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	March 2007 Saudi Arabia
		Saudi Arabia is the largest free market economy in the region and is expected to produce more than two-fifths of the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) GDPs in 2006.
		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 is one of the top oil exporting countries, and Saudi oil export revenues were expected to reach $194 billion in 2006.
	www.export.gov /articles/Saudi_MoM.asp (2594 words)

	Saud of Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saud bin Abdul Aziz (January 12, 1902 - February 23, 1969) (Arabic: سعود بن عبد العزيز) was King of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to November 2, 1964.
		Shortly after the formal establishment of Saudi Arabia, he was made a crown prince on May 11, 1933, bypassing his father's own brothers.
		In 1966 Saud was invited to live in Egypt by president Nasser.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saud_of_Saudi_Arabia (533 words)

	Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ibn Sa'ūd was born in Riyadh, Arabia, the son of Abd al-Rahman bin Faysal bin Turki Al Saud and Sara bint Ahmad al-Kabir Sudayri.
		In 1964 King Saud was deposed by the Saudi Council of Ministers and succeeded by King Faisal, another of Ibn Saud's sons.
		According to the Saudi Basic Law of 1992, the King of Saudi Arabia must be a son or grandson of Ibn Saud.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ibn_Saud (1518 words)

	Saudi Arabia - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Saudi Arabia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		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.
		Ibn Saud died in November 1953 and was succeeded by the crown prince, Saud (1902–69).
		Saud was deposed in favour of Faisal in November 1964, and he took refuge for a time in Egypt, with which Saudi Arabia was by this time in direct conflict through the civil war in Yemen.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Saudi+Arabia (1220 words)

	Saudi Arabia Article, SaudiArabia Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The BasicLaw adopted in 1992 declared that Saudi Arabia is a monarchy ruled by the sons andgrandsons 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 Islamiclaw (Shari'a).
		Saudi Arabia is first in the world in proven reserves of petroleum (24% of the proved total), ranks asthe largest exporter of petroleum, and plays a leading role in OPEC.
		Saudi Arabia was a key playerin the successful efforts of OPEC and other oil producing countries to raise the price ofoil in 1999 to its highest level since the GulfWar by reducing production.
	www.anoca.org /al/kingdom/saudi_arabia.html (1216 words)

	Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia Summary
		Ibn Saud was born in Riyadh in the central Arabian principality of Nejd.
		In 1926 Ibn Saud assumed the title of king of the Hejaz, a year later that of the Nejd; in 1932 he joined them in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
		The armies of the House of Saud suffered a major defeat on June 15, 1904, but his forces soon regrouped and returned to the offensive as the Turkish troops left the country due to supply problems.
	www.bookrags.com /Ibn_Saud_of_Saudi_Arabia (1561 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Arabia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Some, if not most, highways in Saudi Arabia are considered in poor condition compared to other oil-producing neighbor countries, mainly due to lack of maintanance and sometimes even proper planning.
		This is a timeline of the terrorist incidents in Saudi Arabia derived from reports in the Saudi media and other sources.
		20 July The US Embassy warns Americans in Saudi Arabia to lower their profile and be on alert due to intelligence indicating preparations were being made for a terrorist attack.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Arabia (2415 words)

	Saudi Arabia The House of Saud
		Saudi Arabia also sits on 25 per cent of the world's known oil reserves and plays a moderating role in OPEC by manipulating supply to keep prices down.
		The Saudi female population continues to be harassed by The Committee for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice if they defy 'Islamic norms'.
		There are 3,000 to 4,000 Saudi princes (some 30 to 40 new males are born every month) receive an annual stipend of $500,000 plus various other perks including 'grace-and-favour' tickets on the national airline and favourable access to appropriated land to enhance their real-estate portfolios.
	www.thirdworldtraveler.com /Zeroes/House_Saud.html (708 words)

	Saudi Arabia-U.S. Relations - Item of Interest - President Kennedy-King Saud Meeting
		The President recalled that the Saudi Government had been helpful in the preliminary stages of negotiating a settlement of the 1955 Pakistan- Afghanistan dispute and asked the King for his views on how the problem might now be ameliorated.
		The King reminded the President that Saudi Arabia is a relatively backward country whose native resources are inadequate to cover the growing needs and appetites of a population of some 10 million.
		The Saudi refusal to allow them to enter Saudi Arabia is grist for the propaganda mill and hurts the Saudi cause.
	www.saudi-us-relations.org /newsletter2004/saudi-relations-interest-11-19.html (2428 words)

	FrontPage magazine.com :: A Saudi Glasnost? by Jamie Glazov
		The Saudi national Education Policy doctrine, translated recently by the Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace, states that “the purpose of education is understanding Islam correctly and completely, implanting and spreading the Islamic faith, providing the student with Islamic values, instructions and ideals” Among those Islamic values is “jihad,” the doctrine states.
		The population of Saudi Arabia is around 22 million (5 million foreigners, 17 million Saudi nationals), of which probably 20% is composed of native males under the age of 15.
		The Saudi royal family is the main sponsor of this sewer of hate, by nurturing and financing a radical vision of Islam which uses Jew-hatred and the hatred of Western values to destroy the rational minds of the young.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=10685 (5691 words)

