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	Saudi Arabia (10/06)
		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).
		Saudi Arabia was a key player in coordinating the successful 1999 campaign of OPEC and other oil-producing countries to raise the price of oil to its highest level since the Gulf War by managing production and supply of petroleum.
		Saudi Arabia supports a peaceful resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict but rejected the Camp David accords, claiming that they would be unable to achieve a comprehensive political solution that would ensure Palestinian rights and adequately address the status of Jerusalem.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3584.htm (5039 words)

	Politics of Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 Qur'an is the constitution of the country, which is governed on the basis of Islamic law (Shari'a).
		The central institution of Saudi Arabian Government is the Saudi monarchy.
		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 Qur'an is the constitution of the country, which is governed on the basis of Islamic law (Shari'a).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Government_of_Saudi_Arabia (1205 words)

	Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Saudi government's estimate is 2,217,949 square kilometers (856,356 sq mi).
		Saudi Arabia prizes education because of its critical importance in developing the country's human potential, and in the 21st century private education facilities are opening all over the Kingdom.
		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#Human_rights (5641 words)

	Saudi Arabia - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Saudi Arabia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Present-day Saudi Arabia is almost entirely the creation of King Ibn Saud who, after the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, fought rival Arab rulers until, in 1926, he had established himself as the undisputed king of the Hejaz and sultan of Nejd.
		Saudi Arabia was involved in a quarrel with Britain over the boundary of Muscat and Oman that led to fighting in the disputed Buraimi Oasis area.
		In November 1991, Saudi Arabia was one of the main participants in the historic Middle East peace conference in Spain.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Saudi+Arabia (1236 words)

	Dhahran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saudi Aramco, is considered by many measures to be the largest oil company in the world with the largest oil reserves in the world, and it produces more oil per day than any other country or company in the world.
		Saudi and Islamic laws are applied to a lesser extent there than outside of the compound, and English is the common language of communication and education).
		Saudi Special Emergency Forces' Eastern Province headquarters are located 1km away from the main gate of Dhahran; however, they do not enter the city unless some serious security issue has occurred (which has so far never happened).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dhahran (3259 words)

	Saudi Arabia
		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 was neutral until nearly the end of the war, but it was permitted to be a charter member of the United Nations.
		Saudi Arabia's relations with the U.S. were strained after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks—15 of the 19 suicide bombers involved were Saudis.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107947.html (1378 words)

	ICL - Saudi Arabia - Constitution
		The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a sovereign Arab Islamic state with Islam as its religion; God's Book and the Sunnah of His Prophet, God's prayers and peace be upon him, are its constitution, Arabic is its language and Riyadh is its capital.
		in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is that of a monarchy
		Saudi society will be based on the principle of adherence to God's command, on mutual cooperation in good deeds and piety and mutual support and inseparability.
	www.oefre.unibe.ch /law/icl/sa00000_.html (2606 words)

	Country Narrative - Saudi Arabia
		Saudi Arabia is a destination country for workers from Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Indonesia, an indeterminate number of whom are subjected to conditions that constitute involuntary servitude.
		The government should also take steps to ensure that trafficking victims are not detained or punished, and institute a screening mechanism to distinguish trafficking victims from among the thousands of undocumented illegal workers it deports each year for immigration violations and other crimes.
		Although the government and several Saudi NGOs operate shelters for abused domestic workers and trafficked children, some victims of trafficking claimed that they had to rely on the embassies of their country of origin for assistance and protection because they did not receive adequate protection from the Government of Saudi Arabia and were treated poorly.
	gvnet.com /humantrafficking/SaudiArabia-2.htm (1082 words)

	Untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Saudi Arabia has a unique responsibility to the world of Islam since one of the Five Pillars of Islam or religious duties of every Muslim is the Pilgrimage, or Hajj, to the Holy City of Mecca once in his or her lifetime.
		Saudi Arabia is the world's largest producer of desalinated water: thirty-three plants produce nearly two million cubic meters of fresh water from the sea.
		Saudi Arabia is one of the world's driest countries, with rain only in the extreme north and south.
	www.kiosk.net /infosaudi (612 words)

	ICL - Saudi Arabia - Constitution
		The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a sovereign Arab Islamic state with Islam as its religion; God's Book and the Sunnah of His Prophet, God's prayers and peace be upon him, are its constitution, Arabic is its language and Riyadh is its capital.
		in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is that of a monarchy
		Saudi society will be based on the principle of adherence to God's command, on mutual cooperation in good deeds and piety and mutual support and inseparability.
	www.servat.unibe.ch /law/icl/sa00000_.html (2606 words)

