Iran, Saudi Arabia tensions rise over missing scientist
McClatchy Newspapers - 51 minutes agoCAIRO, Egypt — An award-winning Iranian nuclear scientist traveled to Saudi Arabia earlier this year to perform a religious pilgrimage. He never returned.
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US abducted Iran scientist: Larijani
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 12:07 pm ETParliament speaker Ali Larijani has said that the United States behaved like a "terrorist" by abducting its nuclear scientist who went missing in Saudi Arabia, state television reported on Wednesday.
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Saudi 'deplores' Iran kidnap charge: report
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 11:52 am ETSaudi Arabia rebuffed charges that the US kidnapped a Iranian nuclear scientist on a pilgrimage to Mecca, a Saudi newspaper said Wednesday, while a leading Iranian politician branded the act "terrorist behaviour."
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E-ONE Receives 30-Unit Order for Royal Saudi Air Force
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Dec 9, 11:39 am ETThrough its Saudi Arabian dealer, SESE, E-ONE was awarded a multimillion-dollar contract for 30 Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting and first responder units from the Royal Saudi Air Force .
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Engagement with Iran: An Assessment of Options
Payvand Iran News - Wed Dec 9, 11:24 am ETMiddle East Progess talks to Karim Sadjadpour -- Middle East Progress: The Iranian government has yet to agree to the IAEA proposal for enrichment of Iran's low enriched uranium in a third country. What do you think are the aims of the government with regards to the proposal?
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Shalit Negotiations Hit Snag
Baltimore Jewish Times - Wed Dec 9, 11:11 am ETNegotiations between Hamas and Israel to release kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit have hit a significant snag, according to news reports.
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Research and Markets: The Chinese Vinyls Demand Will Grow by More Than 10% Annually and Will Account for 18% of the ...
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Dec 9, 11:11 am ETDUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of Global Markets Direct's new report "Global Vinyls Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2020" to their offering.
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Gulf economy 'strong' says Saudi oil chief
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 11:10 am ETSaudi Arabia's oil minister told a Dubai conference Wednesday that Gulf economies remain strong, even as the emirate's stock market spiralled downwards over debt default fears.
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Saudi Arabia denies Iran’s charge over missing scientist
WashingtonTV - Wed Dec 9, 11:07 am ETWashington, 9 December (WashingtonTV)—Saudi Arabia on Wednesday rejected charges by Iran that the United States kidnapped an Iranian nuclear scientist on a pilgrimage to Mecca.
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Translating Violence Into Beauty
New York Times - Wed Dec 9, 10:51 am ETBorn in Beirut, Ranya Sarakbi and Selim Mouzannar are children of displacement and war who have joined forces to export their talents in jewelry design.
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Aramco Drills Record Number of Wells, Adds Gas Output (Update1)
Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 10:35 am ETDec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest state-owned oil company, is drilling a record number of wells to find more resources and boost natural gas output to meet industrial demand, Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said.
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Professional honor hits the classroom
The New Britain Herald - Wed Dec 9, 10:32 am ETBERLIN — The first clue David Bosso had Friday that something might be different was when his wife showed up in his social studies classroom, aiming a camera at him.
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Nigeria's president 'responding to treatment'
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 10:17 am ETNigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua, undergoing treatment for a heart condition in Saudi Arabia, is responding to treatment but only his doctor can say when he will return, a minister said on Wednesday.
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When Blood is Their Argument: An Empire on Fire
Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel - Wed Dec 9, 10:08 am ETA series of devastating car bombings rocked Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 121 people and wounding hundreds more, according to preliminary accounts by witnesses, the police and hospital officials....
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Iraq bombers backed by foreign groups: police
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 9:50 am ETBaghdad bombers who killed 127 people were backed by groups in Syria or Saudi Arabia, Iraqi police charged on Wednesday, as enraged MPs demanded answers from the country's leaders over the blasts.
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Swiss citizen arrested in Morocco (alternate title Moderate Islam in Action)
Strategy Page - Wed Dec 9, 9:02 am ETAnd yet Morocco is one of the "moderate Muslim" countries. Imagine the outcry from these "moderates" if non-Muslim countries arrested people for trying to spread Islam:
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Haj pilgrims gather amid H1N1 fears
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