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 Central Riyadh
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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Luxury Motor Show set to take off in Riyadh (Zawya)
02 July 2009 JEDDAH - The third edition of EXCS International Luxury Motor Show will be held on Oct. 27, 2009 in Riyadh this year, Abdullah Al Shammasy, executive manager of EXCS, the organizer of the show said.
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Teachers in Riyadh seek pay rise (AME Info)
About 500 teachers and administrative staff members of the International Indian School in Riyadh have boycotted classes and staged sit-in demonstrations to press their demands for a minimum of 30% raise in their salaries, the Arab News has reported.
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Princes and Imams (New York Times)
A Times reporter?s funny, perceptive take on the Middle East and why reform there is so difficult.
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'Arab World is Hospitality Industry's New Center,' Says Jeff Ornstein, CEO of J/Brice Design International (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Arabian Gulf has established a luxury brand identity for the region that is as powerful as Bulgari, Ferragamo and Mont Blanc," Jeffrey Ornstein, CEO of J/Brice Design International told hotel investors in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia recently.
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Syria mends US, Arab ties as ally Iran in turmoil (AP via Yahoo! News)
Syria's leader sent a July 4 message full of praise to President Barack Obama on Friday and invited him to visit Syria ? the latest signs Damascus is hedging its bets in Mideast politics, warming up to its rival the United States at a time when its longtime ally Iran is in turmoil.
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U.S. sets new Israel meeting, presses Arabs to help (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
U.S. President Barack Obama's envoy will hold a second meeting in a week with Israel's defense minister, an Israeli official said on Friday, announcing talks on Monday likely to focus again on a dispute over settlements.
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U.S. sounds out Arabs on Israel gestures: diplomats (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The United States and its Western allies are sounding out Arab governments to see if they might ease sanctions on Israel if it stopped building Jewish settlements on Palestinian territory, diplomats said on Friday.
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New international flights begin landing in Salalah (Zawya)
02 July 2009 New flights announced for the Khareef season by GCC countries have begun landing at Salalah airport, officials said yesterday. Its first direct flight from Riyadh, Saudi Arabian Airlines' special aircraft flew in tourists to Salalah yesterday.
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STC slashes by 50% outgoing calls to US (Zawya)
03 July 2009 RIYADH - Celebrating the US Independence Day on July 4, STC will be reducing the rates of all on all Al Jawal voice and visual outgoing calls, SMS and MMS to US starting Saturday at 12:00 A.M. until Sunday 12:00 A.M. for all Al Jawal customers without any additional fees.
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Swine flu toll rises to 98 (Zawya)
03 July 2009 RIYADH - The Ministry of Health announced yesterday nine more people tested positive for the swine flu virus, bringing the total number of people infected in the Kingdom to 98, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
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