Xtreme Coil Awarded Saudi Arabia Contract for Two Rigs - Market Wire
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - March 14, 2010) - Xtreme Coil Drilling Corp. (TSX:XDC) ("Xtreme Coil", the "Company") announces entry into the Middle East following the award of a long-term contract for two XTC 200DTR(PLUS) drilling rigs to operate ...
Saudi Arabia has freed 200 jailed Filipinos - Global Nation
MANILA, Philippines--Some 200 Filipinos imprisoned for petty offenses in Saudi Arabia have been pardoned and repatriated to the Philippines since December, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday. “The Philippine embassy in Riyadh and ...
Saudi Arabia: Iman Bin Laden's repatriation a ... - MENAFN
(MENAFN - Arab News) The Kingdom has declined to comment on the case of Iman Bin Laden, daughter of Osama Bin Laden, as it is a purely humanitarian issue, said a Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman in Riyadh. The spokesman, Osama Nugali, confirmed ...
Kuwait CMA has a lot to learn from Saudi Arabia - Zawya.com
KUWAIT CITY - The passing of the Capital Market Law (CML) recently by the Kuwait parliament is a momentous decision and may mark a significant turning point in the capital market fortunes of Kuwait, Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz) said in its report ...
Saudi Arabia banking to grow at CAGR of around 18 ... - PR Inside
Saudi Arabia has one of the largest and fastest growing banking markets in the Middle East. In terms of banking assets, the country ranks second in the region after the UAE. The sector is highly capitalized, well regulated and more profitable in the ...
Saudi Arabia frees 200 jailed Filipinos (1:40 p.m.) - Sun Star
MANILA -- The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Sunday said around 200 Filipinos who were jailed for petty crimes in Saudi Arabia have been pardoned and repatriated to the Philippines since December last year. “The Philippine Embassy in Riyadh ...
Markaz: Kuwait CMA-A lot to learn from Saudi Arabia - MENAFN
(MENAFN Press) The passing of the Capital Market Law (CML) recently by the Kuwait parliament is a momentous decision and may mark a significant turning point in the capital market fortunes of Kuwait according to a strategic report from Kuwait ...
Saudi Arabia – The Motto is Live for Today - GlobalPost
It’s true…Saudis have a greater tendency to overspend their income and less likely to adhere to monthly budgets, let alone any budget. In fact, according to this 9 March article in True/Slant, “Education, amusement and eating out account for ...
Saudi Arabia looks to import Aussie wheat - NEWS.com.au
The WA Department of Agriculture said Agriculture and Food Minister Terry Redman had invited the kingdom's sole wheat importer, the Grain Silos and Flour Mills Organisation, on the inspection trip. Mr Redman, who visited Saudi Arabia on a trade ...
Saudi Arabia: a Patron to Hafiz Sayeed? - World Press Review
India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (L) wears an honorary sash as he stands next to Saudi Minister of Higher Education Khaled bin Mohammed al-Anqari (C) and President of King Saud University Abdullah al-Othman in Riyadh on March 1. (Photo: AFP ...
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Obama appeals to Iranians in online video
In a fresh appeal to the Iranian people, President Obama says in an online video that the U.S. wants more cultural exchanges for their students and better access to the Internet to give them a more hopeful future.
Spain says video shows firefighters on holiday
A Spanish firefighting force says a video released by French officials investigating an alleged ETA shooting does not show the suspected gunmen, but rather a group of Catalan firefighters on holiday.
Sandstorm turns Beijing sky orange
 China's capital woke up to orange-tinted skies Saturday as the strongest sandstorm so far this year hit the country’s north, making breathing the air “very bad for health.”
Explosives found aboard India plane: police
Explosive material was found on a passenger plane after it landed in southern India, but it was not immediately clear whether it was meant to be detonated on a flight, police said on Sunday.
Pope fails to calm anger over Irish abuses
 Pope Benedict XVI's unprecedented letter to Ireland apologizing for chronic child abuse within the Catholic Church fails to calm the anger of many victims.
Pakistani Taliban kill 4, calling them US spies
The bullet-riddled bodies of four Pakistani tribesmen, killed by the Taliban for allegedly spying for the United States, were found Sunday in a semiautonomous tribal region near the Afghan border, witnesses and officials said.
Afghan women confront deadly task: Childbirth
Bombs still greet Marines in Afghan town
 Explosions rumble through Marjah daily — an ominous sign that Taliban insurgents have not given up despite losing control of the town to U.S. and Afghan forces about two weeks ago.
Thousands rally in Russia against Putin
 Thousands rally across Russia to denounce government economic policy and demand more freedom in a new challenge to the Kremlin reflecting increasing disillusionment.
Snowmobiler killed in Canada avalanche
Rescue crews end their search in British Columbia's mountainous backcountry after accounting for everyone in an area where an avalanche cascaded down a mountain, killing one snowmobiler.
U.N. chief: Israel must stop settlements
 Visiting U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon says that Israeli settlement building anywhere on occupied land is illegal, while a Palestinian teenager is killed in clashes with Israeli troops elsewhere in the West Bank.
Volcano erupts in southern Iceland
Iceland's civil protection agency says a volcano has erupted in the southern part of country.
Moderate earthquake, aftershock shake eastern Cuba
A moderate earthquake and smaller aftershock rattled houses and nerves in eastern Cuba on Saturday near the U.S. holding facility at Guantanamo Bay. No damages or injuries were reported.
Mexico drug war's toll on Americans grows
 The number of U.S. citizens killed in Mexico has more than doubled to 79 in 2009 from 35 in 2007, according to the U.S. State Department.
Married at 9, divorced at 10: Girl's memoir
In a harrowing memoir she has yet to read herself, Nujood Ali tells how at age 9 she was forced to marry a man three times her age, raped and beaten, then made Yemeni history by getting a divorce.
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