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NEWS ABOUT: Alwaleed bin Talal

Saudi Prince Buys $300M Stake in Twitter

Billionaire calls microblogging buy a strategic investment

(Newser) - The richest man in the Arab world has bought a big stake in the social media service that has helped protesters in the region organize. Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has paid $300 million for a stake of around 3% in Twitter, the Wall Street Journal reports. "Social... More »

Saudi Prince: Maybe We Should Let Women Drive

...that way, we can send foreigners home, says King Abdullah's nephew

(Newser) - Maybe women should be allowed to drive, says a senior Saudi prince—whose reasoning isn't that females should enjoy equal rights, or would make excellent motorists. Rather, it would allow the kingdom to send hundreds of thousands of foreigners home, reports Reuters . "A lot of Saudi women want to... More »

Stewart: Fight Terror, Stop Watching Fox

'Shadowy Saudi' funding mosque is major News Corp shareholder

(Newser) - Jon Stewart is continuing to heed Fox News' advice to "follow the money trail" behind the Ground Zero mosque. The Daily Show host—who labeled Fox a "terrorist command center" last week—notes that Fox hosts criticizing the mosque referred to a Saudi donor who allegedly funds radical... More »

Pimp My Airbus A380

Billionaire Saudi prince plans to transform world's largest jet into flying palace

(Newser) - A billionaire Saudi prince plans to convert one of the world's largest passenger planes into a flying palace. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is the first purchaser of the luxury version of the double-decker Airbus A380, price tag $320 million-plus. And that's before he tricks it out with amenities that may... More »

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