Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari was detained in Malaysia on Wednesday night and is likely to be extradited soon to Saudi Arabia, where he will be tried for blaspheming religion. Kashgari, 23, had fled the kingdom Monday after he received thousands of death threats. His crime? He posted on Twitter a series of mock conversations between himself and the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Read full article > >

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The exhibition “Printing for Kingdom, Empire & Republic” at the Grolier Club celebrates French-made typefaces that changed the look of books.

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Twitter got a big check from investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a member of the Saudi royal family who’s been nicknamed the “Arab Warren Buffett.” According to a Monday press release from Alwaleed’s investment company, Kingdom Holdings, the prince invested $300 million in Twitter saying that it represents a “strategic stake” in the micro-blogging company. Read full article > >

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and his investment company said Monday they are investing a combined $300 million into Twitter, increasing the microblogging site’s cash cushion as its user base expands. Alwaleed’s joint investment with his Kingdom Holding Co. follows months of negotiations and will give them a “strategic stake” in Twitter, according to the Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based investment firm. It wasn’t clear how much of Twitter the prince will control. Read full article > >

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The Saudi Prince Walid bin Talal and his investment company, Kingdom Holding, said Monday they had bought a “strategic stake” in the social media site Twitter for $300 million.

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Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal and his Kingdom Holding Co announce a $300m investment in social media site Twitter.

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Mitt Romney runs for president with the eye of a venture capitalist. He sees the profit in certain positions, discards those that are no longer profitable and moves on. He was pro-choice when it did him some good, instituted a health insurance plan that he now denounces and once supported amnesty for some illegal immigrants. Richard III offered his kingdom for a horse. Romney offers his principles for some votes in Iowa. Read full article > >

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Mitt Romney runs for president with the eye of a venture capitalist. He sees the profit in certain positions, discards those that are no longer profitable and moves on. He was pro-choice when it did him some good, instituted a health insurance plan that he now denounces and once supported amnesty for some illegal immigrants. Richard III offered his kingdom for a horse. Romney offers his principles for some votes in Iowa. Read full article > >

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Mitt Romney’s venture-capital politics

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi King Abdullah announced Sunday that the nation’s women will gain the right to vote and run as candidates in local elections to be held in 2015 in a major advancement for the rights of women in the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom. In an annual speech before his advisory assembly, or Shura Council, the Saudi monarch said he ordered the step after consulting with the nation’s top religious clerics, whose advice carries great weight in the kingdom. Read full article > >

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While New York’s Fashion Week has come to an end, the New York City Ballet is having its own fashion moment. For its new production, “Ocean’s Kingdom,” ex-Beatle Paul McCartney wrote the orchestral music and libretto — and daughter Stella, the fashion designer known for slouchy, oversize clothing, has created her first-ever dance costumes. Read full article > >

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SANAA, Yemen — At least 29 women in Saudi Arabia drove their cars Friday, after Internet campaigns inspired by the uprisings across the Arab world urged them to flout the country’s de facto ban on female drivers. At least one of the women is believed to have been arrested in Riyadh, the kingdom’s capital and one of its most conservative cities, online activists said. She was later released. Maha al-Qahtani, 39, drove for 35 minutes in Riyadh with her husband in the passenger seat. “This is my basic right. It should not be a big deal. There is nothing wrong or illegal about driving,” Qahtani, a state employee, said. “The decision to ban driving proves how backward the regime is.” Read full article > >

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Animal Kingdom, who won the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago, is favored to win Saturday’s Preakness Stakes.

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As Persian Gulf monarchs forcibly suppress street protests in the kingdom of Bahrain, the Obama adminstration has responded mostly with mild or muted objections — a sharp contrast from its demands for new governments in the republics of Egypt and Libya.

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The government of Bahrain showed some conciliatory gestures to protesters on Saturday, calling off its military from violent reactions and opening dialogue with opposition leaders. A senior U.S. official who spoke with the kingdom’s crown prince pushed…

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The nation’s gone too far, while the U.S. has not gone far enough.

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