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Arab News
| 2 years ago
Residential and commercial rent prices in Saudi Arabia are expected to remain high throughout 2011 due to growing demand, supply shortage and lack of mortgage lending, Credit Suisse Group AG said. While we have a supply shortage and demand is strong,...
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Arab News
| 2 years ago
Families in Jeddah whose homes were damaged by the rains and floods on Jan. 26 and the poor and needy will benefit from SR34 million provided by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. The money will be administered under the direct...
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Arab News
| 2 years ago
The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and Muslim Aid, a UK-based charity, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the IDB headquarters in Jeddah on Tuesday. The aim of the agreement is to facilitate cooperation between the IDB and Muslim Aid in...
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Arab News
| 2 years ago
Philippines, said the secretary-general of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Jeddah on Tuesday...To ensure that the people of the southern Philippines reap the fruits of peace and stability, it must be accompanied with economic and...
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Zee News
| 2 years ago
Tunisia seeks to extradite Ben Ali's wife, dissolve party Tunisia: Tunisia formally asked Saudi Arabia to extradite the wife of ousted strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and took steps to dissolve his ruling party as protests continued against the...
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The Scotsman
| over 2 years ago
Tunisian dictator Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, 74, had the equivalent of more than £100 million in cash hidden behind a bookcase in one of his homes, it has been revealed. Jewellery and vintage wine worth about £65m were also found at his high-security...
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Arab News
| over 2 years ago
The 57-member Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) has joined hands with a British aid group to help those affected by natural calamities. The OIC signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Muslim Aid on Monday to enhance cooperation in the...
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Arab News
| over 2 years ago
Labor recruitment offices in Jeddah have received no instructions to stop the sourcing of maids from Indonesia, said a number of manpower recruitment offices in Jeddah. They, however, agreed that the recent negative media coverage on maid abuse in...
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Arab News
| over 2 years ago
The body of a 30-year-old Ethiopian woman was found in Jeddah's Kilo 8 district on Sunday night, police have confirmed...Investigators were sent to the crime scene along with Saudi Red Crescent staff, said Col...Investigators were accompanied by...
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AP Online
| over 2 years ago
Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's interior minister on Monday sought to dissolve the political party of the country's ousted autocratic president, while the government asked Saudi Arabia to extradite the widely reviled former first lady to face justice at...
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Reuters
| over 2 years ago
Analysis & Opinion Tunisia's President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali addresses the nation in this still image taken from video, January 13, 2011. Tunisia's Interior Ministry filed for the dissolution of ex-President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali's political...
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Arab News
| over 2 years ago
Chairman Saleh Kamel, international companies and national firms. Considering the show's importance in the context of the ongoing construction boom, national debates on the future of the real estate and construction and building sectors will come to...
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AKI
| over 2 years ago
Egypt's top prosecutor on Monday requested the freezing of the assets of ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his family, state TV announced...The request covers the the former ruling family's domestic holdings and the prosecutor general has also...
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BBC
| over 2 years ago
56 ET As the unrest gathers momentum in the Middle East and Africa, Tunisia, the country where it all began, is still facing huge challenges. President Ben Ali has fled to Saudi Arabia after losing power a month ago. Tunisia now has an interim...
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Zee News
| over 2 years ago
Tunisia asks Saudi Arabia to extradite Ben Ali Tunis: Tunisia's interim government on Sunday asked Saudi Arabia to extradite deposed strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali as it faced a second day of protests demanding its resignation. Prime Minister...
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The Daily Star
| over 2 years ago
The world's major economies pledged to help Egypt and Tunisia with economic reforms Saturday but Saudi Arabia and China prevented the Group of 20 from welcoming democratic uprisings in the two countries. We stand ready to support Egypt and Tunisia,...
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AP Online
| over 2 years ago
Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's government asked Saudi Arabia on Sunday whether its exiled former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is dead, and demanded his extradition if he is still alive, as thousands of people protested in the capital demanding that...
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Israel National News
| over 2 years ago
Feb/20/11 Follow Israel news briefs on and The government of Tunisia asked Saudi Arabia Sunday evening if former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was dead. There are rumors that Ben Ali, who fled to the kingdom after he was deposed, suffered a...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| over 2 years ago
The United Nations says more than 100 people were killed by Ben Ali's security forces during the uprising that forced the president to flee on January 14. The extradition request relates to new charges against Ben Ali for "committing and inciting...
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Newyork Times
| over 2 years ago
The second phase of Tunisia 's revolution played out in this city's ancient medina last week as military helicopters circled and security forces rushed to carry out an unusual mission: protecting the city's brothels. Fethi Belaid/Agence France-Presse...
