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Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah accused Britain of failing to act on intelligence that might have prevented the 2005 London transit bombings, touching off a debate about terrorism at the start of the first state visit by a Saudi monarch in two...
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It is fitting that the two most oppressive and cruel regimes in the Middle East, and two that should not and will soon not exist, would also be the two to build walls....
made popular Jul 3 2009
The Saudi royal family often works tirelessly to make sure that there are no public rifts between the many princes. Of course, there are numerous rivalries, but the...
made popular Jul 2 2009
Besides producing oil, Saudi Arabia is a leader in internet censorship. The Guardian reports that Saudi Arabia has the dubious honor of leading the pack of Arab nations...
made popular Jul 1 2009
Saudis are not exactly the coolest people in the world, to put it nicely. And whenever they do attempt to act cool they mostly end up embarrassing themselves.
But...
made popular Jun 27 2009
In the strictly puritanical nation of Saudi Arabia, alcohol is strictly prohibited. Caught wit a bottle of Jimmy Bean and you’re looking at a 100 lashes at the...
made popular Jun 22 2009
If Al Gore can get a Noble Prize for making a powerpoint presentation, why not the Saudi King Abduallah.
Nadir Hariri, the cousin of Sa’ad Hariri whom is the...
made popular Jun 15 2009
The United States expects Israel to make concrete concessions to the Palestinians before U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to Cairo on June 4, an American...
made popular May 20 2009
There’s always something bizarre coming out of Saudi Arabia. It would be laughable if it wasn’t for the fact that these occurrences adversely affect women,...
made popular May 6 2009
Insanity has taken over the world. Prejudices and dogmas have got bitter for some people with times. The ones who face the discrimination know at times what it feels to...
made popular May 6 2009
One of the most prominent feuds in the Middle East is between Saudi Arabia and the tiny natural gas-rich nation of Qatar. Saudi Arabia does not look to kindly on those...
made popular Apr 18 2009
It has become an American ritual: kissing the Saudi King’s rear. We all know why. Saudi Arabia has the oil and America the thirst. That is why U.S. president show...
made popular Apr 3 2009
AP, Riyadh
The Sudanese president has arrived in Saudi Arabia for a Muslim pilgrimage that will take him to Islam’s holy city of Mecca.
made popular Apr 1 2009
Saudi women are finally standing up against the repression they face in their society. And their public stand is more personal than driving: lingerie.
[They call it...
made popular Mar 28 2009
It has long been known that Saudi Arabia uses its oil money to spread its vile, grotesque, obscurantist, misogynist, homophobic, and xenophobic Wahhabi doctrine to...
made popular Mar 28 2009
According to news from Egypt and Saudi Arabia, at least tree local telephone companies reported of SMS spread in that region, causing strong head pain, brain blooding...
made popular Mar 26 2009
After the now famous case of the deported British couple after they had sex on a public beach, Dubai has officially issued a code of conduct for its 1 million, more or...
made popular Mar 20 2009
AP, Washington
U.S. policymakers should not assume Saudi Arabia will “act in lockstep” with the United States in countering Iran’s influence in the Arab world, a...
made popular Mar 17 2009
I had previously had a spat with another Instablogs member who argued that contrary to my assertion Shia Arabs in the Gulf are not discriminated against. She cited her...
made popular Mar 16 2009
AP, Riyadh
Saudi Arabia hosted the leaders of Egypt and Syria on Wednesday in an effort to persuade Damascus to move away from Iran and join with U.S.-allied Arab countries in...
made popular Mar 11 2009
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A Baluchi woman comes running and shouting at Swedish explorer Mikael Strandberg while he photographs a camel in the Wahiba sands desert.
“He’s stupid, you don’t...
made popular Apr 14 2009
AP, Washington
U.S. policymakers should not assume Saudi Arabia will “act in lockstep” with the United States in countering Iran’s influence in the Arab world, a...
made popular Mar 17 2009
AP, Cairo
Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat urged Arabs on Tuesday to stand up to Iran’s ambitions in the region, including its nuclear program.
made popular Mar 3 2009
AP, Pyongyang
Mun In Guk scored the only goal Wednesday to help North Korea move a step closer to a 2010 World Cup berth with a 1-0 win over Saudi Arabia in Asian qualifying.
made popular Feb 11 2009
AP, London
British Airways PLC said Wednesday that it will resume flights to Saudi Arabia from London in March after a four year break, citing the increasing importance of the oil...
made popular Nov 26 2008
AP, Cairo
The Saudi government has banned a crusading defense attorney from traveling abroad to receive an award for his work, an international rights group said Wednesday.
made popular Nov 12 2008
AP, New York
The Associated Press has opened a multimedia news bureau in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and appointed veteran Mideast correspondent Donna Abu-Nasr as bureau chief.The...
made popular Apr 29 2008
AP, Ottawa
Canada has said it will seek clemency for a Canadian convicted of murder in Saudi Arabia and sentenced to death by beheading.Mohamed Kohail was convicted in the alleged...
made popular Mar 6 2008
AP, Helsinki
Nokia Siemens Networks said Monday it will provide a digital network for Zain, a mobile phone operator in Saudi Arabia, in a deal valued at about $935 million.The...
made popular Jan 7 2008
AP, Riyadh
Saudi Arabian police have arrested 28 men for allegedly planning to attack holy sites around Mecca and Medina during the recently finished Muslim hajj pilgrimage, the...
made popular Dec 23 2007
AP, Washington
People in Saudi Arabia deeply dislike countryman Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida, yet have only lukewarm views about the United States, one of the kingdom’s allies,...
made popular Dec 18 2007
AP, Washington
President Bush on Tuesday expressed his anger about a Saudi Arabian rape victim who was sentenced to prison and 200 lashes for being alone with a man not related to...
made popular Dec 4 2007
AP, Washington
The State Department expressed astonishment Tuesday about a Saudi court’s sentence of six months in jail and 200 lashes for a woman who was gang raped.Department...
made popular Nov 20 2007
AP, Dubai
In a Nov. 18 story on the launching of MTV’s Middle East network, The Associated Press misstated the title of Patrick Samaha. He is MTV Arabia’s general...
made popular Nov 19 2007
AP, Vatican City
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah will meet Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday in the first encounter between a pope and a Saudi monarch, the Vatican said.Abdullah is on a...
made popular Oct 31 2007
AP, London
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia accused Britain on Monday of failing to act on information the Saudis provided that might have averted London’s deadly July 7, 2005,...
made popular Oct 29 2007
United States of America is not willing to swap the 5 Iranians their forces captured in Iraq in January for the 15 British marines that the Iranian navy seized in the...
made popular Mar 31 2007
Government in Arabia is looking forward towards the emancipation of native women especially in the field of education. Therefore, about 27 women have been allotted top...
made popular Jan 11 2007
Melissa Matos, converted to Islam, sometimes feel alienated from her family and friends but she has substantial reasons for embracing Islam. If asked, she would go...
made popular Nov 17 2005
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Bunyodkor’s Anvar Gafurov, left, and Al Ettifaq’s Tagoe Prince fight for the ball during an AFC Champions League 2009 soccer match between Bunyodkor, Tashkent, and Al Ettifaq, Saudi Arabia, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Wednesday, March 11, 2009....
