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Hungry widow sentenced to 40 lashes for having bread delivered
“A 75-year-old Syrian widow in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 40 lashes and four months in jail [followed by deportation] for mingling with two young men who are not close relatives, drawing new...
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“Obama to visit Saudi Arabia to discuss peace”
“Barack Obama will meet Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah in Riyadh next week to seek his support over the nuclear standoff with Iran and reviving the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Obama will visit...
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“Lebanese elections explained”
“Lebanon is voting for a new parliament on Sunday, in elections that many believe could prove decisive for the country’s future and the regional balance of power. The pro-Western and Saudi-backed 14...
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“Saudi king in Damascus to mend fences”
“Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah held talks with President Bashar al-Assad to heal a rift that has aggravated Arab discord over Iran, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Lebanon. Abdullah’s visit to...
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Saudis to ask for aid?
“There are plenty of needy countries at the UN climate talks in Bangkok that make the case they need financial assistance to adapt to the impacts of global warming. Then there are the Saudis” No...
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“Venezuela oil may double [that of] Saudi Arabia”
“A new US assessment of Venezuela’s oil reserves could give the country double the supplies of Saudi Arabia. Scientists working for the US Geological Survey say Venezuela’s Orinoco belt region holds...
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“Saudi Arabia arrests 113 Al-Qaeda suspects”
“Saudi Arabia said it has foiled several planned attacks on oil installations with the arrests of 113 suspected al-Qaeda militants in a months-long sweep. Many of the suspects had come to Saudi...
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“Egypt, Saudi Arabia reject Iranian dialogue”
Arab leaders convene in Sirte “A proposal presented by Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa to start an Arab-Iranian dialogue was met with resistance on the part of a ‘number of prominent Arab...
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“Saudi Arabia gives Israel clear skies to attack Iranian nuclear sites”
“Saudi Arabia has conducted tests to stand down its air defences to enable Israeli jets to make a bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities, The Times can reveal. In the week that the UN Security...
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“China makes outstanding achievements in fulfilling millennium goal”
“UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened a three-day high-level meeting with a plea to nearly 140 heads of state and government to boost efforts in order to translate the Millennium Development Goals...
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Sources: “Taliban in high-level talks with Karzai government”
“Taliban representatives and the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai have begun secret, high-level talks over a negotiated end to the war, according to Afghan and Arab sources. The talks...
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“… That was close: UN saved from embarrassment”
“Iran’s bid for a seat on the board of a prestigious new UN agency promoting women’s rights has been emphatically rebuffed, with Australia playing a strategic role in its defeat. Western governments...
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Witnesses: “Saudi forces fire on protesters, injure three’
“Three people were taken to the hospital after Saudi security forces fired on scores of protesters in the city of Qatif, according to two witnesses and an activist. The protests took place one day...
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Saudi Arabia vs Iran: “A new cold war”
“For three months, the Arab world has been awash in protests and demonstrations. It’s being called an Arab Spring, harking back to the Prague Spring of 1968. But comparison to the short-lived...
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Pakistan: “Osama bin Laden killed”
Here is the full text of US President Barack Obama’s statement on Osama bin Laden’s death: ‘Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has...
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“Yemen’s president flees for medical treatment as search for new leader begin”
“Saudi Arabia brokered a ceasefire between rival clans and politicans that allow Mr Saleh to leave for medical treatment in Saudi Arabia. The streets of Sanaa, which had rung with gun and rocket fire...
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“Saudi king condemns violence as Syrian tanks pound city”
“… [Saudi] King Abdullah broke Arab silence after the bloodiest week of the almost five-month uprising for more political freedoms in Syria, demanding an end to the bloodshed and recalling the Saudi...
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Saudi women will vote from 2015, but still not allowed to drive, or travel...
“Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, considered a reformer by the standards of his own ultraconservative kingdom, decreed on Sunday that women will for the first time have the right to vote and run in local...
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Saudi Royal family, ‘Crown Prince Nayef dead’
“The Saudi royal family says Crown Prince Nayef has died outside the kingdom. He was in his late 70s. Saturday’s statement from King Abdullah says the prince will be buried Sunday but gave no more...
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“Saudi Arabia names Prince Salman as heir apparent”
“Prince Salman has been appointed the new crown prince of Saudi Arabia, becoming the next-in-line to 88-year-old King Abdullah’s throne. The appointment, by royal decree quoted on state television,...
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Saudi Arabia: “Syrians should be enabled to protect themselves”
“Saudi Arabia said Syrians should be enabled to protect themselves against government attacks but declined direct comment on a report that it had helped set up a secret liaison centre in Turkey to aid...
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Saudi Arabia urged ‘to keep’ UN Security Council seat
“The Arab Group at the United Nations urged Saudi Arabia on Saturday to reconsider its decision to renounce a rotating seat on the Security Council to protest the 15-nation body’s failure to end the...
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“Saudi princesses held captive by the King”
“Sahar, Maha, Hala and Jawaher Al Saud are daughters of King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, the Saudi Arabian monarch who is worth an estimated $15 billion. With such riches, the sisters, when younger, would...
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‘al-Qaida-linked terror cell’ arrested
“Riyadh announces arrest of 62 suspected members of jihadi group that had planned ‘large-scale assassinations’… ” Click for full article No related posts.
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“Second round of lashings postponed for medical reasons”
“The case of a Saudi blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes has been referred to the Supreme Court by the king’s office, the BBC has learned. Blogger Raif Badawi’s wife said the referral, made before he...
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Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah passes
“Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah died early on Friday and his brother Salman [also a liberal thinker] became king, the royal court in the world’s top oil exporter and birthplace of Islam said in a...
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New King unlikely to alter oil policy
“The new king of Saudi Arabia moved quickly to assure global energy markets that the country would maintain its strategy of pushing other top exporters to maintain a high level of oil production. But...
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Flogging of blogger Raef Badawi again postponed
“Saudi Arabia has postponed for a third week in a row the flogging of a blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam, his wife says. Raef Badawi ‘was not flogged’ on Friday, his wife Ensaf...
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Iran sends navy vessels to the Gulf of Aden
Fresh fighting has been reported in the southern Yemeni city of Aden between Houthi rebels and militiamen loyal to President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi. Warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition, which backs...
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Indonesia strongly protests execution of own national
“Jakarta summoned the Saudi Arabian ambassador Wednesday to protest the beheading of an Indonesian domestic worker and complain that her family and consular staff were not given prior notice of the...
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Raif Badawi: Flogging and prison sentence upheld
Saudi Arabia must stop the flogging of Raif Badawi and release him immediately. Here’s how you can help. In May 2014, the Saudi Arabia government sentenced Raif Badawi to 10 years in prison and 1,000...
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Hajj stampede near Mecca leaves over 700 dead
“More than 700 people died and at least 800 were injured in a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage outside the holy city of Mecca on Thursday, Saudi Arabian officials said. It was the deadliest incident to...
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