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Video plea to Obama to pardon Saudi launched
Filed under NewsSep 1JEDDAH: A number of Saudi youths launched a film on Tuesday appealing to US President Barack Obama to use his constitutional power of presidential pardon to set free a Saudi man jailed for sexual assault.
Humaidan Al-Turki is currently serving 28 years in a US prison.
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Saudi students 3-day ordeal in US
Filed under NewsAug 31JEDDAH – Majed Abdullah Al-Qahtani saw more of America than he could have imagined as he attempted to get to a university there. For three days he traveled by plane and taxi through several states after an airline sent him to the wrong city in the wrong state.
Al-Qahtani, a student in the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques External Scholarship Program, earned a chance to study emergency medicine at Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky, but an airline flew him about 800 km away, to Richmond, Virginia, where his journey of suffering began.
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Aug 27
WASHINGTON – The United States on Thursday announced plans to toughen rules against what it sees as unfair foreign trade practices, proposing a number of changes likely to irk China, its biggest import supplier.
“The Obama administration is committed to aggressively enforcing our trade laws to ensure a level playing field for US companies and their workers – the engines of our economic growth,” US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said in a statement. “Todays announcement is another demonstration of our continuing efforts to sharpen our trade enforcement tools.”
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Official Saudi students in US increasing
Filed under NewsAug 26DAMMAM – The number of young Saudis studying in the United States has been increasing in recent years, according to Consul General Joseph A. Kenny at the US Consulate General in Dhahran.
Kenny informed local businessmen here of the rising interest of young Saudis to pursue their higher education in the US after the farewell ceremony in which he personally bid goodbye to Saudi friends and leading businessmen in the region after completing his two-year tenure of office as consul general in Dhahran.
He said there are now over 28,000 Saudis enrolled in various universities in the US. This number, he said, is expected to increase to over 30,000 within the next few years.
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Aug 23
DUBAI, UAE – The camels know the drill by heart. Just after dawn, they file on their own, always in groups of 12, into metal stalls for milking. Workers attach automated pumps. The milk flows into a system of chilled pipes that empty into a sealed metal vat.
The next stop someday could be markets in Europe, and possibly beyond, under ambitious plans backed by Dubais ruler to expand the reach of the playfully eccentric brand name Camelicious.
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Aug 22
JEDDAH: “Interacting and communicating more with Saudis is one of my primary duties here,” said Thomas Duffy, the consul general and principal officer at the United States Consulate General in Jeddah. Development of Saudi society amazing, says US diplomat
Duffy, who assumed duties on the June 29, will also be overseeing the return to normal levels the visa issuances from Jeddah.
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Benefits Blog Reading deeper into Ramadan
Filed under NewsAug 9Ive often wondered: what is it like being non-Muslim in a Muslim country during Ramadan? Do non-Muslims develop a deeper understanding of Ramadan, beyond the closed shutters of restaurants and cafes, restrictions on eating and drinking outdoors during the day, the lavish banquets and traffic jams at sunset, the crowded malls and fairy lights that twinkle deep into the night?
Non-Muslim residents and visitors to Muslim countries during Ramadan are quick to note the palpable spirit of community and charity, self-discipline and sacrifice, reflection and prayer. Invitations to Iftar meals and dinners reveal other facets of the Islamic fast: hospitality, generosity, togetherness, family values. In fact, many non-Muslims are so moved by their experience, they opt to fast out of a sense of respect and solidarity with those around them, even if only for a day or two.
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Aug 8
JEDDAH – The interfaith dialogue initiative of King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, has been well received by Muslims in America. The 2.5 million-strong Muslim community in the United States is “appreciative” of King Abdullahs sincere efforts to overcome the mistrust among followers of different faiths.
“And Muslims in America look forward to finding ways to bridge the vast gap that has developed, post-9/11, between Islam and followers of other Abrahamic faiths,” a couple of Pakistani origin long settled in the United States, said here Thursday evening.
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Gas station owners moot scrapping BP brand
Filed under NewsJul 31NEW ORLEANS – BP gas station owners across America are divided over whether the oil giant stained by its handling of the Gulf spill should rebrand US outlets as Amoco or another name as part of its effort to repair the companys badly damaged reputation.
Some who have seen their sales plunge because of protests say BP has already sought a fresh start by naming an American to replace its gaffe-prone British CEO, so why not change the name on gas station marquees as a further symbol of that culture shift.
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Geely-Volvo deal shows Chinas expanding clout
Filed under NewsJul 23DETROIT/GOTHENBERG/NINGBO – It was a miserable winter day in January 2007, the kind that makes auto executives in the Motor City wonder why they hold the Detroit Auto Show at the most inhospitable time of the year.
Li Shufu, a farmers son from Chinas Zhejiang province who last week become the unlikely chairman of Volvo Cars, was looking for some cheer from Ford Motor Cos finance chief Don Leclair in his office at Fords glass-sheathed headquarters.
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