi Press Agency Saudi Cultural AttachÃ© Office at the Saudi Embassy in the United States of America held here last night, a graduation ceremony of the 5th batch of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Program for Foreign Scholarships in the State of Maryland in the presence of about 6000 graduates from universities in the United States of America for this year.
05/26/12 Kidnapped Saudi envoy begs king for he... Source: IOL A Saudi Arabian diplomat kidnapped by al-Qaeda militants in Yemen urged the Saudi king to meet his captors' demand for the release of women prisoners, in a video message posted on the Internet on Saturday.
05/24/12 Crown Prince Congratulates King of Jordan on... Source: Saudi Press Agency The Crown Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior, has sent a cable of congratulations to King Abdullah II of Jordan on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day. In his cable, the Crown Prince wished the King permanent good health and happiness and the people of Jordan steady progress and prosperity.