Saudi Arabia News

Oil King Warns Of 'Green Bubble'
Touting $90 billion expansion plan, Saudi Aramco chief says no matter how fast alternatives are ramped up, world will depend on oil for decades to come.
2010-03-09 16:25:16
Nigeria: Recent Troop Deployment And Sundry Matters
It would seem that the intrigues and devious scheming attendant with President Yar'Adua's illness simply refuse to blow away. Penultimate Wednesday, the beleaguered president purportedly returned to the country under very controversial circumstances. First, he arrived unannounced, apparently without the prior knowledge of Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, and while an official delegation from the Executive Council of the Federation EXCOF was on ground to extend the nation's gratitude to the Saudi king as well as pay a get-well visit to the First Family.
2010-03-08 15:09:21
PM out of sync to seek Saudi help: RSS
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2010-03-07 23:10:21
Thailand's Blue Diamond Heist: Still a Sore Point Time.com
Time.com - Two decades ago, a Thai gardener climbed into the palace of a Saudi prince and stole some 200 pounds of jewelry. The caper cost Thailand billions, left several dead and put an Elvis-impersonating Thai official on death row
2010-03-07 14:45:14
Op-Ed Columnist: Arabia: Inshallah, Obama
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2010-03-07 13:15:26
SEC names Riyadh PP11 preferred bidders
France's GDF Suez and Saudi Aljomaih Group have been named by the Saudi Electricity Co. SEC as its preferred bidders for its Independent Power Project IPP, the Riyadh PP11, Arab News has reported. The consortium has been selected "as a result of the evaluation process of five proposals", which opened on December 21 for the kingdom's next power plant, SEC said. Riyadh PP11 is an independent power project with a capacity of 1,730MW. The total investment of the plant, which will be fired by gas rather than oil, is expected to be over $2bn, according to GDF Suez.
2010-03-07 06:45:35
Philips opens office in Riyadh
Philips Electronics has announced the opening of a new head office in the Saudi capital, Riyadh that serve as the centre of the company's operations for the kingdom. The company has been present in Saudi for more than 50 years and has representative offices in Jeddah and Dammam. Philips, a major player in the Saudi healthcare market has made its first global installation of Philips' Ambient Experience Cathlab at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital.
2010-03-07 03:54:18
India offers to launch Saudi Arabia satellites
In one of the initiatives to strengthen economic ties with Saudi Arabia, India has offered to launch commercial satellites for the Kingdom.
2010-03-06 12:00:00
Best Picture Winners That Haven't Stood the Test of Time
Casablanca. Gone with the Wind. It Happened One Night. On the Waterfront. Ben-Hur. Lawrence of Arabia. The Sound of Music. These are the great films of cinema history, Oscar Best Picture winners all, and just hearing their names makes you sigh and wish you could sit down right now and watch them all again. But how about The Broadway Melody Cavalcade The Great Zeigfeld The Best Years of Our Lives They don't exactly inspire the same sort of response. The fact is that there are plenty of
2010-03-05 13:54:18
Saudi visit highly successful: Krishna
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2010-03-05 11:32:17