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Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faysal looks on during the Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting on Syria in Cairo February 12, 2012 where the ministers mull their next move on Syria that a bloody 11-month crackdown has left thousands dead.

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  • McFeatters: Valentines, another Western menace

    are fighting a losing rear-guard action against an insidious Western custom -- Valentine's Day.From Indonesia to Saudi Arabia , the day is observed with the usual trappings we have come to associate with the patron saint of young lovers and his mythical sidekick,   Read more »

  • Arab League wants UN peacekeepers in Syria

    were taken without a Syrian representative present. Syria's ambassador to the Arab League, Ahmed Youssef, was quoted as saying Saudi Arabia and Qatar were "living in a state of hysteria after their last failure at the UN Security Council to call for outside   Read more »

  • Carothers:Still bowing to Mideast monarchs

    jeopardizing the convenient Persian Gulf home of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet for the sake of its commitment to Arab democracy.Saudi Arabia's military participation in Bahrain's crackdown and its steadfast opposition to even a glimmer of liberalization within   Read more »

  • Official: Gulf states to pull monitors from Syria

    on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak in advance of the announcement. The bloc includes Saudi Arabia, Kuwait , Qatar , Bahrain , Oman and the United Arab Emirates -- which comprised more than half of the 11-nation Arab monitoring   Read more »

  • Iran warns Gulf Arab oil producers

    Japan, one of Iran's top Asian customers, has pledged to buy less crude from the country. China, meanwhile, was pressing Saudi Arabia to open its huge reserves to expanded Chinese investment, with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao meeting Sunday in Riyadh with King   Read more »

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    country where the highest number of Filipino workers were deployed in 2010. For information, contact the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia in the Philippines at: Address: 128 H.V. Dela Costa cor. Sanchez Streets, Salcedo Village, Makati City Tel. Nos.: 856-4444 2/14/12 from GMANews.tv Read more »

  • FIFA Ranking: March 2012 probable results

    Liberia - Nigeria 2 (Friendly) 15/Feb Paraguay - Chile X (Friendly) 17/Feb Korea DPR - Kuwait X (Friendly) 20/Feb Malaysia - Saudi Arabia 2 (Friendly) 21/Feb Qatar - Lebanon 1 (Friendly) 22/Feb China PR - Kuwait 1 (Friendly) 22/Feb Jamaica - Cuba 1 (Friendly) 2/14/12 from Football Rankings Read more »

  • Capita's Saudi shopping centre: Open all hours

    Symonds has unveiled plans for a new shopping centre in Al- Ahsa, Saudi Arabia. The 1.3 million ft2 scheme will provide two anchor stores at either end of a three-level “24hr lifestyle street”. The project is due for completion in 2014. It’s free to register 2/14/12 from Building Read more »

  • ‎'Al Khalifa out of touch with reality'‎

    is a major change from let's say, one of the American allies in the Gulf has fallen down. But with the petrodollar from Saudi Arabia, this support will continue to be there. And the domination of the American interest will be also strongly supporting these 6:40 AM from Press TV Read more »

  • GCC logo Profile: Gulf Co-operation Council

    or non-existent political participation. Collectively, GCC countries possess almost half of the world's oil reserves. Saudi Arabia is the most powerful member of the alliance. In 1984, the GCC created an embryonic collective defence force - the Saudi-based 6:07 AM from BBC News Read more »

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About Saudi Arabia

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Arabic: المملكة العربية السعودية‎) is the largest country on the Arabian Peninsula. It borders Jordan on the northwest, Iraq on the north and northeast, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the southeast, and Yemen on the south, with the Persian Gulf to its northeast and the Red Sea to its west. It is called "the land of the two holy mosques", a reference to Mecca and Medina, Islam's two holiest places. In English, it is most commonly referred to as Saudi Arabia (pronounced /ˈsɒdɪ/ or /ˈsaudɪ əˈɹeɪ̯bɪə/), often as just Saudi by many English-speaking expatriates in the kingdom, or, less commonly (as in international football events or in its national press — as established by U.S. oil and defense industry interests) as KSA. Arabia is sometimes also used to refer to the nation, but the term can also refer to the entire peninsula and its varied nations, and sometimes the entire Arab world, and is thus ambiguous. The arabic short form is usually as-Sa'ūdiyyah / السعودية .

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