Massive earthquake strikes Chile, 147 dead

CONCEPCION, Chile: One of the most powerful earthquakes in decades battered Chile on Saturday, killing at least 147 people, knocking down buildings and triggering a tsunami that rolled menacingly across the Pacific.

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No leniency in security: Prince Sultan

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia will not show any leniency toward those who try to tamper with its security and stability, said Crown Prince Sultan, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, on Saturday.

Obama silent ahead of vote on Armenian genocide

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama is in a bind as a congressional panel prepares to vote next week on a resolution that would recognize as genocide the World War I-era killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks.

Indian PM on historic visit to Saudi Arabia

RIYADH: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived here on Saturday on a three-day historic visit. Ministers and senior officials greeted Singh at the King Khaled International Airport.

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Europe not interested in following Dubai killers' trails

GENEVA: A killer — or killers — may be on the loose in Europe after a Hamas operative was slain last month in Dubai. European nations, however, seem to be in no rush to find him, her or them.

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Riyadh, Sanaa tighten border security

RIYADH: Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior Prince Naif said Saturday that the Kingdom and Yemen enjoy excellent relations in fighting terrorism and organized crime.

Editorial: Saudi-Indian ties

THE three-day visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the Kingdom is as welcome as it is overdue.

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1.5-meter tsunami hits New Zealand island

WELLINGTON: A tsunami wave of 1.5 meters hit New Zealand's Chatham Islands, 700 kilometers south-east of the mainland, on Sunday morning as the country went on a full-scale alert following the Chile earthquake.

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Tsunami races across Pacific, threatens Hawaii

EWA BEACH, Hawaii: A tsunami triggered by the Chilean earthquake raced across the Pacific Ocean on Saturday, threatening Hawaii as it rushed toward the US West Coast and hundreds of islands from the bottom of the planet to the top.

IDB vows funds for Haiti aid

JEDDAH: The Islamic Development Bank (IDB) has, in line with UN requests for donations, allocated $5 million for the reconstruction of schools in Haiti.

Committed to fight against extremism

India’s ties with the people of the Arabian Peninsula go back several millennia when sailors and merchants from South Asia and the Gulf used to cross the Indian Ocean in boats constructed with teak from Malabar.

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Kingdom’s ‘look East’ policy has a new meaning for India

Bilateral relations between Saudi Arabia and India have come a long way since the maiden visit of late King Saud to India way back in 1953.

Self-employed Abha women catering to weary travelers

ABHA: Kamila Mohammad Al-Kaidi stands with complete confidence as she gives orders to her employees, who are all women.

Haia accused of beating youth

JEDDAH: Members of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Haia) in Jeddah’s Al-Rawabi district have been accused of beating a youth and then filing a false police case against his parents that led to them being detained in prison for several days.

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GACA to spend SR2.5bn on airports

JEDDAH: The General Authority for Civil Aviation (GACA) has put out a statement that it has set aside SR2.5 billion for 34 projects to develop some of the Kingdom’s existing domestic airports and build new ones.

Renewed tension looms in Turkey

ISTANBUL: A retired Turkish general charged over a plot to unseat the government said "the struggle has now started," as a string of high-profile arrests risks renewed strain between Ankara and the military.

Chinese workers, police clash in Bahrain labor camp

MANAMA: Security forces clashed with a group of Chinese workers who had taken hostage at least nine of their superiors near a construction site in Zallaq, 25 km south of the capital Manama, Saturday morning.

London museum showcases Muslim scientists' inventions

JEDDAH: In cooperation with Abdul Latif Jameel Community Services Programs (ALJCSP), 1001 Inventions, an exhibition showcasing the inventions of Muslim scientists, will continue to be displayed in London's Science Museum for a longer period until the end of June 2010.

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A view of the historical city of Tarim in southeastern Yemen. In 2004, Tarim was selected by the Islamic Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization as an Islamic cultural capital for 2010. (Reuters)

Hospital fears for abused maid’s life

JEDDAH: Erfan & Bagedo Hospital in Jeddah has rejected the request of Safa police to hand over an Indonesian maid, who has been receiving treatment at the hospital, to her sponsor. The maid was admitted to hospital on Dec. 20, 2009 after she fell from the third floor of her sponsor’s apartment building.

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