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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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EARTHtimes.org - Sat Dec 5, 4:31 am ET
Riyadh - Saudi Arabia's stock market opened 1.46 per cent lower on Saturday in the first day the exchange traded since the Dubai debt crisis emerged a week and a half ago. The Tadawul all-share index, expected to face selling pressures, fell 92.97 po...
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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 - Fri Dec 4, 4:15 pm ET
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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AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 1 minutes ago
Divisions within OPEC have eased as the dual threat of the global economic crisis and climate change talks force oil producers to be pragmatic and unified, analysts said on Sunday.
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New York Times - 28 minutes ago
Kuwait's sovereign wealth fund said on Sunday it booked a profit of $1.1 billion by selling the stake it took in Citigroup less than two years ago when the banking giant was strapped for cash.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 34 minutes ago
Voters in the Indian Ocean state of the Comoros went to the polls Sunday for a legislative election that could determine President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi's chances of extending his tenure.
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USA Today - 1 hour 46 minutes ago
A quick read on business news for Dec. 7, 2009.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 41 minutes ago
The Obama administration is on guard against an Al-Qaeda buildup in Yemen and Somalia as it expects the militants to seek refuge there as Washington turns the screws on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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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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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sun Dec 6, 10:14 am ET
Authorities have ordered the closure of all Baghdad nightclubs and dozens of shops selling alcohol, concerned the venues were undermining "public morals," the city's governor said on Sunday.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Sun Dec 6, 8:34 am ET
When Egypt's government banned Islamic veils and all-encompassing robes in the dorms of public universities, it cited reports of men wearing the garb to sneak into the women's quarters.