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	Saudi Arabia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Basic Law adopted in 1992 declared that Saudi Arabia is a ruled by the sons and grandsons of Abdul Aziz Al-Saud and that the Holy Qur'an is the constitution of the country is governed on the basis of Islamic (Shari'a).
		Saudi Arabia is considered be one of the fifteen states that the so-called " Cradle of Humanity."
		Saudi Arabia was key player in the successful efforts of OPEC and other oil producing countries to the price of oil in 1999 to its highest level since the Gulf War by reducing production.
	www.freeglossary.com /Saudi_Arabia (1428 words)

	Saudi Arabia - GEOGRAPHY
		Saudi Arabia is bounded by seven countries and three bodies of water.
		Saudi Arabia's eastern boundary follows the Persian Gulf from Ras al Khafji to the peninsula of Qatar, whose border with Saudi Arabia was determined in 1965.
		As Saudi Arabia abandons traditional alliances in the Arab world in favor of closer ties with the West, the need to assert its leadership as a Muslim nation among the Muslim nations of the world becomes greater.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/country_studies/saudi-arabia/GEOGRAPHY.html (4690 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 considered to be one of the fifteen states that comprise the so-called "
	www.gurupedia.com /s/sa/saudi_arabia.htm (1062 words)

	Saudi Arabia: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — FactMonster.com
		Saudi Arabia occupies most of the Arabian Peninsula, with the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba to the west and the Persian Gulf to the east.
		Saudi Arabia is not only the homeland of the Arab peoples—it is thought that the first Arabs originated on the Arabian Peninsula—but also the homeland of Islam, the world's second-largest religion.
		Saudi Arabia was neutral until nearly the end of the war, but it was permitted to be a charter member of the United Nations.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107947.html (1387 words)

	Saudi Arabia
		It is bounded on the east by the Arabian (Persian) Gulf; on the west by the Red Sea; to the south and southeast by Yemen, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar; and to the north and northeast by Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait.
		Saudi Arabia is a monarchy whose king serves as both head of state and head of government.
		The Kingdom: Arabia and the House of Saud, 1982.
	www.everyculture.com /Sa-Th/Saudi-Arabia.html (7309 words)

	World InfoZone - Saudi Arabia Information - Page 1
		Saudi Arabia is bordered by the Red Sea on its western side and by the Arabian Gulf on its eastern side.
		Saudi Arabia's own architects are now using elements of traditional design in new structures as part of the country's commitment to the revitalizing and preservation of its national heritage.
		The population of Saudi Arabia was estimated at 27,019,731 in 2006.
	www.worldinfozone.com /country.php?country=SaudiArabia (601 words)

	Saudi Arabia Geography
		Saudi Arabia is located in the Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, north of Yemen.
		The terrain of Saudi Arabia is mostly uninhabited, sandy desert.
		Saudi Arabia is harsh, dry desert with great extremes of temperature.
	www.nationbynation.com /SaudiArabia/Geo.html (40 words)

	Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Basic Law of Government 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 Qur'an is the constitution of the country, which is governed on the basis of Islamic law (Shari'a) [1].
		Saudi Arabia has claimed to be in possession of 260.1 billion barrels of oil reserves (about 24% of the world's proven total petroleum reserves) as of 2003.
		Saudi Arabia is a country in which many men and women from South, South East, and East Asia, East Africa and the Middle East seek work.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saudi_Arabia (4809 words)

	Saudi Arabia - Country Information
		Saudi Arabia’s population is around 22 million (2004 census), and its capital city is Riyadh.
		Saudi Arabia’s geography is diverse, with forests, grasslands, mountain ranges and deserts.
		Here you can read about early Saudi Arabian history, which as part of the Middle East was the birthplace of civilization, and how the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia came into being in 1932.
	www.saudiembassy.net /Country/Country.asp (269 words)

