Posts Tagged ‘saudi’

Pres. Newt Will Bring Down Gas Prices

Friday, February 3rd, 2012

And you won’t catch him bowing before a Saudi king!

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Pres. Newt Will Bring Down Gas Prices

New attacks on Israeli websites

Monday, January 16th, 2012

A Saudi computer hacker is blamed for attacks on the websites of Israel’s stock exchange and national airline, El Al.

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New attacks on Israeli websites

Cameron in talks with Saudi king

Friday, January 13th, 2012

UK PM David Cameron visits Saudi Arabia, for the first time as prime minister.

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Cameron in talks with Saudi king

Hackers Dump Israeli Credit Info

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012

Claim to be from Saudi Arabia.

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Hackers Dump Israeli Credit Info

Saudi, Libya agree to exchange ambassadors and restore full ties after Gadhafi’s ouster

Sunday, January 1st, 2012

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia and Libya have agreed to restore full diplomatic ties and exchange ambassadors now that longtime Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi is no longer in power. The Saudi Press Agency said Sunday that ties between Riyadh and Tripoli would be restored and that the Saudi Embassy in Libya would be reopened. Read full article > >

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US sells $30bn in jets to Saudis

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

The US confirms the sale of nearly $30bn of fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, saying the deal would send a “strong message” to countries in the region.

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DealBook: Saudi Prince Invests $300 Million in Twitter

Monday, December 19th, 2011

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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Thank You For Giving Me the Vote, King Abdullah. Now Can I Please Have Something to Vote About?

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

When I, a Saudi female who lives in the city of Jeddah, first heard the news last month that King Abdullah was going to let women vote, my first reaction was, “vote in what?”

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Thank You For Giving Me the Vote, King Abdullah. Now Can I Please Have Something to Vote About?

Bahrain Says Cell Plotting Attacks Is Broken Up

Saturday, November 12th, 2011

Bahrain said Saturday a cell planning to “target” its Interior Ministry, the Saudi embassy and a causeway linking the island state with neighboring Saudi Arabia had been broken up and its members detained.

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Man indicted in NYC in plot to kill Saudi ambassador to the US pleads not guilty

Monday, October 24th, 2011

NEW YORK — A U.S. citizen who holds an Iranian passport pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that he plotted to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States. Manssor Arbabsiar, 56, standing in his navy blue prison uniform, entered the plea in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to a five-count indictment returned last week. Read full article > >

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‘Not Guilty’ Plea in Iran Terror Plot

Monday, October 24th, 2011

Suspect denies trying to kill Saudi ambassador.

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Prince Sultan bin Abdel Aziz of Saudi Arabia Dies

Saturday, October 22nd, 2011

Prince Sultan was the heir apparent to the Saudi throne and one of the kingdom’s most powerful princes.

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Iran ready to ‘investigate’ assassination charges

Monday, October 17th, 2011

TEHRAN — Iran is ready to “investigate” U.S. charges that its elite Quds Force plotted to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Monday, while continuing to deny any Iranian involvement. “We are ready to patiently investigate any issue, even if it is fabricated,” Salehi told the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency. “We also asked America to give us the information related to this scenario,” he said of the U.S. accusations. Read full article > >

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Iran supreme leader: U.S. allegations of plot to kill Saudi envoy ‘meaningless’

Saturday, October 15th, 2011

TEHRAN — Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday denounced allegations by the United States of an Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington, suggesting they were a pretext for further building an international consensus against Iran, state media reported . “They attempted to find an excuse by raising a meaningless and useless accusation against some Iranian nationals in America,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said, speaking in the western province of Kermanshah, where he is on a 10-day official visit. Read full article > >

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Iran denies US meeting over plot

Friday, October 14th, 2011

Iranian officials deny any direct contact with the US about allegations Tehran was behind a plot to kill the Saudi envoy on US soil.

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