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 Central Riyadh Riyadh is the capital city of Saudi Arabia and it’s a emerging economic hub. Big commercial buildings, wide roads, planned city areas and mega shopping malls are hallmarks of Riyadh. Riyadh is located in the Najd region, and it is 400km from Dammad on the eastern side, and 850 from Makkah, which is on the westwern side.
Riyadh, although located in the desert, is by no means an isolated city. It have two airports, highway connections to other major cities and rail link to the eastern coastal cites of Dammad, Jubail and Khobar. Soon Riyadh will have state of the art railway connection to the cities in the western region.
| Saudi Arabia will introduce a new 95 octane fuel from 1 January 2007. Check Saudi Aramco website to see if your vehicle can take 95 octane fuel. | |
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Riyadh News
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Be firm with Israel, Riyadh urges world (Arab News)
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Monday urged the international community to adopt a firm stand against the Israeli threat to the Palestinians, Syria and Lebanon and stop its ongoing efforts to Judaize Jerusalem.
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DUBAI - In the easy First Class confines of the Emirates flight from Dubai to Riyadh recently, none seemed to mind Ibn ... (Khaleej Times)
He was anything but an intrusion for fellow passengers. After all, it is not every day that one gets to travel with ?something? billed as the world?s most advanced humanoid robots.
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Riyadh-bound flight pushed back to bay at Kochi intl airport (Deepika)
Kochi, Feb 5 (UNI) In a rare incident today, a Riyadh-bound flight was pushed back to the parking bay just before take off from Nedumbassery International Airport at Kochi, when a passenger alerted the flight crew that he was scheduled to alight at Kochi.
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Karzai confident after Riyadh meeting (UPI)
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Riyadh as a leader in the Arab world has an important role to play in bringing security to Afghanistan, said Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
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Karzai Confident After Riyadh Meeting (OfficialWire)
Riyadh as a leader in the Arab world has an important role to play in bringing security to Afghanistan, said Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Karzai in an interview with al-Arabiya said the Saudi monarchy was a partner in the Afghan effort to push forward with a bold political reconciliation effort.
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Lawyer: HRC can?t intervene in Buraidah girl?s case now (Arab News)
RIYADH: The lawyer hired by the Human Rights Commission (HRC) to investigate the case of the 12-year-old girl married to an 80-year-old man in Buraidah, Sultan Al-Zahim, said he has not received any official information on the case and that he would continue to compile a report for the HRC to enable it to take the matter further.
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The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily (Arab News)
RIYADH: The selection of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah as the most popular leader in the Islamic world has been welcomed throughout the Kingdom.
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Tourism authority set to streamline hospitality sector (Arab News)
RIYADH: The Kingdom?s tourism sector got a major boost with the announcement on Sunday of a plan to issue new regulations to streamline the operation of hotels and furnished apartments.
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Saudi consumers demand gov't action on Toyota (Deepika)
RIYADH, Feb 7 (Reuters) Saudi Arabia's Consumer Protection Association (CPA) on Sunday urged authorities to force Japanese carmaker Toyota's local agent Abdul Latif Jameel Co (ALJ) to recall and check for defaults in cars it sold locally.
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Saudi urges firm stance on Israel after handshake (The Star)
RIYADH (Reuters) - The Saudi government on Monday urged a firm stance by the international community regarding what it called threats by Israel against Lebanon, Syria and the Palestinians.
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