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  Iraqis brave blasts to vote for ‘change’ | Arab News — Saudi Arabia News, Middle East News, Opinion, Economy and more.

  An Iraqi woman casts her vote in Iraq's first parliamentary election since US troops withdrew at a polling station in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Wednesday. (AFP)

• Saudi Arabia
  Showers cool off Riyadh residents | Arab News — Saudi Arabia News, Middle East News, Opinion, Economy and more.

  Riyadh and its surrounding areas experienced some moderate rainfall on Wednesday evening providing a much needed relief from the searing heat in the Saudi capital with mercury levels touching 44 degrees Celsius a week ago. The sky was overcast on Tuesday evening and the city experienced light drizzle but it was not enough to provide succor from the heat.

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  Memoirs of a Saudi Ph.D. student: At a loss for words | Arab News — Saudi Arabia News, Middle East News, Opinion, Economy and more.

  THE complexities of the English language never cease to amaze me. When I was applying for my Master’s degree in 2008, I was confident that I would not need any additional English language course prior to starting my Master’s program. According to my own “biased judgment,” I thought I was proficient enough to easily get enrolled in the degree program. I was confident that I would easily achieve the IELTS score (band 7) in the very first attempt.

• Preparations for Haj to begin early

  Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar announced Wednesday that his ministry would begin allocating spaces for pilgrims at the holy sites of Mina and Arafat among the Tawafa organizations next week. “The move...

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  SUSTG – The Saudi-US Trade Group | Your front page for all things Saudi.

  At the recent Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Moscow, Princess Loulwa al-Faisal, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees & General Supervisor of Effat University in Saudi Arabia provided the following written statement on the progress that ... Continue Reading

• Michelle Obama in Saudi Arabia
  First lady Michelle Obama shakes hands with Saudi king. So?

  President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama made a quick stop in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to pay respects to the late King Abdullah, and to hold meetings with the new leader, King Salman bin Abdulaziz. But one aspect of the encounter stood out to reporters covering the receiving line at the palace: the first lady shook hands with the king.

  • Mother Jones - No, Saudi TV Didn't Blur Out Michelle Obama's Face When the President Met King Salman
  • Bloomberg - What Michelle Obama Didn't Wear in Saudi Arabia
  • ABC News - First Lady's Visit To Saudi Arabia Sends Strong Message About Women
  • WSJ (paywall) - Michelle Obama Not Blurred Out on Saudi TV
  • Washington Post - Michelle Obama navigates limits on women in Saudi Arabia
• Stock Markets
  Record Saudi Utility Loss Fails to Interrupt Bond Rally

  The biggest quarterly loss in at least 10 years is failing to thwart a record rally in Saudi Electricity Co. (SECO) bonds as investors bet on lasting government support.

  • Arabian Business - Saudi's Tasnee CEO says 2015 outlook unclear after Q4 profit drop
  • Reuters - Saudi's Kindgom Holding Q4 net profit rises 15 pct
• Housing and Real Estate
  Housing boom ‘unaffected’ by oil price plunge

  Falling oil prices would not affect ongoing housing projects in the Kingdom or the loans for citizens provided by the Real Estate Development Fund (REDF) because allocations have already been budgeted for this spending, said Housing Minister Shuwaish Al-Dhuwaihi on Tuesday.

• War in Syria and Iraq
  The War Against the Islamic State: The Challenge of Civilian Casualties

  But, and this is a critical but in modern warfare, the United States and its allies are fighting enemies that are doing everything they can to use civilians as cover, have learned from Afghanistan and previous fighting in Iraq how to minimize their exposure to U.S. intelligence assets, and are more than willing to move along with civilians, co-locate with them, and mimic civilian movement patterns to cover their own activities. The United States is also again fighting a movement in the Islamic State or Daesh which will do everything possible to exaggerate civilian casualties for propaganda purposes, claim its own casualties are civilians, and claim its own facilities are civilian facilities.

• Afghanistan
  Taliban ‘reject offer of Afghan government posts’

  The Taliban have been offered posts in the new Afghan government but have turned them down, the BBC understands. The offer came from new President Ashraf Ghani in a bid to end the insurgency that threatens the recovery of the country.

  • Washington Post - Heroin addiction spreads with alarming speed across Afghanistan
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