Word: arabian
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...organization; for plotting to bomb the U.S. and British embassies in Cambodia, to life in prison; in Phnom Penh. The three men denied any involvement with the plot or the terrorist group, saying they had met Hambali?allegedly J.I.'s former operations chief?while working for a Saudi Arabian-funded charity that helped poor Cambodian Muslims. Hambali and two other foreigners, identified as Rousha Yasser and Ibrahim, were tried and sentenced in absentia...
...BARRED. SAUDI ARABIAN WOMEN; from voting in the country's first nationwide municipal elections; in Riyadh. The country's election committee head, Prince Mansour bin Mutib bin Abdul Aziz, said it isn't possible to set up female voting booths or to identify the vast majority of women who live without identification before the three-stage election begins in February...
...delicately, which doesn't routinely happen in India. The coast of Gujarat state in western India is the world's biggest naval graveyard, but many of the ships have specialized in carrying poisonous materials. According to the government, about 12,500 tons of toxic waste end up in the Arabian Sea each year. In the past few years, India has insourced the disposal of old computers, which contain lead, arsenic, cadmium and bromides. The country is also the biggest single importer of mercury-contaminated industrial waste...
Ridley Scott's 1,001 Arabian Knights...
After a few more years in the Arabian sun, Ronzone joined the Dallas Mavericks in 1997 and based himself in China, where he and Nelson nudged the Chinese government into letting the Mavs sign 7-ft. 1-in. Wang Zhizhi (paving the way for Yao Ming's arrival in the U.S.). In 2001, Ronzone was poached by the Pistons, who, never having drafted an international player, gave him carte blanche to travel. After years of frequent-flying, though, Ronzone discovered he could cut back. "If I'm going to three normal countries--say, Italy, Spain and France--I now have...