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	Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It borders Jordan on the north, Iraq on the north and north-east, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates on the east, Oman on the south and south-east, and Yemen on the south, with the Persian Gulf to its north-east and the Red Sea to its west.
		The Basic Law adopted in 1992 declared that Saudi Arabia is a monarchy ruled by the sons and grandsons of the first king, Abd Al Aziz Al Saud, and that the Holy Qur'an is the constitution of the country, which is governed on the basis of Islamic law (Shari'a).
		Saudi Arabia was a key player in the successful efforts of OPEC and other oil producing countries to raise the price of oil in 1999 to its highest level since the Gulf War by reducing production.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saudi_Arabia (2650 words)

	Saudi Arabia - Gurupedia
		The Basic Law adopted in 1992 declared that Saudi Arabia is a monarchy ruled by the sons and grandsons of King Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, and that the Holy Qur'an is the constitution of the country, which is governed on the basis of Islamic law (Shari'a).
		He also must retain a consensus of the Saudi royal family, religious leaders (ulema), and other important elements in Saudi society, but his decrees are not subject to democratic approval or accountability.
		Saudi Arabia is first in the world in proven reserves of petroleum (24% of the proved total), ranks as the largest exporter of petroleum, and plays a leading role in OPEC.
	www.gurupedia.com /s/sa/saudi_arabia.htm (1062 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a country on the Arabian Peninsula.
		Saudi Arabia is considered to be one of the fifteen countries that comprise the so-called "Cradle of Humanity."
		Exact religious demographics for Saudi Arabia are difficult to calculate, because the government reports 100% of citizens as Muslim.
	www.alanaditescili.net /index.php?title=Saudi_Arabia (1306 words)

	The United States and Saudi Arabia: American Interests and Challenges to the Kingdom in 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		It was in Saudi Arabia’s interest to keep oil as the key source of energy in the world and at the same time to keep Saudi Arabia as the key source of oil in the world and to maintain its prominence.
		Saudi equipment-absorption problems were further compounded by the national guard, which has some 75,000 to 100,000 actives in a force with very little strategic purpose in serious war fighting, which is equipped only with light mechanized weapons, and whose manning is equal to or exceeds the regular army’s.
		In this regard, there are educational reformers in Saudi Arabia who argue that Islam historically was the religion of science, as was the case with the Dar al-Kitaab and other institutions in the heyday of Islamic civilization, and that it needs to renew its connection with science, with technology and with work.
	www.mepc.org /public_asp/forums_chcs/27.asp (13778 words)

	Saudi Arabia - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a country on the Arabic Peninsula.
		The modern Saudi state was founded by the late King Abdul Aziz Al-Saud (known internationally as Abdul al-Aziz Ibn Saud).
		The Basic Law adopted in 1992 declared that Saudi Arabia is a monarchy ruled by the sons and grandsons of King Abd Al Aziz Al Saud, and that the Holy Qur'an is the constitution of the country, which is governed on the basis of Islamic law (Shari'a).
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Saudi_Arabia (893 words)

	Saudi Arabia: Country Profile
		Saudi Arabia has a population of around 19 million, about two-thirds of whom are Saudis.
		Saudi Arabia is seeking to join as a developing country, which would grant it a grace period of 5-10 years in which to adapt legislation and trading practices.
		In Saudi Arabia, in particular, there are opportunities for IFC in technical assistance, developing institutions to provide finance to smaller companies, and in establishing a fund for listed and unlisted securities, which would help capital markets development and privatization.
	www.the-saudi.net /saudi-arabia/saudi-profile.htm (1435 words)

	Saudi Arabia
		Saudi courts continue to impose corporal punishment, including amputations of hands and feet for robbery, and floggings for lesser crimes such as "sexual deviance" and drunkenness.
		Saudi Arabia is in possession of 260.1 billion barrels as of 2003, 24% of the proven total of the world's petroleum reserves, ranks as the largest exporter of petroleum, and plays a leading role in OPEC.
		An institution found in Saudi Arabia is the mutaween, or religious police.
	creekin.net /c-n161--saudi-arabia.html (2198 words)

