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As the oil price headed for $130 a barrel last week, George Bush headed to Saudi Arabia looking to squeeze some more barrels out of Saudi King Abdullah Al Saud. But given that Saudi Arabia produced 350,000 barrels per day less in January and February than its average level in 2005, that hardly...
It was a far cry from the glamour of Cannes' film festival: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience quenching its thirst with coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any women spectators showed up, well, no one knew. They came in through a back entrance into a separate...
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah yesterday opened Saudi Aramco's 75th anniversary celebrations at its premises here and commended the company's role in providing adequate oil supplies to ease the international energy crisis. "This Saudi company has been trying efficiently to...
News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Wed May 21, 2008 5:51 PM EDT As McCain apologizes and defends all things Bushian now, Robert Scheer explains what it's got to do with the price of gas... Seizing upon the opportunity presented by the 9/11 attacks, Bush knocked off not the Saudis, who had produced...
Sen. Ted Kennedy left a Boston hospital this morning, four days after he was hospitalized for a seizure that doctors said was caused by a malignant brain tumor. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., walks out of at the Massachusetts General Hospital after he was... (Stephan Savoia/AP Photo) More...
AUSTIN, Texas -- I wonder if George W. Bush would have run for president if he'd known he'd have to hold hands with a hairy guy. Holding hands with a hairy guy is part of the Bush economic stimulus package. Last week, Bush traveled to Saudi Arabia to beg the Saudis to increase oil production, the...
Recently, Israel’s Vice Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz offered an unequivocal veto on a key issue in the Middle East peace process. Any return of the Golan Heights to Syria would result in an “Iranian foothold” on Israel’s border and would thus not only be politically naïve but irrational. Mofaz’s state
His Royal Highness Prince Khalid AlFaisal, Governor of Makkah Al-Mokarramah region, welcomed by Mr Amr Bin Abdullah Al-Dabbagh, Governor, Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA), and Mr Fahd Al-Rasheed, Chief Executive Officer, Emaar.E.C, during his visit to KAEC • Expresses confidence...
Washington Post Foreign Service Wednesday, May 21, 2008; Page A13 JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia, May 20 -- An outspoken critic of the Saudi government who was previously jailed for calling for greater democracy has been arrested, his wife said Tuesday. Matrouk al-Faleh, a professor of political science at...
The President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, stressed the need for a joint GCC approach to safeguard the interests and aspirations of the people in the region. Shaikh Khalifa said this as he arrived here yesterday heading the UAE delegation to take part in the 10th consultative...
