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Saudi prince vows to fight terrorism after attack

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Hours after being lightly wounded by a suicide bomber, a senior Saudi prince largely credited with the kingdom’s aggressive antiterrorism efforts said yesterday that he was more determined than ever to fight militants in the ...

From ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI, Boston Globe,  29 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  King Abdullah,  Osama bin Laden

Suicide bomber lightly injures senior Saudi prince

A suicide bomber lightly wounded a senior prince largely credited for Saudi Arabia's anti-terrorism campaign when he blew himself up just before going into a gathering of well-wishers for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the state news agency said ...

From ABDULLAH SHIHRI, Taiwan News,  28 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  King Abdullah,  Osama bin Laden

Activists: Delay in Saudi elections a setback

Rights activists said Wednesday that the Saudi government's decision to delay municipal elections for two years was a setback to their push to open the country's politics to the people. They also voiced skepticism of the government's explanation ...

From ABDULLAH SHIHRI, eTaiwan News,  20 May 2009
Related Topics: King Abdullah

Saudi judge says it's OK for men to beat wives

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—A Saudi judge told a conference on domestic violence that a man has the right to slap a wife who spends money wastefully and said women were as much to blame as men for increased spousal abuse, a Saudi newspaper reported. The ...

From ABDULLAH SHIHRI, Boston Globe,  11 May 2009
Related Topics: UNICEF,  United Nations

Saudi activist on hunger strike after arrest

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—A leading Saudi human rights activist has been on a hunger strike since being arrested last week and his health is deteriorating, his wife said Sunday. Matrook al-Faleh was arrested last Monday at King Saud University in the Saudi ...

From ABDULLAH SHIHRI, Boston Globe,  25 May 2008

Saudi Arabia criticizes Iran's Hezbollah support

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—Saudi Arabia accused Iran of backing what it called a coup by Hezbollah fighters in Lebanon -- the clearest sign yet of rising regional tensions over the conflict. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said in a press ...

From ABDULLAH SHIHRI, Boston Globe,  13 May 2008
Related Topics: Hezbollah,  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,  King Abdullah,  Saddam Hussein

Teammate: American basketball player Marvin Stone died after collapsing in locker room

American basketball player Marvin Stone, who died during halftime of a game in Saudi Arabia, collapsed in the locker room while the coach was talking to the team, a teammate and former NBA player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf said Wednesday. Abdul-Rauf said ...

From ABDULLAH SHIHRI, eTaiwan News,  2 Apr 2008
Related Topics: National Basketball Association

Saudi King Calls for Interfaith Dialogue

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- King Abdullah is calling for a dialogue among Muslims, Christians and Jews, the first such proposal from this strictly Muslim kingdom at a time of mounting tensions between followers of Islam and those of other ...

From DONNA ABU-NASR AND ABDULLAH SHIHRI, Associated Press,  25 Mar 2008
Related Topics: King Abdullah,  Pope Benedict XVI,  David Rosen,  Yona Metzger

Saudi Arabia arrests 28 militants

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—Police have arrested 28 militants suspected of trying to rebuild the al-Qaida network in Saudi Arabia and start a terror campaign in the kingdom, the government said Monday. Police had found a message from Ayman al-Zawahri, ...

From ABDULLAH SHIHRI, Boston Globe,  3 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Osama bin Laden

Saudi activists' kin plead to king

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—Families of several imprisoned pro-reform activists in Saudi Arabia have drafted a letter to King Abdullah asking him to either release their loved ones, jailed for over a year without charges, or bring them to trial. The draft, ...

From ABDULLAH SHIHRI, Boston Globe,  5 Feb 2008
Related Topics: King Abdullah

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