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• Saudia
  Saudi Arabia to open up flights to 11 new countries

  Saudi Arabia will soon have air traffic agreements with 11 new countries in a move to increase flights to and from the kingdom.

• Cars
  Saudi Arabia’s car market: A regional hub in the making

  The current sales’ figures range from 600,000 to 820,000 cars per year. At current rates of 11 percent annual growth, the million-car mark is likely to be achieved within two years.

• Social Media
  Saudi Arabia’s religious police close 10,000 Twitter accounts

  Saudi Arabia’s religious police have shut down more than 10,000 Twitter accounts so far this year, according to Arab News.

• Security
  Fingerprinting declared compulsory in Saudi Arabia

  Fingerprint registration for male and female expatriates will be completed by Dec. 23, 2014, for all Passports Department (Jawazat) services except the renewal of residence permits (iqamas), Jawazat spokesman Lt. Col. Ahmed Fahd Al-Luhaidan said on Sunday.

• Oil
  Saudi Arabia’s oil war against Iran and Russia

  The "war" is great news for commuters and almost every business, but wonderfully bad news for our ugliest enemies.

• Pharmaceuticals
  France’s Sanofi to start production in Saudi Arabia at KAEC

  On Wednesday the company formally inaugurated its factory at King Abdullah Economic City, an industrial and residential development on the Red Sea. Meir said the plant would initially produce antibiotics, cardiovascular drugs, diabetic medication and medicine to protect against blood clots.

• Perceptions of Saudi Arabia
  A Study in Contradictions: A Tenement Museum Employee Visits Saudi Arabia

  How is it possible for a woman to look fabulous in the shapeless cloak of the abaya? Similarly, abaya style and the choice of veil, embroidered colors versus austere black, and pairings with designer handbags and heels or Uggs all made me wonder what the abaya actually communicated about religion, ideas of gender, and personal style. In addition to my fascination with women’s clothing, I experienced shock at the discovery that I rather liked the look of men in dresses and couldn’t stop thinking about when and how pants became the official menswear of most of the world.

• Internet Access
  Saudi Arabia: 3 Million Internet Users Access Blocked Sites

  About 3 million Internet users this year managed to gain access to websites blocked in the Kingdom, an academic has revealed. Nasser Al-Buqami, an IT professor, said this was a 58 percent increase from the year before. Meanwhile, he said Internet penetration has risen from 38 percent in 2009 to 64 percent in 2014, and now stands at 18.3 million users.

• Shale
  Saudi Arabia’s Tank Battle With Shale

  According to the latest numbers from the Department of Energy, inventories of crude oil, gasoline and distillate (including diesel) rose by a collective 15.3 million barrels in the week ended Dec 5. The expected amount: Just 800,000 barrels. The timing of this increase is especially striking because stocks are usually run down toward year end to reduce refiners’ tax bills.

• ISIS Attack
  Saudi Arabia says arrests 3 over shooting of Dane, link to ISIS

  Saudi Arabia has arrested three Saudis over the Nov. 22 shooting of a Danish man in Riyadh, and initial investigations show the attack was carried out in support of ISIS, the kingdom's official news agency said.

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