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Obama Granted Saudi King's
Bling Award

'Goodness gracious,' says prez of
golden top honor

Jun 4, 09 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama was given Saudi Arabia's weightiest honor by King Abdullah yesterday, the Daily Telegraph reports. "Goodness gracious. That's something there," Obama exclaimed as he was presented with the thick gold chain and medallion of the King Abdul Aziz Order of Merit. The president put the necklace... More »

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Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • President Obama

(Newser) - Open arms and a full red carpet rollout greeted President Obama on his arrival in Saudi Arabia this morning, but the pleasantries will likely end when the policy talk starts, the New York Times reports. Obama wants the Arab nations to offer a peaceful gesture toward Israel, but Saudi... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Middle East • Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • Egypt • Arab Israeli conflict • Mideast peace • Obama administration

(Newser) - Saudi Arabian authorities decapitated and publicly displayed a convicted killer last night, drawing fire from Amnesty International, CNN reports. A state press agency said Ahmed Al-Shamlani Al-Anzi was sentenced for murdering an 11-year-old boy and his father. The Saudis likely sewed Al-Anzi's head back on before his display, or "... More »

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Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • murder • convict • beheading • criminal • decapitation

 White House 
 Denies Prez 
 Bowed to 
 Saudi King 

President accused of royal breach of protocol at G20 summit

Apr 9, 09 4:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House denies President Obama broke centuries of protocol by bowing to a foreign monarch at the G20 talks, Politico reports. A video from the summit showing the president dipping as he greeted Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has infuriated right-wingers who believe the movement was a bow. The deep... More »

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Barack Obama • Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • royalty • G20 • President Obama • Obama bows

OPINION

Israel, Palestine Need Outside Support for Lasting Fix

Neighbors must be involved: Friedman

Jan 28, 09 12:33 PM CST
(Newser) - The dominant theory holds that the two-state solution is the answer to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But the war in Gaza has pushed tensions past the point where an equitable sharing of geography is enough, argues New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman. He wants a "five-state solution—Palestine, Egypt, Jordan,... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Jordan • Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • King Abdullah II • Egypt • Thomas Friedman • Arab Israeli conflict

Arab Leaders Shower Condi With Jewelry; Bush, Meh

State chief got $316K in gifts last year, to about $100K for Bush

Dec 23, 08 12:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice scored $316,000 worth of lavish jewelry from Arab royals last year, the AP reports. Jordan’s King Abdullah treated Rice to an emerald and diamond necklace, ring, bracelet, earrings, and other finery; King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia a ruby and diamond necklace and earrings, bracelet and ring.... More »

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King Abdullah • King Abdullah II • Condoleezza Rice • secretary of State • gift • jewelry • Arab • George W. Bush

 Jordan's King
 Pledges Iraq Support

First visit by Arab head of state big boost for Iraqi government

Aug 12, 08 2:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a key sign of returning stability in Iraq, King Abdullah of Jordan paid a surprise visit to Baghdad yesterday, becoming the first Arab head of state to travel to the nation since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein by the US military. The trip, postponed from last month after a... More »

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Iraq • Jordan • King Abdullah • Nouri al-Maliki • United Arab Emirates • Bahrain

 United Arab Emirates Cancels Iraq's $7B Debt

Baghdad wins boost from key Arab states

Jul 7, 08 4:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iraq's diplomatic isolation among its Arab neighbors is easing, reports the BBC. The United Arab Emirates canceled Iraq's entire debt of close to $7 billion and appointed a new ambassador, while Jordan's King Abdullah will become  the first Arab head of state to visit Iraq since 2003, boosting the... More »

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Iraq • Jordan • King Abdullah • Nouri al-Maliki • Shia • Sunnis • United Arab Emirates • UAE • Abdullah al-Shehi

Saudis to Boost Oil Output to Record Level

Kingdom aims to stabilize prices to protect oil market

Jun 14, 08 6:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Saudi Arabia aims to put the brakes on oil prices by raising output to its highest ever, the New York Times reports. The kingdom resisted calls from President Bush earlier this year to boost production, but is now concerned that record oil prices could lead to lower demand in the... More »

