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  • Khurshid in Saudi Arabia as India scrambles to help workers

    Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Saturday discussed bilateral issues, including the Nitaqat law, with his Saudi Arabian counterpart Prince Saud Al Faisal as the Indian missions there scrambled to help over 55,000 Indian workers leave the kingdom in adherence to its new stringent work policy. Addressing a joint press conference with his Saudi Arabian counterpart, Khurshid thanked ...

  • Salman Khurshid in Jeddah for counter-terrorism Nitaqat Law trade talks with Saudi leadership

    External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid arrived in Jeddah on Saturday for talks with the Saudi Arabian leadership on a wide range of issues, including the controversial 'Nitaqat law' and on counter terrorism cooperation. Khurshid, who is on an official two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, was given a warm welcome by Saudi Arabia's Deputy Foreign Minister Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz soon ...

  • BJP demands halting of Nitaqat law in Saudi Arabia

    Demanding a halt in the implementation of the Nitaqat law in Saudi Arabia, the BJP Saturday said here that it would work against Indian interests. "The Nitaqat scheme shall primarily work against the Indian interests. A minimum of two to three years moratorium to implement it is demanded," said BJP's Convenor of Overseas Affairs Vijay Jolly. Under Nitaqat, it is mandatory for local companies ...

  • Scramble to help Indians hit by Saudi work policy

    Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid is here to discuss matters of bilateral interest, including the Nitaqat law, as the Indian missions in Saudi Arabia scramble to help over 55,000 Indian workers leave the kingdom in adherence to its new stringent work policy. Khurshid, who arrived here Friday, was welcomed by Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah. In his ...

  • Arabtec JV wins $107m Saudi hospital contract

    The company said in a statement that Aldara Hospital and Medical Centre is scheduled for completion in early 2015 and will house a 105-bed, six-storey hospital and two medical centres in the Saudi capital, ...

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The Incubus [DVD]

The Incubus [DVD]

Horror films, by their very nature, are disreputable. Some would argue, in fact, that the power of horror derives from its taboo busting, its willingness to "speak the unspeakable" and "show the unshowable," which is why they are so often criticized, condemned, and even outright banned. And, within the horror genre, disreputable as it is, it is those films that revolve around the violent act of r ... ...

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  • Dar Al Arkan ranked first in Saudi Real Estate sector on the Forbes list of the top 500 companies in Arab countries in 2013

    Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Company is selected the first company in the Saudi real estate sector on the Forbes' list of the 500 most powerful companies in the Arab World as per Forbes Middle East list, based on contribution to socio-economic growth in the Middle ...

  • On Olympic Anniversary End Hurdles for Saudi Women

    Now that the door is open to private school students, the Saudi Education Ministry should announce a long-promised national strategy to promote sports for girls in public schools and at all levels of education, both public and ...

  • Leave Assad out of the Syrian peace talks - Saudi Arabia

    Peace talks in Syria would be better off Assad according to Saudi Foreign Minister Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said on Saturday that Syria's embattled President Bashar al-Assad should not take part in ...

  • International media So wrong so often

    Last December The Associated Press committed a blunder that could have resulted in the expulsion of its correspondent from Saudi Arabia, severing a vital information link between the Kingdom and the rest of the world. The mistake occurred during The AP's coverage of the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) conference in Manama, Bahrain, where attendees discussed security ...

  • Saudi Shares Decline Snapping Six-Day Rally Jabal Omar Drops

    Tadawul All Share Index (SASEIDX) lost 0.4 percent, the steepest fall since May 13, to 7,333.83 at the 3:30 p.m. close in Riyadh. The Arab world's biggest bourse has gained 7.8 percent this year. "The market is taking a cue from some negative macroeconomic news flow last week, particularly regarding IMF comments on the country," Muhammad Faisal Potrik, an analyst at Riyad ...

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