Word: aziz
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...family's wealth came from the Saudi bin Laden Group, built by Osama's father Mohamed, who had four wives and 52 children. Mohamed had had the good luck of befriending the country's founder, Abdel Aziz al Saud. That relationship led to important government contracts such as refurbishing the shrines at Mecca and Medina, Islam's holiest places, projects that moved young Osama deeply. Today the company, with 35,000 employees worldwide, is worth $5 billion. Osama got his share at 13 when his father died, leaving him $80 million, a fortune the son subsequently expanded to an estimated...
...what if they can't? And how do countries, and companies, find the right balance between being compassionate to their workers and competitive in the global economy? Looking at how being laid off has affected workers in four key European countries may provide some of the answers. Take Abdul Aziz Masifi, who emigrated from Iraqi Kurdistan to Sweden eight years ago. Masifi, 33, had been working as a machine operator at Ericsson's mobile systems unit in the Stockholm suburb of Kista for the past three years. Last month Masifi, who earned $1,700 a month with overtime, was called...
...military ruler General Pervez Musharraf declared himself President. The General, who seized power from the elected government 20 months ago, dismissed President Rafiq Tarar to strengthen his bargaining power when he meets India's Prime Minister for summit talks on July 14. Musharraf, who appointed Finance Minister Shaukut Aziz as Prime Minister, now holds the country's top five jobs...
...indication that Washington may be onto a good thing with its "smart sanctions" proposal against Iraq is the fact that it's got Baghdad rattling its saber. Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz on Wednesday warned Jordan and Turkey that they'd lose access to cheap oil from Baghdad if they go along with Washington's proposals, many of which are contained in a U.N. Security Council resolution that Britain plans to introduce next week...
Nisha S. Agarwal, David W. Foster, Katherine H. Sigelman and Robin Wasserman, of Adams House; Thalia Chantziara, Benjamin S. Edelson, Daniel M. Loss, Jacob A. Lurie, Garrett B. Moritz, Patricia L. Santos and Flora Zhang, of Cabot House; Han Ping Davin Chor, Matthew S. Povich, Aziz F. Rana and Gregory M. Sulkowski, of Currier House; Nora F. Lehmann, Rebecca Reider and Nitzan Shoshan, of Dudley House; Rodrigo A. Cruz, Sara M. Jablon, Joseph C. Krupnick and James L. Young, of Dunster House; John W. Baxindine, Randolph A.G. Bell, Jacqlynn Duquette, Daniel J. Hopkins and Margot L. Minardi, of Eliot House...