Al-Arj said the Cabinet was briefed on the issues listed on its agenda, some of them were reviewed earlier by the Shura Council. The Cabinet decided the following: First: After having seen a report submitted by the Ministry of Interior on the recommendations of an ad hoc committee to study the situations of fleeing housemaids from the homes of their sponsors, and who have filed financial claims against those sponsors or those who were left bogged at Saudi airports or inlets due to the delay of their sponsors to receive them, the Cabinet decided to transfer the duty of offering them accommodation prior to solving their problems to the Ministry of Labor in accordance with a number of arrangements. Second: The Cabinet authorized the Deputy Crown Prince, the Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense or his deputy to discuss with the Ethiopian side a draft agreement between the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the government of Ethiopia on cooperation in the field of defense, sign it and forward the final version for legal authentication. --More 21:47 LOCAL TIME 18:47 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w