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		Saudi Arabia is also a state in transition, presided over by an ailing monarch and an extensive family network whose princes play a prominent role in the country's political and economic life.
		These Saudis' views of the nation's special relationship with the United States is changing as memories of the Iraqi threat to the Saudi oil fields fade and the costs of the U.S. military deployment rise.
		Some are traditional liberals in the Saudi sense-older professionals who aspire to be appointed to the council and younger academics who hold government posts; they are discreet in their public views of the ruling family and in their understanding of the limits of Saudi society as it is today.
	www.ndu.edu /inss/strforum/SF125/forum125.html (2539 words)

	Saudi demography and geology
		Saudi Arabia's oil wealth is almost exclusively along the Gulf, in an area with most of the Shia population of that country.
		Saudi officials even went so far as to take journalists on fly-overs of Saudi Arabia's oilfields in the so-called "Empty Quarter," pointing out the high-tech wells that the kingdom insists will keep it the top exporter of crude oil for decades.
		In Saudi Arabia, seawater is injected into the giant fields to help move the oil toward the top of the reservoir.
	www.oilempire.us /saudioil.html (4838 words)

	Online NewsHour: Saudi Bombing -- November 10, 2003
		He is author of "Saudi Arabia and the Politics of Dissent." And Matt Levitt, a former Middle East counter-terrorism analyst at the FBI.
		I mean, one of the basic problems in terms of terrorism in Saudi Arabia is the issue of financing that's coming from charitable organizations inside Saudi Arabia, as well as the propaganda and the cultural justification sometimes to the actions of certain terrorists.
		The first is the social contract by which Saudis were given cradle-to-grave benefits from education to welfare to jobs, not to mention the lavish lifestyles that were given to the thousands of princes, and simply the economics and demographics do not allow for that to continue.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/middle_east/july-dec03/saudi_11-10.html (1731 words)

	SAUDI ARABIA FACTS AND INFORMATION
		The central institution of Saudi Arabian Government is the Saudi_monarchy.
		Less than 2 percent of the total area is suitable for cultivation, and in the early 1990s, population distribution varied greatly among the towns of the eastern and western coastal areas, the densely populated interior oases, and the vast, almost empty deserts, such as the Rub'_al_Khali (desert), the Arabian_Desert_and_East_Sahero-Arabian_xeric_shrublands.
		There are 3,500 officers assisted by thousands of volunteers, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2399885.stm whose job it is to enforce religious doctrine (Muslim Shari'a law as defined by the Saudi government) and to root out "un-Islamic" activities.
	www.palfacts.com /Saudi_Arabia (2599 words)

	International Spotlight: Saudi Arabia
		This is not just a case of the Saudis coming late to the party as some of the international revelers are leaving.
		The opportunities in Saudi Arabia are being driven by all the right things: a reforming government is preparing for privatization and the deregulation of the sector, and a raft of demographic indicators suggests that the good business opportunities of today will be even better tomorrow.
		Saudi Arabia has the potential to be the best market for internet-related business in the whole Middle East.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-adv/specialsales/spotlight/saudi/art5.html (944 words)

	Agenda 21 - Saudi Arabia
		Saudi Aramco's plan for the conservation of the environment states that the company guarantees that its operations will not cause unnecessary hazards which damage the environment or the public health, and will be carried out with the utmost care for the protection of the land, the air, and the water from harmful pollution.
		Each department in Saudi Aramco is responsible for guaranteeing the design and operation of its facilities in compliance with this plan, and ensuring that they will not cause unnecessary hazards to the environment of public health.
		Since the increasing cost of land is considered an impediment to the provision of appropriate housing for everybody, the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has adopted a system that ensures citizens' ownership of land for building houses through government grants and the provision of interest-free loans.
	www.un.org /esa/agenda21/natlinfo/countr/saudi/social.htm (1994 words)

