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America is putting the final touches to a hugely ambitious peace plan for the Middle East, aimed at ending more than 60 years of conflict between Israel and the Arabs, according to Jordan’s King Abdullah, who is helping to bring the parties...
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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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While Israel was brutally massacring Palestinians in Gaza, the inept and corrupt King Abdullah of Jordan was busy ignoring the suffering of the Palestinians and praying...
made popular Mar 30 2009
Finally some promising news out of Saudi Arabia, one of the most socially and politically repressive societies in the world today, where rape victims are punished,...
made popular Feb 17 2009
AP, Washington
Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama intends to sit down with European leaders as well as King Abdullah of Jordan, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and...
made popular Jul 18 2008
AP, Madrid
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia exhorted followers of the world’s leading faiths to turn away from extremism and embrace a spirit of reconciliation, saying at the...
made popular Jul 16 2008
AP, Madrid
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia was kicking off an interfaith conference in Madrid on Wednesday _ an effort to bring Muslims, Christians and Jews closer together amid a...
made popular Jul 16 2008
AP, Jiddah
King Abdullah has blamed soaring oil prices on speculators, high fuel taxes in consuming countries and increased consumption in developing countries.Abdullah said the...
made popular Jun 22 2008
AP, Jiddah
King Abdullah has officially opened a high-level oil summit in Saudi Arabia amid a standoff between the kingdom and the U.S. over who’s to blame for skyrocketing...
made popular Jun 22 2008
Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, is planning to increase its output next month by about a half-million barrels a day, according to analysts and oil...
made popular Jun 15 2008
I am making a big assumption here – that President George Bush is capable of feeling any sense of embarrassment.
For the second time in five months, the Saudis have...
made popular May 17 2008
AP, Riyadh
President Bush is in Saudi Arabia to talk with King Abdullah about high oil prices and other issues.Soaring prices at the gas pump will top Bush’s talks on Friday...
made popular May 16 2008
Being that you are next in line to the Almighty, I am neither going to be fresh nor will I try to economize the truth.
I will start by telling you that you are not my...
made popular Apr 15 2008
AP, New York
Several Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders reacted warmly to a proposal for dialogue among the religions by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, welcoming the overture from...
made popular Mar 26 2008
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King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has called for a dialogue among monotheistic religions _ including Judaism.Abdullah’s announcement marks the first such proposal...
made popular Mar 25 2008
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Vice President Dick Cheney wrapped up his visit to Saudi Arabia on Saturday after private talks with King Abdullah on stabilizing the volatile energy market.It was not...
made popular Mar 22 2008
Despite differences on a number of issues, OPEC members are united over increasing oil prices, which could touch $200 per barrel. Inaugurating the OPEC summit in...
made popular Nov 19 2007
The wicked of this earth never change. Rapists continue raping, murderers get addicted to serial-killing and pedophiles carry on abusing children. Drug-traffickers...
made popular Nov 5 2007
King Abdullah of Jordan has criticised what he calls the lack of Washington’s engagement in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He urged the USA to contribute to...
made popular Mar 8 2007
The clash for power continues in the Gaza Strip after the two sides had broken the sixth truce signed between them in the past few weeks. Twenty-seven people have been...
made popular Feb 6 2007
Looks like Hamas and Fatah can’t recover from their January surprise. The surprise that caught both the parties in the conflict continues to make life harder for...
made popular Feb 3 2007
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