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# saudi-arabia - Thursday 16 May, 2013
Tonight’s Evening Fix… now with added thumbs up (and down)
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
# saudi-arabia - Monday 13 May, 2013
Deadly new virus sparks call for ‘urgent actions’ to prevent spread
There have been 33 confirmed cases of human infection since September last year, including 18 deaths.
# saudi-arabia - Sunday 12 May, 2013
Saudi Arabia beheads man convicted of killing his relative
Awad Rawili stabbed to death Jazaa Rawili, a relative, during an argument. He was executed in the northern city of Araar.
# saudi-arabia - Thursday 2 May, 2013
SARS-like virus kills 5 people in Saudi Arabia
The virus, known as novel coronavirus, was first detected in mid-2012 and is a cousin of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).
# saudi-arabia - Thursday 25 April, 2013
Here is the man so good looking that he was deported from Saudi Arabia
What do you reckon?
# saudi-arabia - Tuesday 9 April, 2013
Saudi Arabia denies man was sentenced to paralysis
Reports about the cruel and unusual sentence sparked condemnation – but now Saudi authorities say the sentence was never handed down.
# saudi-arabia - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
Arab world’s richest man calls for parliamentary elections in Saudi Arabia
Al-Waleed bin Talal also said that ending a ban on women driving in the country was a matter of time.
# saudi-arabia - Saturday 16 March, 2013
Poll: Do you agree with the death penalty?
As the US state of Maryland votes to abolish it, we’re asking: do you agree with capital punishment?
# saudi-arabia - Friday 25 January, 2013
Sri Lanka to ban women from working as maids abroad
The move follows the beheading of a 17-year-old Sri Lankan nanny in Saudi Arabia.
# saudi-arabia - Friday 11 January, 2013
Saudi king says 30 women can now sit on top advisory council for first time
The 30 women will sit on the previously all-male 150-seat Shura Council which is appointed by the king to advise him on policy.
# saudi-arabia - Wednesday 19 December, 2012
VIDEO: Uncanny impression of a police siren… by a schoolkid
We’d better scarper!
# saudi-arabia - Tuesday 13 November, 2012
Here’s your ‘Lionel Messi with a machine gun poked in his face’ pic of the day
The Barcelona star, on international duty with Argentina, looked understandably terrified when he touched down in Saudi Arabia.
# saudi-arabia - Monday 12 November, 2012
Saudi activist files lawsuit over driving ban against women
The lawsuit – the third filed so far this year – aims to overturn the decree which bans women from driving in the country.
# saudi-arabia - Monday 24 September, 2012
SARS-like virus detected in Qatari national
The 49-year-old man became ill in early September, having travelled to Saudi Arabia. He is now after being transferred to a London hospital.
# saudi-arabia - Monday 13 August, 2012
Saudi Arabia plans ‘women-only’ city
The female industrial city would allow more women into the workplace while maintaining gender segregation in the ultra-conservative Gulf kingdom.
# saudi-arabia - Friday 3 August, 2012
Saudi Arabia’s first female Olympian ‘honoured’ despite quick exit
Wojdan Shaherkani makes history for Saudi Arabia – but is quickly eliminated from her women’s over-78kg judo tournament.
# saudi-arabia - Saturday 14 July, 2012
Babies, beauty pageants and Bakhurst: The week in numbers
How many Daisys were born in Ireland last year? And how much has Ireland spent on those e-voting machines?
# saudi-arabia - Thursday 12 July, 2012
London 2012: Saudis to send 2 women to Olympic Games
The decision means every country competing in London will include women athletes for the first time in Olympic history.
# saudi-arabia - Tuesday 26 June, 2012
Saudi Arabia beheads five people for murder, drug smuggling
Four Saudi citizens and one Syrian national have been executed, according to Saudi authorities.
# saudi-arabia - Wednesday 20 June, 2012
Up to 27 million people are living in slavery, says US report
US State Dept’s annual report on human trafficking shows progress being made in Burma, while Syria fell in the rankings.
# saudi-arabia - Saturday 16 June, 2012
Question of succession raised again after death of Saudi Crown Prince Nayef
He is survived by his ten children and a number of wives.
