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Supreme Court Will Not Hear 9/11 Victims Claims Vs. Saudi Arabia

AP | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Federal Insurance Co. v. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Pentagon, President Barack Obama, Terrorism, 9/11, King Abdullah, Obama, Saudi Arabia, War on Terror, September 11, Terror, Al Qaeda, Supreme Court, World Trade Center, Politics News

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has refused to allow victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to pursue lawsuits against Saudi Arabia and four of its prin...

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"Menahi": Saudi Movie Screened In Riyadh First Time In 30 Years

AP | DONNA ABU-NASR | Posted 06.08.2009 | World

Read More: Saudi Arabia, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Menahi Saudi Movie, Riyadh, King Abdullah, Saudi King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia Human Rights, Saudi Women, Sharia, Sharia Law, Islam, Menahi, Riyadh-Saudi Arabia, Film Menahi, Saudis Movies, World News

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — For the first time in three decades, Saudis in the nation's capital did something that most Westerners take for granted _...

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Repositioning America: Obama's Cairo Speech as the Ultimate in Event Marketing

William Bradley | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Al Qaeda, George W. Bush, 9/11, Iraq, America, Dick Cheney, Iran, Jihad, Event Marketing, Muslim, Modernity, Indonesia, Guantanamo Bay, Saudi Arabia, Marshall McLuhan, Neoconservative, Islam, Bibi Netanyahu, Hosni Mubarak, Tradition, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Samuel Huntington, African American, Cairo, Israel, Afghanistan, Kenya, Ayman Al-Zawahri, Torture, Paletine, King Abdullah, Riyadh, Al Jazeera, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
William Bradley

Not only did no one throw shoes at Obama, the crowd of 3,000 in Cairo gave him a standing ovation. Watching the speech, I had the feeling that the world might be changing again.

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Obama Presents Saudi King With 2009 Chevy Malibu

Andy Borowitz | Posted 06.04.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, King Abdullah, Andy Borowitz, Saudi Arabia, Barack Obama, Chevy Malibu, Chevrolet, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

Mr. Obama was upbeat during the presentation, telling the Saudi monarch, "If you like it, there's plenty more where that came from."

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Obama Wears Same Tie To Meet Netanyahu And King Abdullah: Coincidence Or Sartorial Diplomacy? (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 06.03.2009 | Style

Read More: Ties, Poll, Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Obama, Style News

All eyes were on President Obama today as he met with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, but it took an eagle-eyed tipster on Capitol Hill to point out the...

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Obama Finishes 'Very Candid' Speech To Middle East

AP/Huffington Post | MARK S. SMITH | Posted 06.03.2009 | World

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- In his latest push for an open dialogue with the Muslim world, President Barack Obama on Wednesday sought the counsel of King ...

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Obama Offers Saudis Thanks, In Arabic

AP | MARK S. SMITH | Posted 06.03.2009 | World

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Barack Obama began his latest bid to open a dialogue with the Muslim world on Wednesday by seeking the counsel ...

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How Obama Can Address the Middle East

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Muslim Community, Obama Middle East Trip, Obama Trip to Middle East, Israeli Palestinian Conflict Middle East, Obama Visit to Midle East, Saudi Arabia, Muslims, King Abdullah, How Obama Can Address the Middle East, Barack Obama, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
Sabria Jawhar

President Obama's trip to Saudi Arabia this week to meet with King Abdullah has raised the expectations of Arabs so high that Obama might set himself up for failure.

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Invisible Women at Work: Meet Maha Al-Muneef, the Gloria Steinem of Arabia

Qanta Ahmed | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

Read More: Women's Rights, Islam, Maha Al-Muneef, The Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Gloria Steinem, National Family Safety Program, King Abdullah, Qanta Ahmed, Domestic Abuse, Jeddah, Madinah, World News
Qanta Ahmed

Dr. Al Muneef is fully realizing the potential of many Saudi women. While to the West she and many activists like her may remain invisible, her actions are not only visible but emphatically palpable.

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Saudi Elections To Be Delayed 2 Years, A Setback To Democracy Efforts

New York Times | Posted 05.19.2009 | World

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Saudi Arabia's brief and limited experiment with electoral democracy has suffered another setback with a royal family announcement that it has decided...

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Jordan King: Israel Must Agree To Palestinian State

AP | JAMAL HALABY | Posted 05.14.2009 | World

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AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan's king pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to immediately commit to the establishment of a Pale...

