RIYADH, 15 January 2004 — Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov arrived in Jeddah yesterday on a four-day official visit to the Kingdom, according to Russian diplomats here. President Kadyrov, who will also visit Riyadh, is scheduled to hold talks with many senior Saudi officials during his trip, including Crown Prince Abdullah, deputy premier and commander of the National Guard.
RIYADH, 11 January 2004 — A Saudi woman doctor has been named a visiting professor at the prestigious Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Dr. Selwa A.F. Al-Hazzaa, head of the ophthalmology department at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, will become the first Middle Easterner to travel to the US several times in an academic year to deliver lectures.
RIYADH, 28 December 2003 — A Saudi seismologist, who monitored Friday’s devastating earthquake in Iran, has warned of possible aftershocks, possibly in the southeast of that country.
RIYADH, 23 December 2003 — Criticism of the Philippine Embassy here is mounting over its handling of 16 Filipino hunger strikers who were handed over to police Sunday night. The 16 say they have received death threats for speaking out against the Philippine chancery, while an organization looking after Filipinos abroad wants embassy officials recalled.
RIYADH, 27 November 2003 — Security forces have launched a manhunt for militants who escaped the police dragnet following a shootout on Tuesday at a terrorist hideout in the capital during which two suspects died. The authorities have intensified efforts to arrest the fugitives, who some say could have carried out terrorist attacks far greater in impact and intensity than the one on a compound in Riyadh on Nov. 8, which killed 18 people.
RIYADH, 17 November 2003 — Expatriate workers in Saudi Arabia drained a staggering SR285.3 billion ($76 billion) off the Kingdom’s economy during its last five-year development plan, senior economists and bankers said here yesterday, but the remittances from Saudis do not lag far behind.
RIYADH, 4 November 2003 — A panel of dentists at the King Saud University has revealed the medicinal properties of miswak or teeth cleaning sticks, suggesting that its beneficial effects for oral hygiene and dental health are equal to those of toothbrush and paste
RIYADH, 28 October 2003 — A total of 364 cases of bribery involving some 747 persons including 486 Saudi nationals were reported in Saudi Arabia last year. This information was made public at a conference on combating corruption, which was organized by the Riyadh-based Naif Arab Academy for Security Sciences (NAASS) in cooperation with the United Nations.
RIYADH, 14 October 2003 — As part of a drive to curb money laundering, security officials recently arrested seven expatriates including two unauthorized agents for illegally remitting money worldwide. The expatriates were caught with large amounts of money in different currencies and denominations, sources told Arab News.
RIYADH, 29 September 2003 — American Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Robert W. Jordan will leave his post in the middle of October, said John F. Burgess, director of public affairs at the US Embassy, on Saturday.