Word: arabia
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...countries in the world that executes juvenile offenders: criminals whose alleged offenses were committed when they were under the age of 18. There are only six countries in the world that are known to have executed juvenile offenders in the '90s: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Nigeria, Yemen--and the U.S. "We should be embarrassed to find ourselves in that company," says Hawkins. "Every one of those other countries is known for human-rights violations. Even China and Russia have banned the use of the death penalty against children...
...parents. Readers remove slave sale receipts from envelopes and pull back a paper ship hatch to find slaves stacked like cordwood. British historian Hugh Thomas (no relation) has published The Slave Trade (Simon & Schuster; $37.50). Tracking the barter of Africans from 1440 to 1870, Thomas ranges through Europe, Arabia, Africa and the Americas. As societies spin and tug at one another like a warped solar system, a sad message emerges: no hand is clean. Thomas notes that the true voice of the slave, usually unable to record his own history, is missing. The best substitute, he surmises, is a writer...
...THREAT With King Fahd of Saudi Arabia laid low by a stroke, day-to-day policy decisions of the world's biggest oil producer are being made by Crown Prince Abdullah--the first future King of Saudi Arabia in recent times who doesn't speak English. "He's more of a nationalist and is seeking better relations with Iran," notes Zonis. Both Iran and Saudi Arabia are trying to figure out how to increase oil revenues. Experts believe they might strike a deal: Iran would cease all terrorist activity in Saudi Arabia; in exchange, the Saudis would work to raise...
Teheran Talks a Challenge for Albright The fact that U.S. allies such as Turkey and Saudi Arabia are attending the opening of an Islamic conference in Iran has led to questions about whether the U.S. should rethink its Middle East policy...
...sight of ranking delegations from a number of U.S. allies being glad-handed in Teheran Monday was a troubling spectacle for Madeleine Albright ? and U.S. policy on the Middle East. Iran trumpeted the arrival of representatives from the 55 member states of the Islamic Conference ? including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Turkey, Egypt and other U.S. allies ? for a summit which opens on Tuesday was heralded by Iran as a victory over Washington?s policy of isolating Teheran. Many of the same moderate Arab governments had stood up Albright last month at an economic summit in Doha in Qatar in order...