Driven by protests in neighboring Bahrain, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has announced a series of economic reforms coincided with his return home after undergoing surgery in the United States, according to state television announced the kingdom. The reforms promised by the Saudi head of state include, inter alia, an increase of 15% in the salaries of officials, increasing the Social Security budget and new benefits for homeowners.
Also forgive some penalties of imprisonment for persons convicted of economic crimes. Also referred to aid to foreign students. The measures do not include in any political reforms and free elections. The kingdom does not have a democratically elected parliament and does not tolerate public dissent.
The Return of the King, 86, is scheduled for Wednesday after spending several months abroad to undergo a thorough medical treatment. The streets of Riyadh are already festooned with national flags and is expected to host massive king's entourage, whose plane left this morning bound for Casablanca Airport Riyadh.
The king has been in Morocco from January 22 to recover from the surgery that you had in the back and returns to his country in a very turbulent time in the region. In recent months there have been popular uprisings which led to the fall of Ben Ali in Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak in Egypt.
In Libya the situation is of maximum tension with the Gaddafi regime beset by protests and international outcry and subjecting its citizens to a bloody crackdown. And in the small neighboring state of Bahrain, under great influence of Saudi Arabia, demonstrators demanding profound changes in the monarchy that runs the country for almost half a century.
Political and social stability in the largest oil producer and exporter in the world is a global concern, since Saudi Arabia controls more than a fifth of oil reserves and is a U.S. strategic ally. Despite its oil wealth, Saudi Arabia suffers a high unemployment rate, 10.5% of the population.
Call mobilization Despite the climate of social unrest that have been installed in the Arab world, protests have barely beaten by the time Saudi Arabia. But the Saudi king's return coincides with a call for mobilization done through Facebook and which so far have joined hundreds of people.
The Day of Wrath is called for next month and will to demand democratic elections, greater freedom for women and the release of prisoners of conscience. The second page calls "the revolution of desire" on 11 March. More than 460 people had joined the call this morning, but it is impossible to know how many Saudis were living in the country or if the protest eventually curdle.
Although the riots in Tunisia and Egypt have had the engine of social networks, activists in Saudi Arabia have so far failed in its appeal. The last one, in Riyadh, he failed to get anyone on the street. Another protest took place last month after severe floods in the city of Jeddah, the second largest in the country, just had repercussion and was quickly silenced. 
Also forgive some penalties of imprisonment for persons convicted of economic crimes. Also referred to aid to foreign students. The measures do not include in any political reforms and free elections. The kingdom does not have a democratically elected parliament and does not tolerate public dissent.
The Return of the King, 86, is scheduled for Wednesday after spending several months abroad to undergo a thorough medical treatment. The streets of Riyadh are already festooned with national flags and is expected to host massive king's entourage, whose plane left this morning bound for Casablanca Airport Riyadh.
The king has been in Morocco from January 22 to recover from the surgery that you had in the back and returns to his country in a very turbulent time in the region. In recent months there have been popular uprisings which led to the fall of Ben Ali in Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak in Egypt.
In Libya the situation is of maximum tension with the Gaddafi regime beset by protests and international outcry and subjecting its citizens to a bloody crackdown. And in the small neighboring state of Bahrain, under great influence of Saudi Arabia, demonstrators demanding profound changes in the monarchy that runs the country for almost half a century.
Political and social stability in the largest oil producer and exporter in the world is a global concern, since Saudi Arabia controls more than a fifth of oil reserves and is a U.S. strategic ally. Despite its oil wealth, Saudi Arabia suffers a high unemployment rate, 10.5% of the population.
Call mobilization Despite the climate of social unrest that have been installed in the Arab world, protests have barely beaten by the time Saudi Arabia. But the Saudi king's return coincides with a call for mobilization done through Facebook and which so far have joined hundreds of people.
The Day of Wrath is called for next month and will to demand democratic elections, greater freedom for women and the release of prisoners of conscience. The second page calls "the revolution of desire" on 11 March. More than 460 people had joined the call this morning, but it is impossible to know how many Saudis were living in the country or if the protest eventually curdle.
Although the riots in Tunisia and Egypt have had the engine of social networks, activists in Saudi Arabia have so far failed in its appeal. The last one, in Riyadh, he failed to get anyone on the street. Another protest took place last month after severe floods in the city of Jeddah, the second largest in the country, just had repercussion and was quickly silenced.
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