THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH: Saudi Arabia's labour minister Ghazi Algosaibi has died, two weeks after a ban on his books was lifted in the kingdom
Mr Algosaibi, 70, was a former ambassador to London and a confidant of King Abdullah, whose push for reform in Saudi Arabia fostered divisions among reformists and the most conservative clerics.
He was also a writer and poet whose liberal tone provoked the ire of both the official clerical establishment and al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who singled him out in a taped message in 2006.
"He is a man to be missed ... as a moderniser, government official, poet and commentator," said political analyst Jamal Khashoggi. >>> | Sunday, August 15, 2010
ARAB NEWS: Saudi labor minister, author dies of cancer: JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia's labor minister Ghazi Al-Gosaibi died of cancer in Riyadh on Sunday, two weeks after a ban on his books was lifted in the kingdom, Al Arabiya television reported. >>> Reuters | Sunday, August 15, 2010
