RIYADH, 9 January 2003 — On behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd, Crown Prince Abdullah, deputy premier and commander of the National Guard, yesterday inaugurated the 18th National Culture and Heritage Festival at Janadriah village, 45 kilometers north of the capital Riyadh.
RIYADH, 8 January 2003 — On behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd, Crown Prince Abdullah, deputy premier and commander of the National Guard, will inaugurate the annual National Culture and Heritage Festival at Janadriah, 45 kilometers north of Riyadh, today.
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.