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Caryle Murphy

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Women's rights open debate into Saudi national character

Sep 27, 2011

Extension of the vote to Saudi women is a fine step, but a thick web of conservative social practice will limit the effects of the change.Read article "Women's rights open debate into Saudi national character"

9/11 Remembered: 'A wake-up call for Saudi Arabia'

Sep 9, 2011

Fifteen of the 19 9/11 hijackers were Saudi and the ripple effects read all the way to the Arabian peninsula, says foreign correspondent Caryle Murphy, as Saudis suffered perhaps the harshest backlash of any foreigners from angry Americans.Read article "9/11 Remembered: 'A wake-up call for Saudi Arabia'"

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More can mean richer in Saudi mobile world

May 24, 2012

What's Up: Three "virtual" mobile-phone operators are set to be licensed in Saudi Arabia, marking new opportunities to target niche markets in an increasingly competitive business.Read article

Saudi Arabia signs $3 billion deal with Britain to buy trainer jets

May 23, 2012

The agreement includes the provision of simulators, ground and training equipment and spare parts, SPA reported, quoting a Saudi defence ministry official.Read article

Latest Comments

Saudi police arrest two in clampdown on protest against ban on women drivers

May 24 , 2011 | 05:03PM GST

MerlinMedic

Women will never achieve any rights in a country where the do not even own their own bodies: where a bunch of old men "interpret" the Koran to justify marriage of 9 year old children to old men (what the rest of the world calls rape), and other such aberrant behavior until the real men in Saudi stand up to these freaks and say "no". No more child weddings, no more 'honor' killings; that women, their mothers, wives, sisters and daughters deserve the same basic freedoms and dignity's as do men.

Saudi king unveils massive spending package

Mar 19 , 2011 | 03:23AM GST

Vaishwords

You can buy some people sometime but you can't buy all the people all the time...

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