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BusinessWeek - Fri Nov 27, 5:48 pm ET
Sheikh Mohammed lured investors with futuristic projects. Now they're left with $80 billion in debt, little confidence, and growing questions
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The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 4:00 am ET
Does it ever seem to you that the news from the Middle East is always bleak?
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 3:02 am ET
Afghan President Hamid Karzai reached out to the Taliban on Friday, part of a call for reconciliation that the palace says will be the main focus of his second term that began last week.
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San Francisco Chronicle - Fri Nov 27, 5:10 pm ET
For years, Dubai seemed unstoppable, an oasis of excess boasting indoor ski slopes and manmade islands, the world's tallest tower and dreams that reached even higher. Now the bills are coming due, and the emirate's debt problems are tarnishing a place built... Dubai - List of tallest buildings and structures in the world - United Arab Emirates - Middle East - Business and Economy
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MSNBC - Fri Nov 27, 1:23 pm ET
Vast crowds of pilgrims cast stones at walls representing the devil on the third day of the annual hajj on Friday as Muslims around the world began celebrating Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Adha - Islam - Muslim - Hajj - Religion and Spirituality
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Market Watch - Fri Nov 27, 1:10 pm ET
Along with the usual cast of movie actors, presidents, rock stars and the super rich, the luxury hotelier has noticed the return of another type of well-heeled clientele to his five-star resorts. Bankers.
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Nasdaq - Tue Nov 24, 8:17 am ET
DUBAI (Zawya Dow Jones)--Kuwait could switch the pricing of its crude sold to U.S. customers to the Argus Sour Crude Index, or ASCI, from Platt's West Texas Intermediate, or WTI, following in the footsteps of Saudi Arabia, Kuwaiti oil officials said.
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The Online NewsHour - 1 hour 19 minutes ago
Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks go over the week's headlines, including President Obama's upcoming Afghanistan announcement and his promise to curb carbon emissions.
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The Morning Call - Fri Nov 27, 5:27 am ET
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The chief physician for Nigeria's president says the leader is undergoing treatment for a heart condition at a hospital in Saudi Arabia.
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UPI - Thu Nov 26, 10:43 am ET
ABU-DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Heavy rains sweeping across Saudi Arabia during the pilgrimage to Mecca left 48 people dead, it was reported Thursday.
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EARTHtimes.org - Thu Nov 26, 7:26 am ET
Jeddah - Forty-eight people were killed in flash floods as the annual hajj pilgrimage began in the desert kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Saudi government reported Thursday. The civil defence authority for the holy Muslim city of Mecca said that Wednesd...
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Nov 25, 2:14 pm ET
DUBAI, U.A.E.----Hilton Worldwide today announced the signing of a management agreement with Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Almousa Trading Group for the first Doubletree by Hilton in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Al Khobar.
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Fox News - Fri Nov 27, 4:25 pm ET
Saudi Arabia says nine of its soldiers fighting Yemeni rebels on the border are missing and the kingdom's monarch is vowing to defend the country.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 27, 5:08 am ET
The chief physician for Nigeria's president says the leader is undergoing treatment for a heart condition at a hospital in Saudi Arabia.
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Boston Globe - Fri Nov 27, 4:48 pm ET
Saudi Arabia says nine of its soldiers fighting Yemeni rebels on the border are missing and the kingdom's monarch is vowing to defend the country.