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Yemenis stage mass rival rallies
Jul 2nd
SANAA: Hundreds of thousands of protesters staged huge rallies across Yemen on Friday calling for the departure of all figures in the regime of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has been hospitalised in Riyadh for nearly a month.
Saleh supporters also…
Saudi arrests five women for driving
Jun 30th
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has arrested five women for getting behind the wheel in defiance of a ban on female drivers in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom, media outlets and activists said Wednesday.
“A girl who was driving, accompanied by her brother …
Saudi will seek nukes if Iran gets them
Jun 30th
LONDON: Saudi Arabia has warned NATO that it would pursue policies that could lead to “untold and possibly dramatic consequences” if Iran obtains nuclear weapons, a British newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The British newspaper quoted Prince Turki al-…
Saudi rights: Driving as feminist expression
Jun 29th
http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/6639/saudi-rights-driving-as-feminist-expression/
Trial of 85 Qaeda suspects begins in Saudi
Jun 27th
RIYADH: Eighty-five Al-Qaeda suspects went on trial in a special Saudi security court on Sunday in connection with deadly attacks carried out in the kingdom, state news agency SPA said.
The defendants face charges of belonging to Al-Qaeda, of taki…
Is it time for gay rights in Pakistan?
Jun 25th
http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/6628/is-it-time-for-gay-rights-in-pakistan/
Huma Abedin: Refusing to be humiliated
Jun 24th
http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/6597/huma-abedin-refusing-to-be-humiliated/
Saudi Arabia signs $1.7bn defense deal
Jun 23rd
PARIS: Saudi Arabia has placed a $1.7 billion direct commercial sales contract with Raytheon Company to upgrade the Kingdom”s Patriot Air and Missile Defense System to the latest Configuration-3. The award includes ground-system hardware, a full train…
Osamas widow to return to Yemen: brother
Jun 23rd
SANAA: The youngest widow of al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden will return home to Yemen from Pakistan in the coming days, her brother said Wednesday. Amal Abdulfattah”s family was informed by “the foreign ministries of Yemen and Pakistan of plans concer…
