Track-It Saudi Arabia

Mar. 12--BAHRAIN league champions Muharraq started off the title race on a high note in the 29th GCC Clubs Championship, defeating bitter rivals Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia 27-29, 27-25, 25-21, 28-30, 15-9 yesterday which took place at the Youth Centre... Read more

Today is Friday, March 12, the 71st day of 2010. There are 294 days left in the year.

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Mar. 11--JEDDAH -- The interconnected global economic and energy and climate crises are related to their underlying causes and, more importantly, in their solutions, Louis Hakim, vice president of Royal Philips Electronics and CEO of Philips... Read more

Mar. 11--Business briefs

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Mar. 12--RIYADH -- A Georgian has become the first woman ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

Yekaterina Mayering-Mikadze, who presented a copy of her credentials to Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal, is the current Georgian ambassador to Kuwait. She also represents her country in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain and the UAE. Read more

Mar. 12--MADINAH -- Participants of a debate Monday evening at Taibah University have called for a fatwa establishing a minimum age for marriage. Abu Bakr ibn Ahmad Bagadir, undersecretary for international relations at the Ministry of Culture and... Read more

Mar. 12--DUBAI -- Students from the American University of Sharjah met today with staff from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of the series of roundtable discussions being held at universities throughout the Middle East and North Africa... Read more

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that Persian Gulf allies understand sanctions are the inevitable next step in dealing with the threat of a nuclear Iran. Read more

Mar. 11--UAE COMPLETES VAT STUDY: The Director General of the UAE's ministry of finance, Younis al Khoori has confirmed that the ministry had completed a study of a value-added tax (VAT) and its potential impact on the economy, The National has... Read more

Saudi Arabia has a serious child-marriage problem.

It's emblematic of the nation's struggle between modernity and traditional Islam. But the lives of thousands of little girls are being destroyed as the Saudi government ponderously debates a solution. Read more