	Saudi Arabia : A campaign of deceit and misinformation
		The oil boom brought rapid change to Saudi Arabia and from a desert country sprang oil complexes and industries driven by available and plentiful of funds from oil.
		During that fast paced change, Saudi Arabia entered the 20th century in a time compressed form that is unheard of in history.
		To this day, they have never told Saudis that he is very sick and has lost capacities of his mind and is unable to govern properly.
	members.tripod.com /~saudhouse/article38.html (572 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 Arabia, publications, newsletter, Jan/Feb 2003, vol 20-1: Saudi Arabia Continues Diplomatic Efforts to Secure ...
		Saudi Arabia continued diplomatic efforts to help compel Iraq to abide by all United Nations Security Council resolutions, particularly those concerning elimination of weapons of mass destruction, hoping to avert a war that could have adverse repercussions for Iraq and the region.
		At his weekly press conference in Riyadh on his arrival back in Saudi Arabia, Prince Saud referred to the patience and wisdom in the words of President Bush that the military option is the last, not the only, resort and expressed the hope that this spirit would prevail.
		Prince Saud said he had briefed the French leaders on Saudi Arabia’s assessment of the situation and what should be done to avoid a disaster of immense proportions in the region, adding that the Kingdom still hopes for a solution that avoids any division of Iraq and maintains the integrity of its territories.
	www.saudiembassy.net /Publications/news03/1-b.htm (1079 words)

	Saudi-American Forum - Prince Saud al-Faisal - Saudi Arabia Relations Information
		After 9/11, propaganda was built against Saudi Arabia in the media, [based on] longstanding misconceptions about the society, misconceptions about the people: The man with the petrodollar who doesn't know what to do with his money; images of the Arab walking around with 50 or 60 in a harem behind him.
		Saudi Arabia remains a stabilizing country in the region, whatever is said about our level of democratization, we are stabilizing forces in the region with a stable society.
		"Saudi Arabia has denied it has provided the Arar Airport near its border with Iraq as a base for US troops to launch airstrikes against Baghdad and said the closure of the facility to civilian traffic was for humanitarian reasons...
	www.saudi-american-forum.org /Newsletters/SAF_News_20.htm (1486 words)

	MidEast Web - Documents and History - Ibn Saud on Palestine Partition - 1937
		Saudi Arabia and Iraq in particular were enlisted by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin el Husseini and his allies to pressure Britain to stop Jewish immigration to Palestine.
		The Saudis, not surprisingly, recommended as a "compromise" that the British accede to the demands of the Mufti, which included cessation of Jewish immigration to Palestine and amnesty for the Arab rioters.
		Saud's views are noteworthy, to the extent that they have been accurately reported by Dickson.
	www.mideastweb.org /Saud-Dickson.htm (2491 words)

	Saudi Arabia, The Saudi Network. Trade and business information and links to saudi arabia
		دليل للشقق الفندقية في مدينة الخبر, Alkhobar Saudi Arabia
		Riyadh - Capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
		The Saudi Network, Trade and business information and links to Saudi Arabia, Arabian Gulf and Middle East Area.
	www.thesaudi.net /saudi-arabia/toc.htm (163 words)

	Saudi Arabia - THE SAUD FAMILY AND WAHHABI ISLAM
		The rise of Al Saud is closely linked with Muhammad ibn Abd al Wahhab (died 1792), a Muslim scholar whose ideas form the basis of the Wahhabi movement.
		Uyaynah, however, was close to Al Hufuf, one of the Twelver Shia centers in eastern Arabia, and its leaders were understandably alarmed at the anti-Shia tone of the Wahhabi message.
		This sense of religious purpose remained evident in the political ideology of Saudi Arabia in the 1990s.
	countrystudies.us /saudi-arabia/7.htm (1218 words)

	Why Saudi Arabia Resists the Drive for Utopian War
		Saudi Arabia is known as the land of Islam's two holiest sites: Al-Ka'aba in Mecca and the Prophet's Mosque in Al-Madinah.
		Prince Saud and other Saudi officials have already refuted remarks by U.S. defense officials who told Reuters at the end of December, that Riyadh had agreed to allow the United States to use its air bases, and an important operations center, in a possible war with Iraq.
		In Saudi Arabia in particular, and the Gulf in general, LaRouche's analysis and political campaigns to shift U.S. policies towards more sanity have continued to be a matter of widespread discussion in the press.
	www.larouchepub.com /other/2003/3002saudi_lar_fight.html (1874 words)

