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This is something that would make Lawrence of Arabia turn in his grave: Recent studies are now showing that sand, once Saudi Arabia’s most common commodity (outside of oil) is now becoming almost as scarce as water. For those who are still fascinated with the 1962 Hollywood extravaganza starring Peter O’Toole and Omar Sharif, there seemed to be an endless amount of the yellowish grainy stuff ...
STAUNTON — Lilia Evangelio Deslate, 73, widow of Federico Deslate, of 302 Audubon St., died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville. She was born Aug. 13, 1936, in the Philippines, a daughter of the late Benigno Evangelio and Escalastic-Deslate.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pollution typically declines during a recession. Not this time.
Gulf Arab leaders gather to discuss monetary union, electricity grid, amid Dubai debt concerns
For the past few weeks, an unusual car has stood between the sedans and pickups in a downtown Smithfield parking lot. It looks like a souped-up golf cart, but it's actually a street-legal, all-electric car called the GEM e2.
Dubai's stock market closed up on Sunday, maintaining its recovery for the second trading day, lifted by property giant Emaar's decision to abandon a merger with state-owned entities.
On Friday, November 20, the USDA released the November Cattle on Feed report. The report is actually a little friendly with placements nearly 2% below average trade guess and on feed supplies slightly below the trade guess.
Most of the work done in technical analysis is concerned with how to find new trades and how to get on board once a trade setup has been identified. Considerably less literature is devoted to the topic of getting out of trades.
VIENNA (AP) — Israel's defense minister urged the world Monday to agree to tough new sanctions on Iran, suggesting that military strikes remained a final option should Tehran refuse to heed U.N. Security Council demands to curb its nuclear activities.
Global media giant News Corp is close to buying 10 percent of Saudi tycoon Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's Rotana entertainment group, a senior company official has said.
Fooled again? I stayed in the military and stood nuclear alert for many years because I believed my commander in chief when he stated that our way of life was threatened by the USSR…
The Believing Youth, known to be sponsored by Iran, announced that Shi'ite fighters captured a Saudi military facility along the Yemeni border. The Shi'ite rebels were said to have attacked the Al Jabri military post on Dec. 9, forcing hundreds of Saudi soldiers to flee.
The timing could not have been worse. On Tuesday afternoon, set against the sleek backdrop of a London hotel, the vice-chairman of Iraq's oil and...
VESTAL -- Officials at the Saudi Arabia consulate weren't aware that accused killer Abdulsalam S. Al-Zahrani was in the United States. They were also surprised to learn he is 46 years old.
Critics said the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq said was driven by oil, but United States oil majors were largely absent from an Iraqi auction of oil deals snapped up instead by Russian, Chinese and other firms.
Critics said the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq said was driven by oil, but United States oil majors were largely absent from an Iraqi auction of oil deals snapped up instead by Russian, Chinese and other firms.
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