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UPI - Fri Dec 4, 11:38 am ET
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A former Guantanamo Bay detainee released to Saudi Arabia in 2006 has become a top ideologue for al-Qaida in the Arabian peninsula, an intelligence review said.
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Cape Cod Times - Sun Nov 29, 3:15 pm ET
Five people died from swine flu during the hajj, Saudi Arabia said Sunday, a relatively small number considering the event is the largest annual gathering in the world and is seen as an ideal incubator for the virus.
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redOrbit - 1 hour 29 minutes ago
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Susie of Arabia answers some pointed questions about Saudi and Muslim women, wearing the hijab, and advice for women contemplating marriage to Middle Eastern men in an interview she gave to Ghada's World.
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New York Times - Wed Dec 2, 9:33 pm ET
Only 73 laboratory-confirmed cases were found and only five pilgrims died from the flu, H1N1, Saudi health authorities reported this week.
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Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 7:37 pm ET
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia expects to complete its Manifa heavy oil field in 2015, four years later than originally planned, according to a statement on the Web site of state-run oil company Saudi Aramco.
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The Capital Times - Fri Dec 4, 5:38 am ET
My question for Switzerland and other European countries enthralled by the right wing: When did Saudi Arabia become your role model?
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Bloomberg - Thu Dec 3, 9:52 am ET
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia expects to complete its Manifa heavy oil field in 2015, according to a statement on the Web site of state-run oil company Saudi Aramco.
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NPR - Thu Dec 3, 6:04 am ET
Saudi Arabia last month launched airstrikes against rebels in neighboring Yemen, who have been fighting against Yemen's central government. The Saudis say the rebels invaded Saudi soil. The rebels claim the Saudis attacked first. At the border between the two countries, there's a camp for Saudis who have been displaced by the fighting.
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Washington Post - Sun Nov 29, 12:00 am ET
JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA -- The death toll from the heaviest rainfall to hit Saudi Arabia in years rose to 98 on Saturday as more bodies were recovered, with dozens more expected to be found, a rescue services spokesman said.
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EARTHtimes.org - Sat Nov 28, 1:11 pm ET
Mina, Saudi Arabia - Around 500 Egyptians demonstrated Saturday outside Egypt's hajj headquarters in Mina, Saudi Arabia over the alleged mismanagement of pilgrims. Witnesses said the protestors chanted slogans against Egypt, which they said has refus...
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EARTHtimes.org - Sat Nov 28, 8:11 am ET
Jeddah - Saudi Arabia's civil defense authority Saturday raised the death toll from this week's flash floods to 106 people. An official with the authority said crews were still searching for survivors from the flooding that hit the western part of th...
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UPI - Wed Dec 2, 3:59 pm ET
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The condition of Nigerian President Umaru Yar'adua is improving as the official was moved from intensive care at a Saudi Arabian hospital, officials said.
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Florida Today - Thu Dec 3, 7:02 am ET
CAPE CANAVERAL — Five days after Iraq attacked Kuwait in 1990, John Kutz flew to Saudi Arabia to set up a tactical communications network that linked coalition forces through U.S. military satellites, a capability key to winning the first Persian Gulf War.
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Bluffton Today - Thu Dec 3, 7:26 am ET
SPICE WORLD The authors, Drs. Barry and Barre Wright, live on Callawassie Island and recently traveled to Saudi Arabia. The couple visited the archeological site of Mada’in Salih, once home to the Nabataeans about 2,000 years ago. The Wrights regularly contribute travel pieces to BT.
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UPI - Wed Dec 2, 11:14 am ET
SANAA, Yemen, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia's offensive against Yemeni rebels is driven by its fear of what it views as a far greater threat -- al-Qaida.