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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 1, 1:59 pm ET
Saudi Arabia appears to be taking the lead in Yemen's effort to crush Huthi rebels, despite Riyadh's insistence that it only aims to secure its porous border, security analysts say.
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Sun-Sentinel - Fri Nov 27, 5:34 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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The Huffington Post - Wed Dec 2, 10:00 am ET
It probably wouldn't come as any surprise that men in Saudi Arabia are permitted to take as many as four wives. But did you know...
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Hospitality Net - Fri Nov 27, 9:52 am ET
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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The Washington Times - Wed Dec 2, 6:47 am ET
MECCA, Saudi Arabia One of the main rites at Islam's annual hajj centers on the bravery and determination of a woman. According to Muslim tradition, Hagar, the consort of the patriarch Abraham, ran between two hills searching for water for her dying young son after they were abandoned in the desert here. Then God brought forth a spring that still runs to this day. Every year, pilgrims at hajj re ...
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Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 23 minutes ago
Hot air and high-minded speeches might be the most obvious emissions from the Copenhagen climate talks, skeptics say. But behind the scenes Russia will play an old card from communism's fall that could tip the odds even higher against ever meeting the summit's goals.
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UPI - Tue Dec 1, 5:14 pm ET
SANAA, Yemen, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia's escalating war against rebels in neighboring Yemen elevates what had been a local insurrection against Sanaa into a conflict with regional dimensions that could ignite bigger fires in a part of the world that is already staring into the abyss.
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The Christian Science Monitor - Sun Nov 29, 11:58 am ET
The rebels, called Houthis, are followers of the Zaidi sect of Shiite Islam, and the Saudis believe both that they have ties to Shiite-dominated Iran and have Al Qaeda members within their ranks.
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EARTHtimes.org - Wed Dec 2, 1:01 pm ET
Riyadh - The death toll from last week's floods in south-western Saudi Arabia has risen to 137, an official said Wednesday. The security source, who asked not to be named, said 30 people were still missing. ...
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UPI - Thu Nov 26, 11:43 am ET
MECCA, Saudi Arabia, 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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Forbes - Fri Dec 4, 3:55 pm ET
Richard Elman has re-created, in outsize fashion, the trading house where he first made his mark in Asia.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 3:48 pm ET
Two Nile river passenger ferries collided Friday in northern Egypt, with up to 38 people feared missing when one boat broke in half and the other overturned, security and ambulance sources said.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 3:39 pm ET
Carlos Alberto Parreira will make a fourth attempt to lead a country other than his native Brazil into the second round of the World Cup when he guides hosts South Africa at the 2010 finals.
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International Herald Tribune - Fri Dec 4, 3:18 pm ET
Two Nile river passenger ferries collided on Friday in northern Egypt, and close to 80 people were reported missing, security and ambulance sources said on Friday.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 2:26 pm ET
Arab oil ministers of OPEC said on Friday that the cartel should keep production unchanged when it meets later this month as crude prices are close to the target of 80 dollars a barrel.