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		The government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has implemented the biggest project ever to expand the sanctuary (Harem) are to accommodate the ever increasing number of pilgrims and those Muslims who visit to perform Umrah each year.
		Moreover, all the government agencies have been mobilized to provide administrative, security, safety, health, transportation and communication services so as to ensure that all these facilities are in place and ready to serve the pilgrims when they arrive in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
		Saudi newspapers are publishing almost daily installments with the names, photos, and background information on four or five of the 26 men listed as Saudi Arabia's most wanted terror suspects.
	www.lycos.com /info/saudi-arabia--government.html (404 words)

	Beirut
		The system of government in Saudi Arabia is a royal dynasty, and the King, the Cabinet and the Shura Council constitute the executive and legislative powers in the country.
		Under one of these provisions administrative and executive government appointments are valid for a limited period of time, generally four years, after which they are either reinstated or new appointments are made, thus making it possible for young and efficient nationals to actively participate in the process of development.
		It borders the Red Sea to the west; Jordan, Iraq and Kuwait to the north, the Arabian Gulf, Bahrain, Qatar and UAE to the east; and Yemen and the Sultanate of Oman to the south.
	www.middleeast.com /ksa.htm (3607 words)

	PBS - frontline: saudi time bomb?: interviews: ali al-ahmed
		A Shi'a Muslim who grew up in Saudi Arabia, he is the executive director of the Saudi Institute, an independent human rights watchdog group based in McLean, Va. In this interview, he describes the conservative religious education all children in Saudi Arabia receive, which is dictated by the conservative Wahhabi religious clerics.
		Saudi Arabia private and public schools, their curriculum is prescribed by the government.
		The Saudi government has systematically financed the propagation of Salafi Islam, by spending hundreds of millions of dollars on three out of seven universities in Saudi Arabia [that] are religious universities.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/saudi/interviews/ahmed.html (3594 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Briefing Depicted Saudis as Enemies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		"The Saudis are active at every level of the terror chain, from planners to financiers, from cadre to foot-soldier, from ideologist to cheerleader," stated the explosive briefing.
		The briefing did not represent the views of the board or official government policy, and in fact runs counter to the present stance of the U.S. government that Saudi Arabia is a major ally in the region.
		In the 1980s, the United States and Saudi Arabia played major roles in supporting the Afghan resistance to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, pouring billions of dollars into procuring weapons and other logistical support for the mujaheddin.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A47913-2002Aug5?language=printer (1378 words)

	Asia Times
		The presence in Saudi cities of these white-collar mercenaries who help prop up the country's despotic regime is at least as provocative as the presence of uniformed US forces out in the desert, most of whom are now being transferred to bases in the tiny neighboring sheikdom of Qatar.
		The Saudis long despised Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and were the principal backers of the US-led Gulf War in 1991, yet they believe that the recent US invasion was unnecessary, illegal and likely to destabilize the region.
		Such an invasion of Saudi Arabia is already being talked about openly, even as the chaos and resulting dangers from the aftermath of the US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq are becoming increasingly apparent.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Middle_East/EE23Ak02.html (1641 words)

	Country Profiles - Saudi Arabia
		Saudis are usually sent to one of the three drug treatment hospitals in the country.
		Saudi Arabia also hosts the Na?f Academy for Security Studies, which has a rolling programme in the area of crime prevention and to a lesser extend drug control.
		Saudi Arabia provides an annual contribution of US$ 50,000 but promised to increase this substantially if a programme of co-operation is developed by UNDCP as a result of the symposium.
	www.unodc.org /egypt/country_profile_saudiarabia.html (605 words)

	United States Commission on International Religious Freedom: Countries & Issues: Countries of Particular Concern: ...
		The government tightly controls even the religious activity it permits-through controls on the building of mosques, the appointment of imams, the regulation of sermons and public celebrations, and the content of religious education in public schools-and suppresses religious views of both Saudi and non-Saudi Muslims that do not conform to official positions.
		Although the government has publicly taken the position that it permits non-Muslims to worship in private, the guidelines as to what constitutes "private" worship are vague.
		The government's monopoly on the interpretation of Islam and other abuses of the right to freedom of religion adversely affect the fundamental rights of women in Saudi Arabia, including their right to freedom of speech, movement, association, and religion, freedom from coercion, their access to education, and their full equality before the law.
	www.uscirf.gov /countries/countriesconcerns/Countries/Saudi_Arabia.html (685 words)

