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  • February 2008

    • Saudi Religious Cops Toss US Exec in Pokey

      Times (UK)  |  Feb 7, 08 8:25 AM CST

      Saudi Religious Cops Toss US Exec in Pokey

      (Newser) - A 37-year-old American businesswoman says Saudi Arabia's religious police swooped her out of a Riyadh Starbucks and bundled her off to jail, where she was strip searched, humiliated, and bullied into signing confessions, reports the Times of London—all for sharing a table with a male colleague when the Internet in her office went out. More »

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      Saudi Arabia  • Starbucks  • women's rights  • taboo  • religious police

    • OPEC Holds Oil Production Steady

      Bloomberg  |  Feb 1, 08 1:00 PM CST

      OPEC Holds Oil Production Steady

      (Newser) - OPEC dashed American hopes for a boost in oil production today, Bloomberg reports. The US and other Western nations wanted more oil on the market to lower prices, but OPEC decided to hold production steady. The consortium, which supplies 40% of the world's oil, is worried that the flagging world economy will reduce demand. More »

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      Iran  • recession  • oil price  • oil  • Saudi Arabia  • OPEC  • oil production

  • January 2008

    • Saudis to Let Women Behind the Wheel

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jan 22, 08 6:49 AM CST

      Saudis to Let Women Behind the Wheel

      (Newser) - Saudi Arabia’s Royal Court has decided to allow women to drive. The move is calculated to stem growing activism, including protest convoys of women drivers, reports the Daily Telegraph . "If girls have been in schools since the 1960s, they have a capability to function behind the wheel when they grow up," said a government official. More »

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      Saudi Arabia  • driving  • women's rights  • hotel  • King Abdullah

    • Bush Begs Saudi King for Oil

      ABC News  |  Jan 16, 08 2:31 PM CST

      Bush Begs Saudi King for Oil

      (Newser) - After his public request for increased oil production and the resulting price drop was rejected yesterday, President Bush made a personal appeal to Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah to be more generous with his wells, ABC News reports. Only an hour after Bush’s public plea, the Saudi oil minister announced the country would increase production “when the market justifies it.”—a polite refusal. More »

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      George W. Bush  • oil price  • oil  • Saudi Arabia  • OPEC  • King Abdullah

    • For Hurting US Companies, World Supplies Band-Aid

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 16, 08 12:02 PM CST

      For Hurting US Companies, World Supplies Band-Aid

      (Newser) - The subprime collapse has US financial institutions in uncharted waters—asking for help from foreign investors and governments, the Wall Street Journal reports. Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley all have recently sought bailouts, a dramatic switch from a tradition that saw US banks coming to the “rescue of nations and businesses across the world." More »

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      China  • Japan  • subprime mortgages  • Citigroup  • Saudi Arabia  • Merrill Lynch  • Morgan Stanley  • Abu Dhabi  • Singapore  • Kuwait  • sovereign wealth funds  • foriegn investors

    • Bush Asks OPEC for More Oil

      Associated Press  |  Jan 15, 08 9:32 AM CST

      Bush Asks OPEC for More Oil

      (Newser) - OPEC should start producing more oil, President Bush told Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah today, or it risks damaging “consuming economies,” like the US. Bush said high oil prices were reducing consumer purchasing power, and said more supply “would be helpful.” He also warned Iran to avoid another Strait of Hormuz incident, saying any attack on US ships would have serious consequences. More »

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      Iraq  • George W. Bush  • Iran  • Condoleezza Rice  • oil  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Saudi Arabia  • OPEC  • King Abdullah  • oil supply  • Strait of Hormuz

    • Bush Sells Arms on Saudi Visit

      Associated Press  |  Jan 14, 08 6:18 PM CST

      Bush Sells Arms on Saudi Visit

      (Newser) - President Bush announced a $123 million arms deal with the Saudis as he visited the oil kingdom for the first time today. Part of $20 billion in military sales to shore up Gulf states against Iran, the Saudi deal will offer advanced "smart bomb" technology that some US lawmakers worry could be used to strike Israel. But Saudi Arabia's war on terror efforts and anti-Iran stance appear to override such fears, the AP reports. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Saudi Arabia  • King Abdullah

    • Sky-High Oil Will Reshape World Power, Dent US Clout

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 3, 08 6:39 AM CST

      Sky-High Oil Will Reshape World Power, Dent US Clout

      (Newser) - The surging price of oil from $10 a barrel a decade ago to a record $100 today is remaking the global economy and altering the balance of power across the world, according to the Wall Street Journal . If oil prices continue to climb, as many experts predict, US political power will decline as the economic clout of oil producers increases exponentially. The price of oil was holding near $100 today, driven by concerns about US fuel supplies and the dollar, Reuters reports. More »

    • Saudis Holding Blogger Critical of Government

      New York Times  |  Jan 2, 08 1:50 PM CST

      Saudis Holding Blogger Critical of Government

      (Newser) - The Saudi Arabian government has confirmed that it is holding a prominent blogger for questioning, the New York Times reports today. Fouad al-Farhan, who discussed social issues as one of the few Saudis to blog in Arabic under his real name, was arrested Dec. 10 to be interrogated about “specific violations of nonsecurity laws” according to an Interior Ministry spokesman. More »

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      Saudi Arabia  • blogger  • freedom of expression

  • December 2007

    • Dallas Dilemma: Where to Reshoot JR

      Chicago Tribune  |  Dec 24, 07 1:51 PM CST

      Dallas Dilemma: Where to Reshoot JR

      (Newser) - Dallas has tried for years to disassociate itself from 'Dallas,' the cheesy '80s soap opera that's so iconic that the fictional scheming oil baron JR Ewing is still the city's biggest celebrity—16 years after the show was canceled. So it's with considerable cringing that officials find themselves wooing the producers of the upcoming movie version to film in their city, instead of competitors Florida, Louisiana, and Saudi Arabia. More »

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      movie  • Texas  • Saudi Arabia  • Louisiana  • Dallas  • Ben Stiller  • John Travolta

    • Pilgrims Use Wi-Fi at Hajj for First Time

      Wi-Fi Planet  |  Dec 22, 07 3:06 PM CST

      Pilgrims Use Wi-Fi at Hajj for First Time

      (Newser) - Muslim pilgrims had free access to Wi-Fi for the first time during the Hajj, which ended yesterday in Saudi Arabia. The short-term service, provided by two telecom firms, had 70 access points around holy sites and took only two months to assemble. Pilgrims say that online access helped them seek guidance without tracking down busy muftis, or legal experts, for information on Hajj rites, Wi-Fi Planet reports. More »

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      Islam  • Saudi Arabia  • Wi-Fi  • Muslims  • Mecca

    • Saudis Foil Hajj Attack

      Al Arabiya  |  Dec 22, 07 6:27 AM CST

      Saudis Foil Hajj Attack

      (Newser) - As millions of Muslims completed the annual Hajj pilgrimage yesterday, Saudi police said they'd arrested a group that had been planning attacks, Al Arabiya reports. An official said the al-Qaeda suspects, detained at cit