SAUDI ARABIA: Riyadh commits $50 million to Haiti relief efforts

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After taking a beating in the media for failing to come up with aid for earthquake-stricken Haiti, oil-rich Saudi Arabia has now agreed to pitch in $50 million to help the poor Caribbean nation, news agencies are reporting.

The aid will be directed through the United Nations.

‘The kingdom, by instruction of King Abdullah, is donating $50 million ... to assist the Haitian people,’ foreign ministry spokesman Osama Nugali told Agence France-Presse today.

-- From the L.A.Times’ Middle East blog, Babylon & Beyond

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