	Saudi Arabia
		Saudi Arabia, with an area of about 865,000 square miles, occupies the bulk of the Arabian peninsula.
		Saudi Arabia's terrain is varied but on the whole fairly barren and harsh, with salt flats, gravel plains, and sand dunes but few lakes or permanent streams.
		To Saudi Arabia, the holy cities of Makkah, the birthplace of Islam and the Prophet Muhammad, and Madinah, the Prophet's burial place, are a sacred trust exercised on behalf of all Muslims.
	www.arabiancareers.com /saudi.html (952 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : Glaciers in Arabia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		There were glaciers in Arabia - one in the vicinity of Qasim in the north-central part of the kingdom - and last year the Aramco geologist who first wrote about it came up with, well, rock-solid evidence to prove it.
		Further, McClure's evidence pointed to glaciation in Arabia about 435 million years ago, near the end of the Ordovician period and roughly the same time that the giant ice sheets had scraped their way across Algeria and Libya.
		Arabia then would have been part of Africa, nearly touching the clustered land masses of Madagascar, India and Australia.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/198701/glaciers.in.arabia.htm (1317 words)

	Country Pages: Saudi Arabia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia occupies a highly important position in world affairs, as it is both the heartland of Islam and the possessor of the world's largest oil and gas reserves.
		Saudi Arabia is considered to be the birthplace and spiritual center of Islam.
		Arabic is Saudi Arabia's official language and is considered a holy language by Muslims.
	www.cies.org /country/saudi.htm (847 words)

	Saudi Arabia - Atlapedia Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		It is bound by the Red Sea to the west, Egypt and Jordan to the northeast, Iraq and Kuwait to the north, the Persian Gulf, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to the east, Oman to the southeast and south as well as Yemen to the south and southwest.
		During the Gulf War, Saudi Arabia provided much of the needed financial assistance and was engaged in a massive clean-up operation of oil after Iraq had deliberately released several thousand barrels into the Persian Gulf.
		In Dec. 1992 Qatar and Saudi Arabia signed another border agreement that ended the tense relations, and Saudi Arabia threatened to supply weapons to Bosnian Muslims unless the UN acted to end the hostilities there.
	www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/saudiara.htm (1727 words)

	Saudi Arabia: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
		The United States and Saudi Arabia: American interests and challenges to the Kingdom in 2002.
		Saudi Arabia and the United States; a special friendship.
		House of Saud: a house of sand: as internal dissension festers in the kingdom of Arabia, the Saudi royal family straddles the fence......
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107947.html (1492 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)

	Geography of Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saudi Arabia is a country situated in Southwest Asia, largest country of Arabia, bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, north of Yemen.
		The border demarcation was defined by a 1990 agreement between Saudi Arabia and Oman that included provisions for shared grazing rights and water rights.
		In some of the sections of the Saudi coast that sustained the worst damage, sediments were found to contain 7 % oil.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Geography_of_Saudi_Arabia (4282 words)

	Saudi Arabia: GEOGRAPHY
		The discovery of new oil repositories in the 1990s led to border disputes between Saudi Arabia and both Yemen and Jordan, some of which were resolved in the early 1990s.
		Saudi Arabia also claims some small islands, seabed, and subsoils beyond the 12 nautical mile limit.
		The interior of Saudi Arabia is composed of desert regions with extreme temperatures.
	www.mongabay.com /reference/new_profiles/191sa.html (1463 words)

	AllRefer.com - Saudi Arabia : History : Origins of Saudi Arabia (Arabian Peninsula Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		As a political unit, Saudi Arabia is of relatively recent creation.
		It was Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud, known as Ibn Saud, a descendant of the first Wahhabi rulers, who laid the basis of the present Saudi Arabian state.
		The Hejaz fell to Saud in 1924–25 and in 1932 was combined with the Nejd to form the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarchy, ruled under Islamic law.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/SaudiAra-history.html (366 words)

	SESRTCIC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Saudi Arabia is located in the Middle East.
		It occupies most of the Arabian Peninsula and is bordered by Jordan, Iraq and Kuwait in the North, Oman and Yemen in the South, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE and the Gulf in the East, and the Red Sea in the West.
		Saudi Arabia is the largest petroleum producer among OPEC members and the world’s leading oil exporter.
	www.sesrtcic.org /members/sar/sarhome.shtml (260 words)

	AllRefer.com - Saudi Arabia (Arabian Peninsula Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Saudi Arabia[sAOO´dE urA´bEu, sou´–, sO–] Pronunciation Key, officially Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, kingdom (1996 est.
		It is bounded on the west by the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea; on the east by the Persian Gulf, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates; on the south by Yemen and Oman; and on the north by Jordan, Iraq, and Kuwait.
		Saudi Arabia formerly shared a neutral zone with Iraq and another with Kuwait; both are now divided between the countries.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/SaudiAra.html (216 words)