	Saudi Arabia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		June 1996: Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia killed 19 U.S. servicemen.
		September 2001: 15 Saudis hijacked U.S. commercial planes, crushed them into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and killed 3,000 civilians.
		April 2004: April 2004: a group of Saudi militants sprayed gunfire in the offices of a Houston-based oil contractor in Yanbu, killing two Americans and four others and injuring 25 people.
	www.iags.org /saudi.html (354 words)

	CCC - Demographics: The Downfall of Saudi Arabia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Threats to Saudi Arabia have historically been categorized as external, reference immediate neighbors, and internal via conservative Islamic opposition groups.
		However, primary destabilization of the Saudi regime today is due to stress placed upon the Saudi economy and ruling structure by an unprecedented population growth within the Kingdom over the last two decades.
		Due to effects of relative deprivation, the Saudi populace is demanding government participation, calling to question personal regime expenditures, and the motivations of regime foreign policy, especially in relation to the United States.
	www.ccc.nps.navy.mil /research/theses/Goetz03.asp (231 words)

	Clean Energy Trade Mission to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, and Oman, October 24-November 1, 2000
		The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has embarked on a massive development of both the natural gas and power sectors.
		Saudi Arabian power needs are projected to expand by 30,000 megawatts in the next 10 years, requiring an investment of more than $20 billion.
		The mission is scheduled to arrive in Muscat, Oman on Monday, October 23, 2000 and conclude in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, November 1 after a full day of activities.
	www.ita.doc.gov /td/oepc/clngul.htm (1251 words)

	TradePort Country Profiles from World Trade Press
		Saudi Arabia has the largest reserves of petroleum in the world (26 percent of the proved reserves), ranks as the largest exporter of petroleum, and plays a leading role in OPEC.
		The Saudis are expected to increase oil production in 2004 and will push their GDP growth above 3 percent by the end of that year.
		Donor: pledged $100 million in 1993 to fund reconstruction of Lebanon; since 1993, Saudi Arabia has committed $208 million for assistance to the Palestinians; pledged $240 million to development in Afghanistan.
	www.tradeport.org /countries/saudiarabia/01grw.html (597 words)

	::A E C::Facts about Saudi Arabia::
		Public sector is the primary employer of Saudis
		Approximately 17M Saudis (in 2002, as per 1992 census)
		The Economic Offset program is a Saudi Government initiative designed to achieve the following goals within the framework of foreign investment for major civil and defense projects.
	www.aecl.com /update/facts_saudi.htm (110 words)

	SingaporeMoms - Parenting Encyclopedia - Saudi Arabia
		It borders Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen, with the Persian Gulf to its north-east and the Red Sea to its west.
		Saudi Arabia is in possession of 24% of the proven total of the world's petroleum reserves, ranks as the largest exporter of petroleum, and plays a leading role in OPEC.
		Library of Congress - Country Studies: Saudi Arabia
	www.singaporemoms.com /parenting/Saudi_Arabia (1467 words)

	FreeDemographics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		FreeDemographics offers you the ability to create your own custom market analysis reports based on a number of selected demographic variables for any geography in seconds.
		You'll be able to generate a host of different analyses such as radius, summary, comparison and ranking reports for all U.S. geographies.
		With FreeDemographics you can analyze the demographic and market potential of any geography in the U.S. in seconds - all within an easy-to-use Web environment.
	www.FreeDemographics.com (320 words)

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		The mission of the U.S.-Saudi Arabian Business Council is to improve
		the knowledge and understanding of Saudi Arabia within the U.S. business community, and vice versa, and to promote trade and
		U.S. and Saudi Arabia Conclude Bilateral WTO Accession Agreement
	www.us-saudi-business.org (133 words)

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