RIYADH, 5 January 2003 — The Ministry of Health has blacklisted 742 doctors of different nationalities whose educational certificates were either fake or otherwise found not to be in order. The highest number — 223 — was from Egypt, according to a report released by the MOH. The blacklisted doctors also include 11 Britons, eight Americans and one Saudi, the report added.
RIYADH, 1 January 2003 — The Kingdom has lifted the ban on South African beef following the conclusion of an extended bilateral discussion and the visit of a Saudi technical delegation to Pretoria. The ban was lifted after Pretoria’s vehement denial of allegations for several months that its cattle were infected with mad cow disease or any other bovine disease.