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Al Jazeera English
| over 2 years ago
Tunisia is seeking the extradition of former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali from Saudi Arabia to face charges stemming from the violent crackdown on protesters last month, Tunisia's foreign ministry has said. Tunisia wants to try Ben Ali over his...
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Moreover Silicon Valley
| over 2 years ago
Ulkomaat Tunisia pyyt ex-presidentin luovuttamista kotimaahan Julkaistu: 20.02.2011 21:22 Tunisian vliaikainen hallitus on pyytnyt Saudi-Arabiaa luovuttamaan syrjytetyn presidentin kotimaahansa. Entinen presidentti Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali on mr...
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NOW Lebanon
| over 2 years ago
Tunisia said Sunday it had officially asked Saudi Arabia to extradite deposed strongman Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali whom it accused of "several serious crimes." A Foreign Ministry statement cited by the state news agency TAP said an official request had...
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International Herald Tribune
| over 2 years ago
The second phase of Tunisia 's revolution played out in this city's ancient medina last week as military helicopters circled and security forces rushed to carry out an unusual mission: protecting the city's brothels. Fethi Belaid/Agence France-Presse...
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Seattle Times
| over 2 years ago
Tunisia's government has asked Saudi Arabia whether exiled former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is dead. Tunisia Tunisia's government has asked Saudi Arabia whether exiled former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is dead...There have been rumors...
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Moreover Silicon Valley
| over 2 years ago
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah is to return home this week after convalescing in Morocco from operations in New York, a source close to the oil-rich Gulf monarchy said on Sunday. "The king is expected to return Wednesday and preparations are underway"...
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GMA News
| over 2 years ago
Tunisian security forces fired in the air on Sunday in a vain attempt to disperse tens of thousands of demonstrators in the capital calling for a new interim government, a Reuters witness said. It was the second straight day of mass protests in the...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| over 2 years ago
Following weeks of relative calm, as many as 30,000 marchers gathered in front of the prime minister's building shouting slogans such as "Leave!" and "We don't want the friends of Ben Ali!". (Reuters)
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Moreover Silicon Valley
| over 2 years ago
49, 19 Februar, 2011 Poslije 23 godine vladavine zbacen s vlasti u masovnim protestima. Bivsi predsjednik Tunisa Zin al Abidin Ben Ali preminuo je nakon sto je prethodnih nekoliko dana bio u komi, javila je televizija Frans24, pozivajuci se na...
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B92
| over 2 years ago
Former Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has died after spending last several days in a coma, France24 reports, quoting French sources. Ben Ali stepped down amid mass protests on January 14, after he had ruled the country for 23 years...A...
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News 24
| over 2 years ago
The condition of exiled president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali after he fell into a coma is not a concern of Tunisia's new government, a spokesperson said on Friday, as it tries to cut all ties with the past. The 74-year-old former leader is being treated...
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Toronto Star
| over 2 years ago
This past Monday marked one month since a massive uprising in Tunisia caused former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to flee to Saudi Arabia and inspired protests around the Arab world...For the first time in many decades, they talk politics in the...
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BBC
| over 2 years ago
Tunisian police have dispersed dozens of Islamists demanding the closure of a brothel in the capital Tunis. The police reportedly fired in the air to break up the crowd. Separately, a Polish Catholic priest was found dead with his throat slit outside...
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Reuters
| over 2 years ago
At least three people were injured on Friday when Tunisian security forces fired in the air to disperse hundreds of Islamists protesting against a brothel in the capital Tunis, witnesses said. The incident was the latest sign of Islamists organizing...
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Asian Tribune
| over 2 years ago
43 editor The spotlight that remained glued to Afghanistan for the last so many years has suddenly shifted towards the Arab world where waves of demonstrations are sweeping several Arab countries. The wave was initially triggered in Tunisia as a...
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United Press International
| over 2 years ago
Libya worries unrest in the Middle East will create problems for an Arab summit next month as dozens were reported dead in anti-government protests in Tripoli. Libya, which holds the rotating presidency of the Arab League, suggested postponing next...
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BNO News
| over 2 years ago
At least two demonstrators on Friday were killed in Yemen's southern port of Aden during the eighth day of protests, the Yemen Post reported.
Demonstrators rallied in the streets of Aden demanding the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The...
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News 24
| over 2 years ago
Uganda's telecom body said it had given orders to block all potentially explosive text messages on voting day on Friday, including ones that contain the words "Tunisia" or "Egypt". The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) this week directed all...