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oil • Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • OPEC • oil price • oil production

OPINION

 Bush, Stop Begging the Saudis 

Don't publicly ask for oil favors you won't get, WSJ writes

May 17, 08 1:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Whichever adviser sent President Bush to plead with the Saudi king to help bring down oil prices should be canned, the Wall Street Journal opines. Bush had the same request turned down during a visit in January, and the rebuff is even more humiliating the second time around. If Bush... More »

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Ben Bernanke • Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • oil price • oil production • George W. Bush

 Pope Pushing for
 Church in Saudi Arabia 

Islam's holy ground could be ready to open up

Mar 20, 08 10:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI is lobbying Saudi Arabia to let a Catholic church on its soil, Time reports. The Vatican confirms that it's discussing forging diplomatic relations with the Saudis, but a house of worship would be a major coup in a country where all religions besides Sunni Islam are banned. More »

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Islam • Saudi Arabia • Pope Benedict XVI • King Abdullah • Qatar • Catholicism • interfaith dialogue

Saudi Video Protests Driver Ban

YouTube clip shows woman driver
calling for change in law

Mar 11, 08 7:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Activists have posted a video online to protest the Saudi ban on women drivers, the BBC reports. Made to honor International Women’s Day, the 3-minute clip on YouTube follows protester Wajeha Huwaider as she turns onto a forbidden highway and discusses the legality of the ban. “Many women... More »

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Saudi Arabia • YouTube • King Abdullah • women • women's rights • online videos • driving • Wajeha Huwaider

Berkeley, Stanford Partner with Saudi University

American schools to help develop science and technology graduate school

Mar 5, 08 2:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Berkeley and Stanford University will help choose faculty and develop curricula for a new university in Saudi Arabia, reports the San Jose Mercury News. The graduate-level King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, funded by a $10 billion gift from the king, will focus on fields like petrochemicals and nano-technology... More »

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Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • higher education • Stanford University • UC Berkeley • nanotechnology • mathematics

Saudis to Let
Women Behind the Wheel

Driving ban lifted to pre-empt growing protest movement

Jan 22, 08 6:49 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Bush Begs Saudi King for Oil

Public plea rejected, Bush entreats Abdullah personally

Jan 16, 08 2:31 PM CST
(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... More »

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

Bush Asks OPEC for More Oil

Warns even rogue Iranian attack would have 'serious consequences'

Jan 15, 08 9:32 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Bush Sells Arms on Saudi Visit

Prez and Abdullah discuss weather, plan to talk oil and Mideast peace

Jan 14, 08 6:18 PM CST
(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... More »

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Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • George W. Bush

Companion in Saudi Rape Case Pardoned

Male friend of raped woman also subjected to 'enough torture'

Dec 19, 07 1:06 PM CST
(Newser) - The companion to the Saudi rape victim who was convicted of a crime for being alone with him, and then pardoned after an international uproar, has himself been pardoned, CNN reports. Saudi Arabia's minister of justice confirmed this—and by implication revealed that the man, kidnapped along with the woman... More »

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Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • rape • Saudi rape victim

King Abdullah Pardons Saudi Rape Victim

Acts out of compassion, but still believes jail time, lashes were 'fair'

Dec 17, 07 3:10 AM CST
(Newser) - A young Saudi gang rape victim whose case sparked worldwide condemnation when she was sentenced to a lashing and jail time for violating Islamic law has been pardoned, Al Jazeera reports. King Abdullah pardoned the woman in the "interests of the people" and out of compassion for the victim,... More »

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Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • women's rights • Saudi rape victim • lashing

Greenback Assaulted at
OPEC meeting

Dollar a 'worthless piece of paper,' Iran's president says

Nov 18, 07 9:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Calling it a "small and worthless piece of paper,” Iran’s president today urged OPEC's members to drop the depreciating US dollar as its official currency. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blamed President Bush for the dollar’s decline and its adverse effects. The comments highlight mounting tension among OPEC members,... More »

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Iran • Saudi Arabia • Venezuela • King Abdullah • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • OPEC • Qatar • foreign market • United Arab Emirates • Kuwait • oil price • US dollar • Hugo Chávez

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