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Reuters via Yahoo! News - 32 minutes ago
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 - 41 minutes ago
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 - 1 hour 2 minutes ago
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 - 1 hour 54 minutes ago
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.
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The Durango Herald - Fri Nov 27, 2:34 am ET
MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia - Muslim pilgrims holding white umbrellas against the blazing sun clambered up a rocky desert hill for prayers Thursday during the annual hajj, a day after torrential rains killed at least 77 people.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 11:03 am ET
The Saudi stock market faces selling pressure when it reopens on Saturday for the first time since the Dubai debt crisis erupted even though the kingdom has little real exposure to it, analysts said.
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PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Dec 2, 10:24 am ET
Forsythe Transportation has just completed a major consulting project, serving as the School Bus Industry Subject Matter Expert for Hafil Transport, the largest private bus transport company in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Cooperative Countries.
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Strategy Page - Wed Dec 2, 5:33 am ET
December 2, 2009: Over the last few years, Saudi Arabia has upgraded the equipment and training of its armed forces. Actually, there are two, separate, armed forces. Overall, the Saudi military has about 200,000 troops. But 75,000 of those belong to a separate force, the National Guard.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 11:56 am ET
The United Nations will conduct its own investigation into e-mails leaked from a leading British climate science center in addition to the probe by the University of East Anglia, a senior U.N. climate official said in comments broadcast Friday.
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USA Today - Fri Dec 4, 10:07 am ET
The Chippewas were the preseason favorites to win the MAC's rugged West Division, but Central Michigan failed to place a single player on the pre-season all-league team. That is a commentary on the strength of the team being greater than the sum of the parts.
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USA Today - Fri Dec 4, 9:52 am ET
Mid-American Conference-Around the MAC
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INO News - Thu Nov 26, 2:10 pm ET
(RTTNews) - Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua is currently undergoing treatment for an acute heart ailment in a hospital in Saudi Arabia, said officials on Thursday.
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The Inquisitr - Tue Dec 1, 9:07 pm ET
The Saudi religious police arrested several cross-dressers over this week’s Islamic holiday Eid Al-Adha. The Saudi commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, also known as Saudi Arabia’s religious police, enhanced patrols of the market in A-Dammam, the capital of the eastern province of Saudi Arabia. The vice police claim to have spotted [...]
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UPI - 2 hours 0 minutes ago
SANAA, Yemen, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Al-Houthi rebel representatives warned that continued Saudi intervention into Yemen could provoke widespread war in the region.
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Bloomberg - 1 hour 13 minutes ago
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil declined as the dollar climbed on an unexpected drop of the U.S. unemployment rate, reducing the appeal of commodities to investors.