	Embassy of France in the US - France/Persian Gulf
		The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is no longer just a great friend with whom our dialogue is consistently warm and confident; she is also a major player in the international community, ever concerned to preserve the balance, stability and peace of the Middle East, a region of strategic importance.
		Thanks to her responsible conduct in the energy market, Saudi Arabia is also playing a restraining role which is helping to sustain the growth necessary to the welfare of the world.
		We are confident in the future of Saudi Arabia and are ready to respond to her needs at all times.
	www.info-france-usa.org /news/statmnts/2005/chirac_saudiarabia041305.asp (1175 words)

	AMEU Printer Friendly version of 'The Day FDR Met Saudi Arabia's Ibn Saud'
		In strategic terms, Saudi Arabia, though never colonized, was in the British sphere of influence; the British were entrenched in Iraq, Bahrain, Oman and the trucial states on the Arab side of the gulf, as well as in Egypt and Palestine.
		At that time Saudi Arabia was paradoxically more isolated and poverty-stricken than ever because the outbreak of the war had shut off its oil exports only six months after they began in 1939, and had mostly halted the Mecca pilgrimage traffic that still represented the Kingdom's principal source of revenue.
		As the war dragged on, Saudi Arabia was experiencing serious food shortages, and CASOC increasingly urged Washington to provide assistance lest the king revoke the concession and give it to the British, who were providing him with financial assistance.
	www.ameu.org /printer.asp?iid=261&aid=507 (6303 words)

	Saudi Arabia Focus
		The Saudi government is determined to reverse the fortunes of the country's beleaguered stock market.
		Meanwhile, Emaar Properties unveiled its second Saudi mega-project, the $11 billion Jeddah Hills project, and the King Abdullah Financial District project was launched in Riyadh.
		Saudi Arabia has announced plans to send more students to Asian countries including China, India, Singapore, Malaysia and South Korea, for tertiary level studies in medicine, science and engineering, following recent visits to China, India and Malaysia by His Majesty King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud.
	www.ameinfo.com /news/Saudi_Arabia_Focus (481 words)

	Muslim Leaders Gather for Saudi Monarch's Burial - New York Times
		RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 2 - The body of King Fahd bin Abdel Aziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia was lowered into a simple, unmarked grave today before a gathering of several hundred Muslim political and religious leaders from around the world.
		The tension between members of the Saud family, which has sought to use the nation's fabulous oil wealth to catapult it into modernity, and religious leaders, who have tried to keep out everything from satellite television to nonalcoholic beer, still threatens to tear at the fabric of society.
		Condolences from around the world poured into Saudi Arabia as news of the king's death spread, and foreign dignitaries were expected to fly in to attend the funeral.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/08/02/international/middleeast/02cnd-fahd.html?ex=1280635200&en=881f4cd60efec1d7&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all (1577 words)

	Saudi Arabia News ./WORLD
		Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali al-Nuaimi said that the oil market was well-supplied and that a sharp fall in crude prices this week was of no concern to oil-producing OPEC countries.
		Saudi oil minister hints that OPEC output to remain stable Saudi Arabian oil minister Ali al-Nuaimi said that the oil market was well-supplied and that a sharp fall in crude prices this week was of no concern to oil-producing OPEC countries.
		SAUDI Arabia's religious police, normally concerned with chiding women to cover up and ensuring men attend mosque prayers, have a new target: cats and dogs.
	news.nabou.com /world/saudi_arabia_news.html (1303 words)

	Timeline Saudi Arabia
		Saudi Arabia became a founding member of the UN and the Arab League.
		He was the founder of modern Saudi Arabia and fathered a total of 44 sons before his death.
		In Saudi Arabia a young man was scheduled to be beheaded by this day unless the family of a man he killed, while performing the mizmar dance, receive some $1.3 million in blood money.
	timelines.ws /countries/SAUDIARABIA.HTML (10671 words)

	Saudi Arabia - Government
		The revitalization of Saudi Arabia's political system reflects the nation's adaptability to modern development without compromising its religious and cultural values.
		The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is a monarchy with a political system rooted in Islam's cherished traditions and rich culture.
		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 (689 words)

	Reporters sans frontières - Saudi Arabia-2003 Annual Report
		The main function of the Saudi Press Agency, directly controlled by the information ministry, is to indicate to the rest of the media the lines not to be crossed.
		Despite this return to censorship and self-censorship, it was a first victory for the Saudi press and forced the resignation of a top religious official and the education ministry to take over responsibility for the education of girls.
		Distribution of Al-Hayat was banned on 23 October for several days after printing a letter from a group of American intellectuals to their Saudi colleagues headed "Can we coexist?" The letter was responding to one in May from 153 Saudi intellectuals protesting that the US media was trying to smear Islam and Saudi Arabia.
	www.rsf.org /article.php3?id_article=5391 (1087 words)

	Nejd
		Saudi Arabia: Land - Land The south and southeast of the country are occupied entirely by the great Rub al-Khali desert.
		Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia, officially Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, kingdom (2005 est.
		Ibn Saud - Ibn Saud (Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud), c.1880–1953, founder of Saudi Arabia and its first king.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0835156.html (172 words)

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