Saudis return in record numbers to US universities Saudi Gazette - 14 November, 2006 www.gulfinthemedia.com/index.php?id=260863&news_type=Top〈=en&PHPSESSID=f966bef97d61419819d0d1071fb42963 Saudi students studying in the US have achieved a record figure as their number has reached 11,000 after several years that witnessed a drop in their numbers following the September 11 attacks, Asharq Al-Awsat, the London-based Arabic-language daily reported Sunday. These include 1,653 Saudi girls who got scholarships to study in America. The increase came as a result of the measures taken by the Saudi and American authorities, including the Saudi government's huge scholarship program to enable Saudi students to study abroad. The program began...