# saudi-arabia - Friday 25 May, 2012
London 2012: Still no decision on eligibility for Saudi women
The IOC hopes that Saudi Arabia will enter their first female competitor at this summer’s Olympics, but discussions are ongoing.
# saudi-arabia - Saturday 28 April, 2012
Saudi Arabia closes embassy in Egypt following protests
The embassy in Cairo has been closed sue to protests over a detained Egyptian human rights lawyer.
# saudi-arabia - Friday 27 April, 2012
US court rules against release of dead bin Laden photos
Meanwhile, earlier today Osama bin Laden’s family was deported from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia.
# saudi-arabia - Thursday 5 April, 2012
Saudi Arabia may not send women to the Olympics
The country has never before included women on its Olympic team but the International Olympic Committee had been hopeful it would happen this year.
# saudi-arabia - Tuesday 27 March, 2012
China is the world’s ‘number one executioner’ – Amnesty report
A new report says that the number of countries who have the death penalty is declining but there has been a surge in the number of executions in the Middle East.
# saudi-arabia - Monday 19 March, 2012
Hopes for Saudi Arabia’s female athletes after Olympic talks progress
Saudi Arabia is one of three countries that has never included women in its Olympic teams, along with Qatar and Brunei.
# saudi-arabia - Friday 2 March, 2012
Oil prices reach highest level since 2008 after report of Saudi blast
Reports of an explosion at a Saudi pipeline – which have since been denied – sent the price of oil to its highest in years.
# saudi-arabia - Monday 13 February, 2012
Malaysia defends deportation of Saudi journalist over tweet
Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari has been deported over a potentially blasphemous tweet posted online last week.
# saudi-arabia - Friday 10 February, 2012
Saudi man arrested after tweeting about the Prophet Muhammad
Hamza Kashgari has been arrested after tweeting about what he would say to the Prophet Muhammad if he met him. A Sheikh has called for petitions to be sent to the Crown Prince (pictured) about the incident.
# saudi-arabia - Thursday 5 January, 2012
The Daily Fix: Thursday
In tonight’s fix: Warnings over mortgage interest relief, Phil Hogan’s website woes, Vita Cortex owner “can’t move money” – and a solution to modern dinner part complaints?
Saudi Arabia bans men from working in lingerie stores
A new law, on the orders of King Abdullah, ends a system where women were forced to buy their underwear from male sellers.
# saudi-arabia - Monday 19 December, 2011
Saudi prince invests $300m in Twitter
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal holds stakes in other western giants including Apple and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation.
# saudi-arabia - Monday 12 December, 2011
Woman beheaded in Saudi Arabia for ‘sorcery’
Colm O’Gorman of Amnesty International Ireland has called the killing an “appalling and sickening act”.
# saudi-arabia - Saturday 10 December, 2011
Man sentenced to 2,080 lashes for raping teenage daughter
The sentence was handed down by a court in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
# saudi-arabia - Wednesday 7 December, 2011
Saudi Arabia: Australian man sentenced to 500 lashes for blasphemy
The man has been sentenced to 500 lashes and one year in prison for allegedly insulting the companions of the Prophet Muhammad during the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
# saudi-arabia - Saturday 3 December, 2011
The Daily Fix: Saturday
In tonight’s Fix: The end of the affair: Herman drops out; why X Factor will trump the Taoiseach on TV3 tomorrow; and what students told a TD whose office they are occupying.
Allowing Saudi women to drive will encourage them to have sex before marriage: report
Conservative academic’s report was sent to the all-male council which advises the Saudi monarchy.
# saudi-arabia - Saturday 26 November, 2011
WATCH: A player get red-carded after 90 seconds
Lee Jung-Ho of Saudi club Ettifaq didn’t even wait two minutes before elbowing one of his opponents in the chest… right in front of the linesman.
# saudi-arabia - Sunday 13 November, 2011
Syria calls for Arab summit on deepening unrest
Saturday’s raids on the Saudi and Qatari raids have been condemned while thousands of pro-regime supporters take to the streets.
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