1. Saudi Arabia poised to become solar powerhouse

    ... NEW YORK (CNNMoney) – The United States may be known as the Saudi Arabia of coal thanks ... to its large deposits. But under an expected investment push, Saudi Arabia could soon become ... the Saudi Arabia of solar power. Early next year the oil rich kingdom is expected to announce a plan to get

  2. Christian arrested for visiting Mecca

    ... . The Saudi regime's Expatriates Monitoring Committee used a new high-tech finger-print system to identify ... to the Saudi city of Dammam to work as a truck driver and left his sponsor to sell goods near Mecca's ... , consistently has stated "religious freedom does not exist" in Saudi Arabia, which is dominated

  3. Terrorists attackU.S. consulate

    ... in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, prompting a gunbattle with security forces that left at least 12 people dead ... to previous assaults by Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network in Saudi Arabia during the past two years ... non-Muslims from Saudi Arabia, regarded by Muslims as the keeper of Islam's two most sacred sites

  4. U.S.-Saudi oil importsfund American mosques

    ... in America are funded by the royal government of Saudi Arabia, which gets most of its revenues from oil ... , according to Reza F. Safa, author of "Inside Islam." "Saudi Arabia alone has spent $87 billion ... categorically condemn the attacks in a statement to MAS members. That Saudi Arabia is stoking the black

  5. No man's land: City planned for women only

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    ... (DAILYMAIL) Saudi Arabia is planning to build a new city exclusively for women as it bids ... to combine strict Sharia law and career minded females, pursuing work. It is thought the Saudi Industrial ... of the modern world with the controversial city, which is now being designed with construction to begin next

  6. Deadly explosions rock Saudi capital

    ... A day after the U.S. warned of terror attacks and shut its missions in Saudi Arabia, three car ... . Saudi Arabia is battling a surge in Islamist violence believed to be linked to bin Laden's al ... their explosives-laden vehicles through the gates of the compound. A senior official in the Saudi

  7. Security forces jail dozens attending prayer meeting

    ... when they were persecuted by pagans in Saudi Arabia in the seventh century. "He said, 'Go ... to Christians who are going to Saudi Arabia." Racho reported that the 35 Christians assembled Dec ... came in and arrested them. And, they've been imprisoned. It's very outrageous," he said. Saudi Arabia

  8. Saudi woman beheaded for 'witchcraft and sorcery'

    ... A woman was beheaded in Saudi Arabia for practicing witchcraft and sorcery, the kingdom's ... place in the Qariyat province of the region of Al-Jawf, the ministry said. Read the whole story at CNN.

  9. Raped woman to be jailed, lashed

    ... that Saudi Arabia follows. The court, in the port city of Jiddah, ordered that the lashes ... RIYADH, Saudi Arabia –– A Saudi court has sentenced a woman to six months ... be administered to the man at a rate of 95 at a time. Lashes are often handed out by Saudi courts, although

  10. Thousands of Christians run for their lives

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    ... signals that the rebellion has become a "holy war." "Turkey, Qatar and Saudi Arabia invented ... population has fled the city of Qusayr, near Homs, following an ultimatum issued by the military chief ... of the armed opposition, Abdel Salam Harba. "This is what local sources told Vatican news agency

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