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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

Chavez Warns of $200 Oil if US Strikes Iran

But call to make OPEC 'geopolitical agent' rejected by Saudis

Nov 17, 07 6:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Crude oil prices could hit $150-$200 a barrel if Bush is “mad enough” to strike Iran, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez warned today at the OPEC summit. “The basis of all aggression is oil,” said Chavez, arguing that OPEC should set itself up as “an active geopolitical... More »

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Iran • oil • Saudi Arabia • Venezuela • King Abdullah • OPEC • oil price • Hugo Chávez • oil supply

Saudi King Meets the Pope

King Abdullah travels to the Vatican on his European tour

Nov 6, 07 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah visited with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican today—the first official meeting of any pope with a reigning Saudi monarch. The visit comes as relations are improving between the Vatican and the Muslim world, the BBC reports. Still, the pontiff was expected to press Abdullah... More »

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Saudi Arabia • Pope Benedict XVI • King Abdullah • Vatican

Saudi, Brit Royals Dine

King Abdullah
sweeps into London
with 23 advisers
and 400 aides

Oct 31, 07 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the first visit of a Saudi king to the UK in 20 years, King Abdullah was treated to a Buckingham Palace banquet last night. His host, Queen Elizabeth, said Britain and Saudi Arabia must fight together against "terrorists who threaten the way of life of our citizens."... More »

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Saudi Arabia • London • King Abdullah • Gordon Brown • Queen Elizabeth II • Buckingham Palace • Britain • London bombings

After Gaffes, Queen Hopes to Placate Saudis

Miliband 'snub' latest snag in King Abdullah's rocky UK trip

Oct 30, 07 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Queen Elizabeth will have to put on a brave face when she welcomes Saudi King Abdullah today, following yesterday's gaffe-filled beginning to his London visit. Abdullah's widely reported outburst over the 7/7 attacks left Downing Street open-mouthed, writes the Times of London, but then Britain's foreign secretary skipped a meeting... More »

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King Abdullah • Gordon Brown • Queen Elizabeth II • David Miliband • snub

Saudi King: Britain Lax on Terror

Monarch maintains UK ignored intelligence that may have averted 7/7

Oct 29, 07 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britain needs to do more to fight international terrorism, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah says. Speaking on the eve of the first official visit to the UK by a Saudi ruler in 20 years, the monarch said his government passed along intelligence that could have averted the 7/7 bombings "but... More »

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King Abdullah • Gordon Brown • Britain • Vince Cable

Saudi Women Want to Drive

Neither Islamic law nor country's constitution forbids female drivers

Sep 18, 07 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - A group of Saudi women is trying to regain a “stolen right”: driving. The group will deliver a petition to King Abdullah this week demanding the right to get behind the wheel. But prospects for lifting the world's only ban on female drivers are cloudy, the BBC reports, because... More »

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Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • women's rights • Islamic law • driving

Mystery Illness Kills Camels

Saudi government denies contagious disease is behind it

Aug 19, 07 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - In Saudi Arabia, hundreds of camels have suddenly died for unknown reasons—232  were counted in the last four days in the Dawasir Valley, 250 miles south of Riyadh, Reuters reports. The Agriculture Ministry denies that an infectious disease is behind the deaths and blames problems with animal feed. Owners... More »

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Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • Riyadh • desert • camels • Dawasir Valley

Saudi King
Backs Iraq's Sunni Rebels

Ally undermining Bush strategy and fledgling government

Jul 27, 07 6:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Saudi Arabia is working at cross purposes with the Bush administration in Iraq by backing Sunni tribes engaged in sectarian violence there, the New York Times reports. King Abdullah has funded the Sunnis and is allowing insurgents to enter the country, US officials charge. Of up to 80 foreign fighters... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • Saudi Arabia • sectarian violence • Sunni • insurgents • King Abdullah • Nouri al-Maliki • Iraq war

Egypt Will Host Mideast Summit

Abbas and Olmert to meet in effort to isolate Hamas

Jun 21, 07 6:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alarmed by the Hamas takeover in Gaza, Egypt will host a summit Monday, bringing together the Western-backed Palestinian president and the Israeli PM, along with Jordanian and Egyptian leaders, Reuters reports. The move is a show of support for the moderate Mamoud Abbas-led emergency government, and an effort to isolate... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Middle East • King Abdullah • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Hosni Mubarak • Egypt • Palestinian civil war • West Bank

Prince May No Longer Speak For His King

Bush's Saudi conduit, Prince Bandar, is out
of step with Abdullah

Apr 29, 07 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the former Saudi ambassador and longtime Bush conduit to the Saudi leadersip, may no longer be speaking for his country. The New York Times  notes that Bandar's uncle, King Abdullah, has taken several stands recently that surprised  the White House by being in direct conflict with... More »

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Saudi Arabia • politics • King Abdullah • Bandar bin Sultan • United States • George W. Bush

Saudi King Calls Iraq War Illegal

Latest evidence of breach with ally

Mar 29, 07 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia fired a warning shot at the Bush administration yesterday, calling Iraq “an illegal foreign occupation” and urging Arab leaders to unite to prevent U.S. domination of the region.  The Saudis "are telling the U.S. they need to listen to their... More »

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Iraq • Iran • Bush administration • Middle East • Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Riyadh • United States • war • boycott • Iraq war

Does Saudi Arabia Have a Dubai Complex?

Building binge aims to diversify boom-or-bust oil economy

Mar 12, 07 1:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Saudi Arabia is on a building binge. King Abdullah City—a planned $26.7-billion development where multi-million-dollar yachts will dock in the ports that currently welcome 300,000 Mecca-bound pilgrims—is one of five major “economic cities” the government is building in an attempt to spur private-sector growth and... More »

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investing • oil • Middle East • Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • economic growth • King Abdullah City • Mecca • Fawaz Alamy • Dubai • US economy

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