What is an Apostille?
Posted by Ayman Meeky
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Apostille is also a French word which means a certification. It is commonly used in English to refer to the legalization of a document for international use under the terms of the 1961 Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents. Documents which have been notarized by a notary public, and certain other documents, and then certified with a conformant apostille are accepted for legal use in all the nations that have signed the Hague Convention.
Apostille Is a method of certifying a document for use in another country pursuant to the 1961 Hague Convention. With this certification by apostille, a document is entitled to recognition in the country of intended use, and no additional certification or legalization by the embassy or consulate of the foreign country where the document is to be used is required. An apostillized copy of the articles of incorporation or articles of organization is often required to open a bank account in another country for a US-incorporated business. Note, certain countries require a certified copy of the articles of incorporation/organization with an appropriate gold seal instead of an apostillized copy.
Apostille is certificate which verifies and confirms the seal and signature of person who authenticated the document. Some people call this 'superlegalisation'. There are designated authorities in every country to issue apostille certificates or legalization. Apostilles are commonly issued for various documents related to adoption cases, for commercial documents, for official documents related to vital statistics, and for court records, land records, school documents and patent applications.
Grand Mosque authorities ready Ramadan plan
Posted by Shaimaa Gamal
JEDDAH: More than 5,700 employees will serve the pilgrims to the Grand Mosque in Makkah this Ramadan, according to the authority that governs the Haram.
Deputy Chairman of the Presidency of the Holy Mosques Affairs Nasser bin Muhammad Al-Khuzaim told Arab News that there will be more scholars this year to give religious advice and answer queries from pilgrims.
“The presidency has approved its Ramadan plan, which begins at the end of Shaaban and continues up to mid Shawwal. The plan is aimed at providing serenity and tranquility for worshippers to perform their rituals,” he said.
Final touches are being put on the Grand Mosque expansion project initiated by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, said Al-Khuzaim.
BP to make new attempt to plug Gulf of Mexico oil leak
Posted by Hashem Zahran
BP will start replacing the cap over the blown-out oil well in the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend, reports say. It is hoped the new cap will significantly increase the amount of oil being captured from the sea-bed. However while it is being replaced oil will flow unimpeded into the sea.
BP's submersible robots could start removing the current containment cap from the ocean floor as early as Saturday, the Coast Guard commander overseeing the response said. Admiral Thad Allen said the flow of leaking oil could be shut off by Monday. But in that time hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil could flow unabated into the ocean.
World economic recovery driven by global imbalances
Posted by Khaled Ali
The catastrophic economic downturn that began two years ago was supposed to shake up the global economy, ending an era in which Americans consumed too much and saved and exported too little.
But the recovery is being driven by a return to the very global imbalances that were a major cause of the crisis. Americans' savings rates have fallen over the past year, imports are rising faster than exports, and countries around the world are again turning to Americans to be the consumers of last resort.
Economists see U.S. recovery weakening -survey
Posted by Ayman Meeky
The U.S. economy will lose steam as the year progresses but will not slide back into recession, even though unemployment is unlikely to fall significantly, according to a survey released on Saturday.
The Blue Chip Economic Indicators survey of private forecasters found analysts increasingly glum about the outlook. They now see the economy expanding just 3.1 percent in 2010, down from 3.3 percent in the June poll.
