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The establishment of Ittihad Etisalat Company, a Saudi stock company with a capital of 5 billion riyals (Dh5 billion), has been approved by the Saudi Minister of Commerce, Dr Hashim Yamani.

A team of specialists from the Arab Company for Livestock Development (Acolid) has recommended the establishment of an egg and chick factory in the UAE.

A conference on the image of Saudi Arabia abroad currently being held here, on Monday discussed the role of diplomacy, the media and private sector in improving the Kingdom's international image.

Saudi Arabia has given initial approval for the establishment of a special investment fund that will contribute to the reconstruction effort in Iraq.

The volume of new investments pumped into the industrial sector during the current year is 6.3 billion Saudi riyals, estimates Dr Hashim Yamani, Saudi Minister of Commerce and Industry.

Saudi cleric Shaikh Salman Al Ouda, has denied Western press reports claiming a joint investigation by Spanish and German police linking him to the Madrid bombings in March in which 191 people were killed.

Security forces arrested three Saudi suspects in connection with the killing of a Frenchman in Jeddah last Sunday.

Saudi intellectuals called for more freedom of expression to able to convey their views and present their works. They also said they wanted to see a conducive atmosphere to encourage publication and production of their works.

Saudi security forces detained a ship loaded with large quantities of arms off the coast of Jazan province in the southern part of the kingdom. The ship was detrained after entering Saudi waters en route from one Arab country to another.

Three hundred and fifty companies from 20 countries, including six from from the UAE, will take part in the five-day Saudi International Agricultural Exhibition, which will be opened today by Minister of Agriculture, Dr Abdullah Balgenaim.

A document by the Saudi Minister of Interior spoke of attempts by some Arab organisations, supported by suspicious quarters, which it said are working to promote American education programmes in the Kingdom.

The Saudi National Commission for Human Rights said it will start a series of visits to Saudi prisons from Wednesday to meet prisoners and review their condition.