Saudi women lobby king for driving right
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For the first time ever, a group of women in the only country that bans female drivers have formed a committee to lobby for the right to get behind the wheel, and they plan to petition King Abdullah in the next few days for the privilege.
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Dozens of losing candidates in Saudi Arabia's municipal elections complained Saturday that the winners in the capital, Riyadh, unfairly used the endorsement of influential Islamic leaders to secure victory.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Candidates backed by Islamic clerics won races in the Saudi capital in the kingdom's first regular balloting, an election observer said yesterday. But it was too early to say whether this represented a trend in the landmark municipal elections, which will be spread across three months.
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MANAMA, 21 December 2004 - Saudi Arabia yesterday called on Gulf leaders to strengthen their ties and unite their voices. âWe (the Gulf leaders) meet under one roof in Manama in disturbing regional and
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia &#151; Saudi women still can't drive cars, but they can sell them. Potential buyers can go to an all-women showroom where, for the first time, other women will help them choose a car and answer questions about horsepower, carburetors and other automotive features.
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Saudi Arabia must create laws to protect  women from violence and also allow them to play a bigger role  in society and the workplace, the United Nations said on  Thursday.
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Riyadh kicks off Saudi Arabia's first nationwide municipal elections, but women are banned from the polls.
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DURHAM, N.C. - Attorney Bill Thomas may get a lot more business from female motorists thanks to a novel defense strategy: High heels can help beat a DWI rap...
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia began its tentative experiment in democracy yesterday as thousands of men filed into schools, government offices, and streetside tents to cast what for many were the first votes of their lives.
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If Thursdayâs protests go ahead, they may test how much support the Movement for Islamic Reform has gathered in Saudi Arabia since Fagih began using radio, satellite TV and the Internet.
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King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is to receive a ceremonial welcome from the Queen later.
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US First Lady Laura Bush on Tuesday launched a joint drive with Saudi Arabia to fight breast cancer on the second leg of a Middle East tour aimed at spreading awareness of the disease.
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A woman is elected to the board of a major Saudi bank, becoming the first female in the kingdom to occupy such a position.
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Saudi Arabia&#39;s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Abdullah, has vowed the top oil producer would crush al Qaeda militants and called on its citizens to stand united against all threats.
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JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 24 -- When gynecologist Samia al-Amoudi was found last year to have breast cancer, a disease that still carries an intense stigma in this conservative country where women are forced to cover in public, she decided to share the details in her newspaper column, shocking many...
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All manner of automotive executives have found their way to Washington to lobby lawmakers on efforts to raise automobile fuel economy standards.
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Saudi Arabia is preparing for the first municipal elections in that nation&#39;s history. Saudi voters will go to the ballots on February 10, 2005 to elect half of the City of Riyad&#39;s City Council members.