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According to the World Bank, as much as three-quarters of Ethiopia’s arable land is not under cultivation, and agronomists say that with substantial capital expenditure, much of it could become bountiful. Since the world food...
King Abdulaziz International Airport (KAIA) received the inaugural flight of Lion Air of Indonesia and Al-Watania of Kuwait, according to reports over the weekend. Lion Air had 496 passengers on board arriving from Jakarta. The...
On his 10-day trip to Asia and in his 10th month in office, Barack Obama is beginning to encounter limits on his ambition to change the world. Even as he bowed to the king of Saudi Arabia in April and to the emperor of Japan...
Women in the Middle East are on the move, but in decidedly different directions, depending on where you look. In less than 40 years, Cairo has gone from a city of Western fashion to a city in which the majority of women wear...
Fresh Challenges for 2009 Pilgrimage The annual Hajj is once again imminent and 2009 see's some marked differences beginning to appear in the Makkan landscape. Monorail Among the expected additions to the ever expanding...
It's the greatest yearly pilgrimage on Earth. BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | NOVEMBER 20, 2009 This month, hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims from around the globe are converging upon the Saudi Arabian holy cities of Mecca and...
by Michael Slackman The New York Times THUWAL, Saudi Arabia -- The $12.5 billion question is this: Can Ben Frevert change Saudi Arabia? Mr. Frevert is 22 years old. He is from Minneapolis. He had never set foot outside the...
Jeddah - The palaces of Saudi Arabia's royal family lie concealed behind high walls. The ruling family Ibn Saud is however not only discreet when it comes to protecting its private sphere, but also the significance of the...
BAGUIO CITY, Nov. 20 (PNA) -- The city of Hanyu, Japan and the King of Saudi Arabia are among the donors of relief assistance to the typhoon victims in this mountain resort, according to City Mayor Reinaldo Bautista Jr.
A list of the 500 'most influential' Muslims in the world has left me confused, and not just because my name isn't there I was in Cairo International Airport earlier this week, scrolling through Facebook to see what my friends...
