Saudi Arabia’s rigid sex segregation, compulsory male guardianship of women and other ”grossly discriminatory” policies are a denial of fundamental rights, a leading human rights watchdog says on Monday. Women are treated like legal minors who have no authority over their lives or their children, finds a new report by Human Rights Watch.
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/ 23 December 2007
An unprecedented number of camels across North Africa and the Middle East died last year, researchers have discovered. The several thousand deaths have baffled scientists who are probing toxins, antibiotic pollution, viruses and even climate change as possible causes.
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/ 19 December 2007
Within hours the dirty grounds of Mina were thinly carpeted in hair, much of it black and wiry, and light winds swirled the debris up and on to the clothing and faces of pilgrims. Thousands of dazed looking men emerged from makeshift shacks, rubbing their scalps.
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/ 28 November 2007
Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it had arrested 208 people for involvement in several cells that planned an ”imminent attack” on an oil installation, and attacks on clerics and security forces. State television said one of the cells was planning to smuggle in missiles.