RIYADH: The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) is to present Saudi Arabia with a prestigious award in recognition of its role in supporting visual impairment control programs both regionally and globally.
RIYADH, 20 August 2007 — Arab Commercial Enterprises (ACE), an insurance company headquartered here, and Europe’s Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT), announced that they have agreed to establish a joint venture company in Saudi Arabia to support an exclusive trading agreement for the Kingdom and “to underline their commitment to seek to align their interests, wherever possible, throughout the Arab world.”
RIYADH: As part of renewed efforts to save the lives of eight Bangladeshi workers who were sentenced to death for a highly publicized homicide in Riyadh, the Bangladeshi Embassy has contacted the family of the victim, an Egyptian, and offered to pay blood money.
RIYADH: Police have arrested 55 people at a party allegedly held by homosexuals at a farm near Qatif in eastern Saudi Arabia.
RIYADH: An Asian housemaid was allegedly gang-raped by four men, including her employer, and then abandoned at her country’s embassy here earlier this week. “The maid was raped by four people at the house of her Saudi employer,” said an embassy official, who asked his name and that of his embassy not be published. “The embassy is following the case seriously to ensure arrests of the rapists,” he added.
RIYADH: Capt. Hanadi Zakaria Al-Hindi, the first Saudi woman pilot, has returned to Makkah following an operation in the UK after being diagnosed with a kidney illness.
RIYADH, 13 June 2008 — In a move to boost its regional presence and ensure wider coverage of the Kingdom, The Associated Press has opened a multimedia news bureau in Riyadh and appointed veteran Middle East correspondent Donna Abu-Nasr as bureau chief. Kathleen Carroll, senior vice president and executive editor, arrived here from New York to attend the opening ceremony.
RIYADH, 24 May 2007 — Taking its exclusive offerings to new heights, American Express (Saudi Arabia) Limited launched an innovative national campaign for its cardmembers that entitles two grand prize winners a trip to outer space with thrill and enjoyment. This is the first promotion of its kind ever held in Saudi Arabia, where Amex has enrolled a large number of cardholders and expanded its existing merchant network substantially.
RIYADH, 14 May 2008 — More than 55 foreign medical workers in Riyadh have not been paid their salaries for several months and are now “on the verge of starvation.” To add to their problems, the local Labor Court has scheduled a hearing into their case for July. “These workers have been sponsored by the Riyadh-based Nukhba House for Medical Services and are on the verge of starvation now,” said Abid Lateef Khan, a Pakistani medical technician who has not been paid his salary for six months.
RIYADH, 15 April 2008 — Left-wing Greek arsonists bombed a diplomatic car belonging to the Saudi Embassy in Athens yesterday, causing extensive damage but no injuries. George Kyriakopoulof, spokesman for the Greek Embassy in Riyadh, said the attack in a suburb near central Athens had nothing to do with ethnicity or religion. “It was a sheer act of vandalism, targeting foreigners or cars with diplomatic green plates in the Greek capital,” he said.