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Obama-Netanyahu Meeting Will Decide The Mideast's Future, Says Jordanian King Abdullah

Times Online | Michael Binyon and Richard Beeston | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

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President Obama's critical meeting with Binyamin Netanyahu next week has become the acid test for the Administration's commitment to peace in the Midd...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq Violence, Swine Flu Pandemic, Pakistan, Foreign Affairs, Swine Flu, King Abdullah, Flu, Taliban Pakistan Taliban, Foreign Affairs Roundup, Weekly Roundup, Iraq, Advocacy, Swine Flu Epidemic, Health, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Iraq's Reversing Facts: Six car bombs strike Shia areas of Baghdad. This is the latest in a series of rec...

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Will Obama Stand Up to, or Smile at, Dictators?

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 04.23.2009 | World

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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

If President Obama feels that he has to be the one to greet a man like Chavez, must it be with the kind of ear-to-ear grin that one might show girl-scouts selling cookies?

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WATCH: The Truth About Obama's Handshake with Hugo Chavez

Lee Camp | Posted 04.21.2009 | Comedy

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Lee Camp

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How We All Bow to the Saudi King

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 04.21.2009 | World

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Ali A. Rizvi

The US is showing some signs of "getting tough" with Israel. But where are the calls for getting tough with Saudi Arabia, that "other" country that has now enjoyed virtually unconditional, bipartisan support from the United States for decades?

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Obama, King Abdullah Of Jordan To Meet Today

AP | Posted 04.21.2009 | World

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WASHINGON — President Barack Obama meets today with a key Middle East ally. He'll have a one-on-one meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah of Jorda...

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Prince Charles, King Abdullah II Both Land Book Deals

AP | Posted 04.20.2009 | Media

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NEW YORK — Royalty is coming to bookstores. England's Prince Charles is working on "Harmony," a call for balance between "Man and Nature" that ...

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President Obama Did Not Bow Far Enough

Ray Hanania | Posted 04.14.2009 | World

Read More: Demagoguery, American Extremists, President Barack Obama, Saudi Arabia, Bowing, King Abdullah, Bow, New Era, Right Wing Fanatics, Bigots, Obama-Saudi-Bow, World News
Ray Hanania

There are shades of gray on all issues. Not everyone we fight hates us. Not everyone we fight opposes our Democracy. In many cases, those fighting us are simply defending themselves.

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So What If Obama Bowed? HALAS!

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 04.12.2009 | World

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Yvonne R. Davis

The President is speaking a language of acceptance and outreach to the Muslim world that is quite sincere.

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Ann Coulter Needs to Shut the F**K Up (...and Other Random Thoughts)

Andy Ostroy | Posted 04.10.2009 | Politics

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Andy Ostroy

It's time. Once and for all, Ann Coulter needs to shut her trap and simply disappear. For when she opens her mouth, nothing but outlandish, irresponsible, incendiary projectile vomit spews forth.

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Israel's New Settlement Plans Decried By Saudi Arabia

Arabnews.com | By P.K. Abdul Ghafour | Posted 03.03.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli Settlements, Jerusalem, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Palestinian Territories, Human Rights Israel, King Abdullah, Israel-Palestine Conflict, Israel, Al-Bustan, World News

Saudi Arabia yesterday condemned the Israeli plan to evict 1,500 Palestinians from the Al-Bustan neighborhood of Jerusalem and urged the international...

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Saudi King Abdullah Appoints First Ever Woman Deputy Minister, Shakes Up Government

AP | DONNA ABU-NASR | Posted 02.14.2009 | World

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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The Saudi king on Saturday dismissed the chief of the religious police and a cleric who condoned killing the owners of TV...

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Saudi King Meets George Mitchell, Calls For Intensive International Peace Efforts

Arabnews.com | Posted 02.02.2009 | World

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RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah yesterday held talks with US Middle East envoy George Mitchell and called for intensive intern...

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Al-Arabiya's Game Changing Interview with Barack Obama: A New Punctuation Point in US Foreign Policy

Steve Clemons | Posted 01.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Al Arabiya, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, US Foreign Policy, Olmert, King Abdullah, Palestine, Israel, Hamas, Prince Turki Al-Faisal, Public Diplomacy, Barack Obama, Muslim World, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Obama's interview has provided a new punctuation point in American foreign policy, and it is not "continuous" foreign policy at all. This is a new game and a very impressive new leader.

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