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Saudi Arabia stories: 156 news summaries

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Clinton Donor List Loaded With Foreign Governments

Saudi Arabia tops list

Dec 18, 08 11:19 AM CST
(Newser) - Bill Clinton is disclosing all the donors to his foundation today, and the list is full of foreign interests, the AP reports. Saudi Arabia alone pitched in more than $10 million to Clinton’s causes. Governments from Norway, Kuwait, Qatar, Brunei, Oman, Italy, Jamaica, and India also pitched in, as... More »

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Saudi Arabia • Bill Clinton • donor • Clinton Global Initiative • Frank Giustra • Clinton Foundation

 OPEC Prepares to Slash Output 

Saudis lead push for record cut to pump prices to $75 a barrel

Dec 17, 08 1:46 AM CST
(Newser) - OPEC ministers are expected to back the biggest reduction in oil production in the history of the cartel when they meet today, Reuters reports. The exporters widely support a cut of 2 million barrels a day. Oil prices neared $43 per barrel yesterday, down over $100 from July. Officals from... More »

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oil • Saudi Arabia • OPEC • Abdalla el Badri • oil price • oil production • oil industry

Reporter's Preteen Daughter Gets Pirates to Talk  

Crew being treated well: pirates, captain

Nov 29, 08 6:40 PM CST
(Newser) - After a BBC reporter failed to get Somali pirates on the phone, her 12-year-old daughter begged for a chance to call them. "Mummy, mummy," she said from the back seat of their car. "I want to phone the pirates." At the end of her rope, the... More »

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Somalia • Saudi Arabia • piracy • reporter • pirates • Sirius Star

 Saudis Go Hog Wild 

Motorcycles catch on in Muslim country

Nov 24, 08 2:20 PM CST
(Newser) - In the eyes of religious conservatives, this Saudi motorcycle gang may as well be the Hell’s Angels. But the Muslim professionals in the Riyadh Harley Owners Club do pull over to pray, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Despite the region's religious taboos, strict laws, and stereotypes, motorcycle riding is... More »

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Saudi Arabia • motorcycle • Harley Davidson

 Girl Group Rocks Saudi Taboos 

The Accolade still underground but gaining popularity as youth push boundaries

Nov 24, 08 12:02 PM CST
(Newser) - The Accolade sounds like a typical female rock band: Its members have teased hair and facial piercings, and their clothing shocks passers-by as they tell a New York Times reporter about their new song with lyrics about a failed relationship. But the Accolade’s home base is conservative Saudi Arabia,... More »

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Saudi Arabia • Islamic Sharia law • Muslim women • taboo • rock music • religious police

 Islamic Militants 
 Vow to Take on 
 Tanker Pirates 

Promise to protect 'Muslim property'

Nov 23, 08 8:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Islamic militants have vowed to liberate a Saudi oil tanker seized a week ago by pirates off the Somali coast, reports CNN. Five armored vehicles arrived in the nearby Somali town of Harardhere filled with al-Shebab fighters, who told residents they would battle the pirates because the tanker, carrying $100... More »

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Somalia • oil • Saudi Arabia • piracy • crude oil • pirates • al-shebab

 Pirates Demand 
 $25M for Saudi 
 Supertanker 

Saudis have ten days to pay up to save crew and oil

Nov 21, 08 2:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker and its crew have demanded a $25 million ransom from its owners within 10 days, reports the Guardian. The Sirius Star, which is carrying 2 million barrels of oil, is one of an astounding 17 ships being held by pirates off the coast of... More »

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Somalia • United Nations • NATO • Saudi Arabia • pirates • ransom • Jaap de Hoop Scheffer • Sirius Star • Vela • Prince Saud al Faisal

 Saudi Tanker Owners 
 in Talks With Pirates 

Saudi foreign minister pledges to eradicate Somali maritime threat

Nov 19, 08 2:36 PM CST
(Newser) - Negotiations are under way between Somali pirates and the shipping company that owns the Saudi Arabian oil supertanker they hijacked over the weekend, the BBC reports. The Saudi foreign minister could not say whether Vela International might agree to a ransom. More »

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Somalia • Africa • oil • Saudi Arabia • piracy • shipping • pirates • hijacking

ANALYSIS

Somali Pirates Could Force
Shipping Detours

Attacked ship anchored off Somalia

Nov 18, 08 10:43 AM CST
(Newser) - The pirates who seized the Sirius Star have reportedly brought their massive prize to anchor off the coast of Somalia, the BBC reports. The Saudi oil tanker’s entire 25-person crew is believed to be safe, but the consequences for international shipping may be far-reaching, Roger Middleton writes in the... More »

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Somalia • Africa • NATO • Saudi Arabia • piracy • pirates • US Navy

 Pirates Hijack Saudi Oil Tanker 

Ship loaded with oil is taken to Somalian port

Nov 17, 08 11:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Pirates flying the Liberian flag hijacked a Saudi Arabian oil tanker today, the BBC reports. The Sirius Star is now bound for the port of Eyl, Somalia, a common destination for pirates to unload their booty. Currently holding its full load of 2 million barrels, the Sirius Star contains one-quarter... More »

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Somalia • Africa • Saudi Arabia • piracy • fuel tankers • crude oil • pirates • US Navy


 Saudis Fight  
 Extremism  
 With... Rehab? 

