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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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New DVD by Shaykh Abu Yusuf Riyadh Ul Haq Now Available on Darul Ishaat UK (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Shaykh Abu Yusuf Riyadh ul Haq was born in Gujarat, India in 1971. He came to the UK at the age of three, to join his father Moulana Muhammad Gora sahib who was serving as an Imam and religious leader for the Muslim community in Leicester, UK. His new DVD release are: The Sage & Scholar of the Ummah, The Mother of the Believers Series, Lesson 184 from The Book of Funerals.
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Shoura Council team heads to Syria for AIPU meeting (Arab News)
RIYADH: A Shoura Council delegation left for Syria yesterday to participate in a meeting of Arab parliamentarians organized by the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Union (AIPU), which takes place today.
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The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily (Arab News)
RIYADH: Irrational fear of the novel takes on many forms, but few can seem as irrational as the fear of the bicycle. There was a time in the Kingdom when the bicycle was viewed with suspicion,
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Saudi stocks plunge almost 10% (Middle East Times)
A Saudi man is seen in front of a share prices board in Riyadh. The Saudi stock market, the largest in the Arab world, shed almost 10 percent halfway through trading and shares in other energy-rich Arab states in the Gulf also slumped amid the global financial turmoil.
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Saudi stocks plunge 9.6% at opening (Middle East Times)
A Saudi man is seen in front of a share prices board in Riyadh. The Saudi stock market, the largest in the Arab world, shed 9.6 percent at the opening after a week-long holiday, and shares in other energy-rich Gulf states also slumped.
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SASO organizes Riyadh event (Zawya)
04 October 2008 RIYADH: World renowned experts in specifications and quality standards from the United States, Europe and Japan are slated to address representatives from local companies at an event, organized by the Saudi Arabian Standards Organization (SASO), to be held in the capital on Oct. 21.
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$7.2 billion project planned near Saudi capital (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Saudi Arabia's Al-Shoala Group and Dubai-based Emaar Properties have teamed up on a $7.2 billion real-esate development project near the Saudi capital of Riyadh.
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US$7.2b project planned near Saudi capital (The Star)
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Saudi Arabia's Al-Shoala Group and Dubai-based Emaar Properties have teamed up on a US$7.2 billion community project near the Saudi capital of Riyadh.
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SASO organizes Riyadh event (MENAFN)
SASO organizes Riyadh event
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Saudi Arabia: Passport Dept opens special section for visit visa renewal (Zawya)
06 October 2008 RIYADH: The Passport Department has opened a special section for people to renew their dependents' visit visas that are due to expire during the Eid holidays.
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