	Excite UK - Travel - Middle East - Saudi Arabia - History and Government
		Arabia was absorbed into the Turkish Ottoman Empire during the 16th century, after the capture of Mecca by the Turks in 1517, but subsequent local rulers were allowed a great deal of autonomy.
		Iran was perceived to pose a threat to Saudi Arabia for a number of reasons: the Shia branch of Islam followed by the Iranian mullahs is fundamentally opposed to the Sunni Wahhabi interpretation which prevails in Saudi Arabia; moreover, Iran is an important strategic force in the Gulf in its own right.
		Abdullah belongs to the generation of leaders who have governed Saudi Arabia since the death of Abdul Aziz, all of whom are now in their 70s: there is no clear line of succession and there may be a debilitating power struggle among the 6000 male descendants who now make up the House of Saud.
	travel.excite.co.uk /travel/guides/middle_east/saudi_arabia/HistoryGovernment (1254 words)

	Saudi Arabia - Government
		Saudi Arabia is a monarchy based on Islam.
		The government is headed by the King, who is also the commander in chief of the military.
		Since the beginning of the first Saudi state in the 18th century through the founding of the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by the late King Abdulaziz bin Abdelrahman Al-Saud on September 23, 1932, Shari'ah (Islamic law) has been the pillar and source of Saudi Arabia's basic system of government.
	www.saudiembassy.net /Country/Government/Gov.asp (820 words)

	Human Rights Watch: Middle East and Northern Africa : Saudi Arabia
		The Saudi government should expand upon its promise to investigate a recent prison beating captured on video by conducting a comprehensive probe into alleged cases of torture, beatings and deaths from ill-treatment at prisons across the kingdom, Human Rights Watch said today.
		Saudi Arabia should immediately end its discrimination against its 100,000 Chadian residents, most of whom were born in the kingdom but are increasingly denied the rights to basic education and emergency healthcare, Human Rights Watch said today.
		Saudi Arabia’s decision to target Chadian children for expulsion from school is arbitrary and discriminatory.
	hrw.org /doc?t=mideast&c=saudia (1364 words)

	Index of Economic Freedom
		Saudi Arabia is ranked 10th out of 17 countries in the Middle East/North Africa region, and its overall score is above the regional average.
		Saudi Arabia's labor market is flexible, as the government imposes few costs on employing or firing workers.
		Saudi Arabia, the largest Persian Gulf oil kingdom, was founded in 1932 by King Abdul Aziz al-Saud and has been ruled as an absolute monarchy by the Saud dynasty ever since then.
	www.heritage.org /research/features/index/country.cfm?id=SaudiArabia (924 words)

	The World Factbook 2004 -- Saudi Arabia
		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.
		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 government is encouraging private sector growth to lessen the kingdom's dependence on oil and increase employment opportunities for the swelling Saudi population.
	www.brainyatlas.com /geos/sa.html (1139 words)

	The leaders and government of Saudi Arabia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The House of Saud and thus the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia derives its name from Muhammad ibn Saud, an eighteenth century ruler of Dir`aiyah who formed a crucial religious alliance with a conservative religious reformer, Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahab, from whom the term "Wahabi" is derived.
		The first Saudi state was headquartered in Dir`aiyah from 1744 until it was overthrown by an Egyptian army under Ottoman command in 1818.
		Some knowledge of the history leading to the formation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and, in particular, of the cultural background, is essential to an understanding of the principles which have guided the Kingdom's development.
	www.gerbino-family.com /mygerbinosearch/ASA-05.html (1496 words)

	Saudi Arabia News.Net
		Saudi Arabia has arrested about 170 suspected al Qaeda-linked militants, some of whom were training as pilots to carry out suicide attacks on oil facilities in the kingdom, the...
		Unb, Dhaka A diplomat of Saudi Embassy met BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at her cantonment residence yesterday evening.It was learnt that the charge d' affaires of the Saudi Embassy discussed with...
		Saudi Arabia News.Net is part of an international network of news sites, dedicated to the major regions, countries and cities of the world.
	saudiarabianews.net (2093 words)

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