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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 - 1 hour 56 minutes ago
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.
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Thu Dec 3, 12:11 pm ET
TANAJIB, Saudi Arabia----The Northern Area Oil Operations, Production Engineering and Well Services Department of Saudi Aramco have awarded the Artificial Lift Company, an innovative design, engineering and manufacturing solutions provider, the “Outstanding Innovative Idea Award,” during the 2009 “ESP Future Outlook” workshop.
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Bloomberg - Wed Dec 2, 11:07 am ET
Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest state-owned oil company, said the Dubai debt crisis won’t affect Saudi Arabia because the nation’s financial and property markets are “strong.”
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Daily Princetonian - Thu Dec 3, 12:06 am ET
Forty minutes outside Jeddah, the second-largest city in Saudi Arabia, lies a new urban and educational center, supported by Princeton’s own president. President Tilghman sits on the board of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, a secular, coeducational graduate-level research school that opened in September.