Saudis rehabilitate terrorists using ideological approach

Nov 9, 08 1:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Saudi Arabia has a particular brand of counter-terrorism: a cozy detention center where captured militants share their feelings, practice art therapy, snack on Twix, rumble on PlayStation, and leave with the prospect of a wife. The retreat, Katherine Zoepf writes in the New York Times magazine, is part of the... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Saudi Arabia • jihad • counterterrorism • rehabilitation • Islamic extremism • al-Qaeda

$100 Oil Will Return Soon Enough: Study

Price will rebound with economy, likely to hit $200 a barrel in 2030

Nov 6, 08 10:53 AM CST
(Newser) - If today’s price of $60 per barrel of oil seems too good to be true, that’s because it is. Oil prices will rebound to $100 a barrel once the economy recovers, and climb toward $200 by 2030, the market’s most comprehensive review predicts. Output is declining at... More »

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oil • Saudi Arabia • oil price • predictions • oil supply • $100 a barrel oil • oil companies • Big Oil

FINANCIAL CRISIS

Even Oil-Rich Gulf States Hit by Financial Storm

Global woes descend on Persian Gulf oil economies with a fury

Oct 27, 08 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The financial crisis has finally struck the Persian Gulf—the one area of the world that had seemed immune—as a 50% plunge in oil prices since July and a raft of currency trades gone bad has led to the first bank bailout in the area. Kuwait’s central bank... More »

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Saudi Arabia • Persian Gulf • Kuwait • credit market chaos • financial crisis

ANALYSIS

 Mass Trials 
 Signal Saudis' 
 Anti-Terror 
 Progress 

Nearly 1K will be tried according to Islamic law

Oct 24, 08 3:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - The biggest mass prosecution of Islamist extremists in Saudi Arabian history is the latest clue that the kingdom’ anti-terror campaign in on track, the Economist reports. The Saudis plan to try 991 prisoners on charges ranging from committing terrorist violence to justifying it in religious sermons—and will do so... More »

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Saudi Arabia • jihad • Islamist • Islamist extremists • Wahhabism • al-Qaeda • Islamic terrorism

(Newser) - OPEC today decided to take 1.5 million barrels of oil per day off the markets to boost prices flirting with 16-month lows, the Wall Street Journal reports. The deep cut will take effect next month. “This slowdown in oil demand is serving to exacerbate the situation in a... More »

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Iran • Saudi Arabia • OPEC • gas prices • energy markets • oil prices • financial crisis

Taliban Breaks al-Qaeda Ties, Talks Peace: Report

Afghans deny secret Saudi-backed dialogue

Oct 6, 08 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban has broken all ties with al-Qaeda and engaged in peace talks with the Afghan government, CNN reports. The talks, held from Sept. 24-27 in Saudi Arabia, mark the first attempt to negotiate an end to the war in Afghanistan. But both Afghan and Taliban spokesmen are denying the... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Saudi Arabia • peace talks • al-Qaeda

 Oprah Stirs Saudi Women 

Star's message of empowerment hits home in male-controlled kingdom

Sep 19, 08 5:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Oprah Winfrey Show has become a Saudi sensation, giving hope to women isolated in their homes with the talk show queen to keep them company, reports the New York Times.  Women in the conservative kingdom are delighted to see Oprah tackle taboo subjects like sex and race. Many... More »

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Saudi Arabia • women • Oprah Winfrey • talk show • Muslim women

Saudi Judge:
Kill Offending Broadcasters

Sheik urges fatwa on owners of channels
with 'corrupt beliefs'

Sep 12, 08 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The highest judge in Saudi Arabia says “it is permissible” to murder owners of satellite TV networks that broadcast questionable material during Ramadan, the Guardian reports. When a caller to his radio show asked about channels featuring “bad programs,” Sheik Saleh al-Lihedan responded, “What does the... More »

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Saudi Arabia • censorship • Islamic Sharia law • satellite TV • fatwa • Ramadan

 OPEC Cuts Oil Production

Bid to halt price slide after summer high

Sep 10, 08 2:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The international oil cartel OPEC announced today it's reducing production by more than half a million barrels a day, the Financial Times reports. The decision by the cartel, which controls 40% of world oil production, stunned most analysts. The move comes as oil prices, after spiking to an all-time high... More »

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Saudi Arabia • OPEC • Société Générale • oil prices • Hurricane Ike • Ali Naimi • Michael Wittner • Igor Sechin • financial crisis

 Musharraf
 Will Quit
 Tomorrow,
 Flee: Mag

Presidential spokesman denies allegations

Aug 17, 08 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan President Musharraf will likely resign tomorrow, a former Musharraf aide told Newsweek, and flee to Saudi Arabia for three months of exile. Pakistan's top military commanders are aware of the news, but Musharraf's camp officially denies the story. "Your source is a liar. The information you have... More »

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Saudi Arabia • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Nawaz Sharif • Pakistan elections • Asif Ali Zardari • Pakistan army

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