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...ANNOUNCED. NATIONWIDE ELECTIONS in Saudi Arabia, the first in the kingdom in four decades; to choose half the members of 178 municipal councils; in Riyadh. The vote will take place in three stages, starting in November after the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and finishing in January 2005. The elections are part of a campaign to introduce political reform to the tradition-bound country, although Saudi women's rights activists complain that suffrage will not be extended to women...
...Israelis closed the crossing on July 18 because of intelligence indicating that one of the Palestinian militant groups in Rafah intended to tunnel beneath it. About 20 tunnels, used to smuggle weapons between Rafah and Egypt, have been uncovered this year. One Tiny Step SAUDI ARABIA Government officials in Riyadh announced the country's first-ever nationwide elections, to choose half the members of 178 municipal councils, in three stages between November and January 2005. The polls are part of a broader campaign to introduce political reform in the conservative kingdom, but women's-rights advocates complain that eligibility will...
Life is getting lonely for Tom Cox. Many of Cox's friends and neighbors in the heavily guarded housing complex where he lives in Riyadh either have left or are thinking of leaving. His boss, a Saudi American, packed up a few months ago after his family was injured in an attack. Other colleagues have taken extended sabbaticals. The cocktail parties that Cox, 73, used to frequent rarely happen anymore. Those Westerners, who, like Cox, choose to stay in Saudi Arabia despite the escalating threats have no illusions about the dangers they now face. "I intend to stay here...
...There's no doubt about it. The terrorists are winning here in terms of instilling fear in us," says an American businessman. He sent his wife and children back to the U.S. last November after al-Qaeda attacked a compound housing foreigners. He has stayed in Riyadh, but just barely: he stopped driving and hasn't been outside his compound in a month. "I won't be here long," he says...
LETTER FROM RIYADH...