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Saudi Arabia executes five Yemenis and displays corpses

DUBAI - Saudi Arabia executed five Yemenis on Tuesday for robbery and murder, then put their bodies on public display as a further punishment, state news agency SPA said.

MIDEAST STOCKS-Saudi up for fifth session; regional mkts mixed

DUBAI, May 21 - Saudi Arabia's bourse rose for a fifth straight session on Tuesday as renewed buying momentum in bluechips drove the index higher. Other regional markets were mixed.

21 May 2013

Saudi Arabia has another case of new coronavirus - WHO

LONDON - Saudi Arabia has reported another case of infection in a concentrated outbreak of a new strain of a virus that emerged in the Middle East last year and spread into Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday.

19 May 2013

Saudi Arabia has another case of new coronavirus: WHO

LONDON - Saudi Arabia has reported another case of infection in a concentrated outbreak of a new strain of a virus that emerged in the Middle East last year and spread into Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday.

19 May 2013

Saudi Arabia has another case of new coronavirus - WHO

LONDON, May 18 - Saudi Arabia has reported another case of infection in a concentrated outbreak of a new strain of a virus that emerged in the Middle East last year and spread into Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday.

19 May 2013

Saudi Arabia says hackers sabotage government websites

RIYADH - Several government websites in Saudi Arabia were sabotaged in a series of heavy cyber attacks from abroad in recent days, disabling them briefly until the attacks were repelled, the government said.

Tech, Cyber Crime 17 May 2013

WHO reports first patient-to-nurse spread of new SARS-like virus

LONDON - Two health workers in Saudi Arabia have become infected with a potentially fatal new SARS-like virus after catching it from patients in their care - the first evidence of such transmission within a hospital, the World Health Organization said.

Top News, World 16 May 2013

WHO reports first patient-to-nurse spread of new SARS-like virus

LONDON - Two health workers in Saudi Arabia have become infected with a potentially fatal new SARS-like virus after catching it from patients in their care - the first evidence of such transmission within a hospital, the World Health Organization said.

16 May 2013

Saudi's Mobily denies asking for help to spy on customers

DUBAI, May 15 - Saudi Arabia's No. 2 telecom operator Mobily denied claims by a software engineer that the company had asked him to build surveillance tools to intercept customers' messages on Twitter and other services.

15 May 2013

Arrest of Saudi man with pressure cooker 'overzealous' - lawyer

DETROIT - The attorney for a Saudi Arabian man arrested at the Detroit airport over the weekend carrying a pressure cooker in his luggage said his client is the victim of a misunderstanding by overzealous U.S. customs agents.

15 May 2013
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China's Li offers to help end Pakistan energy crisis

ISLAMABAD - China and Pakistan should make cooperation on power generation a priority, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, as Islamabad seeks to end an energy crisis that triggers power cuts of up to 20 hours a day, bringing the economy to a near standstill.

Ethiopia and Eritrea: An elusive peace on the cards?

Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before a peace deal ended their World War I-style conflict in 2000. Furious veRed Sea, UNrbal battles, however, have continued to this day.