	BUBL LINK: Saudi arabia
		A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in Saudi Arabia, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language.
		Detailed handbook describing the history of Saudi Arabia and analysing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors.
		Basic reference information about Saudi Arabia, such as area, capital, population, population density, geography, language, religion, time zone, history and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, regions, travel, visas, passports, money, health and public holidays.
	bubl.ac.uk /link/s/saudiarabia.htm (535 words)

	Facts About Saudi Arabia
		The continuing presence of foreign troops on Saudi soil after Operation Desert Storm remained a source of tension between the royal family and the public until the US military's near-complete withdrawal to neighboring Qatar in 2003.
		The first major terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia in several years, which occurred in May and November 2003, prompted renewed efforts on the part of the Saudi government to counter domestic terrorism and extremism, which also coincided with a slight upsurge in media freedom and announcement of government plans to phase in partial political representation.
		As part of its effort to attract foreign investment and diversify the economy, Saudi Arabia acceded to the WTO in 2005 after many years of negotiations.
	worldfacts.us /Saudi-Arabia.htm (840 words)

	Saudi Arabia
		Saudi Arabia has the largest reserves of petroleum in the world (25% of the proved reserves), ranks as the largest exporter of petroleum, and plays a leading role in OPEC.
		The capital of Saudi Arabia is Riyadh, and its government is a monarchy.
		Today, the monarchy is ruled by a son of ABD AL-AZIZ, and the country's Basic Law stipulates that the throne shall remain in the hands of the aging sons and grandsons of the kingdom's founder.
	www.classbrain.com /art_cr/publish/saudi_arabia.shtml (227 words)

	Amazon.com: Saudi Arabia in Pictures (Visual Geography Series): Books: Catherine Broberg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Saudi Arabia, on the other hand, is an exemplary starting point for student researchers.
		A look at the development of a culture and an influential political state from a conglomeration of largely nomadic peoples underscores discussion of geography and the relationships between natural resources and the economy and between religion and everyday life.
		As the twenty-first century begins, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia-which occupies 80 percent of the Arabian Peninsula-seeks to find balance between its dedication to the religious faith of Islam and its role in the modern world.
	www.amazon.com /Saudi-Arabia-Pictures-Visual-Geography/dp/0822519585 (904 words)

	Middle East Internet Directory - Travel Destination Of The Month
		Geography: Saudi Arabia occupies four-fifths of the Arabian peninsula.
		The Rub al Khali seldom receives rain, making Saudi Arabia one of the driest countries in the world.
		Religion: The majority of Saudi Arabians are Sunni Muslim, but Shi’ites predominate in the Eastern Province.
	www.middleeastdirectory.com /travel/saudi/countryinfo.htm (234 words)

	Saudi Arabia Information Resource
		Entrusted with guardianship of Islam's holiest sites, Saudi Arabia is the place of pilgrimage for more than one billion Muslims around the world.
		With a quarter of the world's proven oil reserves and some of the lowest production costs, Saudi Arabia is likely to remain the world's largest net oil exporter for the foreseeable future.
		For many reasons, Saudi Arabia plays a pivotal role in the Middle East and is of major importance internationally.
	www.saudinf.com (247 words)

	Saudi Arabia - General Information
		Saudi Arabia has the largest reserves of petroleum in the world (26% of the proved reserves), ranks as the largest exporter of petroleum, and plays a leading role in OPEC.
		Roughly 5 million foreign workers play an important role in the Saudi economy, for example, in the oil and service sectors.
		Saudi Arabia was a key player in the successful efforts of OPEC and other oil producing countries to raise the price of oil in 1999-2000 to its highest level since the Gulf war by reducing production.
	www.mesteel.com /countries/saudiarabia/index.html (1115 words)

	Saudi Arabia, Map and Flag
		This road leads to jeddah airport.This picture was taken by a friend of mine who lives in jeddah.He has told me a lot of informations about jeddah,but i won't like to put it on the web now untill i visit jeddah myself and confirm his story about jeddah.
		Roughly 4 million foreign workers play an important role in the Saudi economy, for example, in the oil and service sectors.
		The government is supporting private sector growth to lessen the kingdom's dependence on oil and increase employment opportunities for the swelling Saudi population.
	www.greatestcities.com /Middle_East/Saudi_Arabia.html (1174 words)

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