<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - saudi-king</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/saudi-king</link><description>Newsvine - saudi-king</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 14:12:41 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:11:46 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Saudi king has back surgery</title>
<description><![CDATA[A hospital official says Saudi King Abdullah has undergone successful back surgery in the fourth such operation in nearly two years on the 87-year-old monarch.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abdulla Al-Shihri]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abdulla Al-Shihri]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/17/15240063-saudi-king-has-back-surgery</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/17/15240063-saudi-king-has-back-surgery</guid><category>king</category><category>world-news</category><category>saudi-king-abdullah</category><category>ml</category><category>saudi-king</category><pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2012 14:12:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama Has Removed the Last Shred of Divine Covering Over the White House? Really?</title>
<description><![CDATA[If you think of the American Family Association (AFA) you probably think of Bryan Fischer, their star bigot (officially Director of Issues Analysis) but this hate group will embrace any idiot, as shown by their choice of guest&nbsp;Tuesday&nbsp;on &ldquo;Today&rsquo;s Issues&rdqu&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[T-800]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[T-800]]></source><link>http://t-800.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12184491-obama-has-removed-the-last-shred-of-divine-covering-over-the-white-house-really</link><guid>http://t-800.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/12/12184491-obama-has-removed-the-last-shred-of-divine-covering-over-the-white-house-really</guid><category>religion</category><category>saudi-king</category><category>matt-barber</category><category>shiva-reply-june</category><category>congressman-elijah-cummings</category><category>divine-covering-over</category><category>us-senator-mark-dayton</category><category>us-senator-lindsey-graham</category><category>online-mmorpg-every-day</category><category>mitt-romneyrdquo</category><category>congressman-charlie-rangel</category><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:55:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=T-800392843C5-90DC-D5EB-22D2-5944804C1B12.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=T-800392843C5-90DC-D5EB-22D2-5944804C1B12.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The President is a Muslim and I Have Proof</title>
<description><![CDATA[There's no doubt about it, the President is a Muslim.

You want proof? ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[VisionCoast]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[VisionCoast]]></source><link>http://visioncoast.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/11/6453283-the-president-is-a-muslim-and-i-have-proof</link><guid>http://visioncoast.newsvine.com/_news/2011/04/11/6453283-the-president-is-a-muslim-and-i-have-proof</guid><category>politics</category><category>republican-party</category><category>racism</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>osama-bin-laden</category><category>george-bush</category><category>saudi-king</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:07:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>OpEdNews - Article: The Capitalist Follies</title>
<description><![CDATA[There are days in this world when the events overwhelm us. Forces of nature batter us and remind us of how frail our lives and our societies truly are. Political events and political upheaval appear and vanish before our eyes.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[wayne b-1247232]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[wayne b-1247232]]></source><link>http://wayneb-1247232.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/23/6326404-opednews-article-the-capitalist-follies</link><guid>http://wayneb-1247232.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/23/6326404-opednews-article-the-capitalist-follies</guid><category>oil</category><category>insurance</category><category>politics</category><category>power</category><category>wall-street-journal</category><category>political</category><category>government</category><category>banking</category><category>system</category><category>corporate</category><category>hugo-chavez</category><category>myth</category><category>three-mile-island</category><category>george-bushs</category><category>saudi-king</category><category>bernie-madoff</category><category>yet-fukushima</category><category>besides-mom</category><category>bahraini-king</category><category>gaddafis</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 09:37:39 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Smokers Corner: Leaky logic - Nadeem F. Paracha | Opinion | DAWN.COM</title>
<description><![CDATA[By Nadeem F. Paracha ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[bigsaf]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bigsaf]]></source><link>http://bigsaf.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/06/5600035-smokers-corner-leaky-logic-nadeem-f-paracha-opinion-dawncom</link><guid>http://bigsaf.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/06/5600035-smokers-corner-leaky-logic-nadeem-f-paracha-opinion-dawncom</guid><category>us</category><category>israel</category><category>india</category><category>pakistan</category><category>iran</category><category>muslim</category><category>leak</category><category>terrorism</category><category>arabs</category><category>president</category><category>progress</category><category>sectarian</category><category>sunni</category><category>arab</category><category>revolution</category><category>muslims</category><category>ahmadinejad</category><category>bombing</category><category>militants</category><category>americans</category><category>democracy</category><category>saudi-arabia</category><category>cold-war</category><category>religious</category><category>saudi</category><category>king-abdullah</category><category>terrorists</category><category>islam</category><category>donors</category><category>indigenous</category><category>world-news</category><category>elected</category><category>islamic</category><category>dictatorship</category><category>wiki</category><category>extremists</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>propaganda</category><category>paranoia</category><category>monsters</category><category>infidels</category><category>shia</category><category>monarchy</category><category>persian</category><category>conspiracies</category><category>trick</category><category>populist</category><category>1979</category><category>folk</category><category>caliphate</category><category>conspiracy-theorists</category><category>zionists</category><category>ocd</category><category>wahhabi</category><category>saudis</category><category>terrorist-groups</category><category>monarch</category><category>enemies</category><category>obsessive-compulsive</category><category>skeptical</category><category>sect</category><category>wahabi</category><category>delusional</category><category>folksy</category><category>ideological</category><category>iranians</category><category>us-intelligence</category><category>leaked-documents</category><category>wikileaks</category><category>saudi-king</category><category>persians</category><category>nawaz-sharif</category><category>bomb-iran</category><category>pakistanis</category><category>puritanical</category><category>saudi-arabians</category><category>heads-of-state</category><category>zia-ul-haq</category><category>asif-zardari</category><category>monarchies</category><category>pml-n</category><category>mr-zardari</category><category>wikileak</category><category>ziaul-haq</category><category>muslim-country</category><category>muslim-state</category><category>arab-leaders</category><category>iranian-leadership</category><category>oil-rich</category><category>madressas</category><category>nawaz-sharif-s</category><category>pro-caliphate</category><category>democratic-country</category><category>version-of-islam</category><category>saudi-philes</category><category>muslim-blood</category><category>pan-islamic</category><category>aerial-raids</category><pubDate>Mon, 6 Dec 2010 21:34:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Saudi king's New York back operation successful</title>
<description><![CDATA[Saudi King Abdullah successfully underwent back surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital, according to a palace statement carried by the state-run news agency on Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Abdullah Al-Shihri]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Abdullah Al-Shihri]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/20/5500280-saudi-kings-new-york-back-operation-successful</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/20/5500280-saudi-kings-new-york-back-operation-successful</guid><category>new-york</category><category>hospitalized</category><category>saudi-arabia</category><category>king</category><category>united-states</category><category>saudi</category><category>king-abdullah</category><category>world-news</category><category>saudi-king-abdullah</category><category>ml</category><category>saudi-king</category><category>new-york-based-saudi</category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 16:27:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2f3a287d-4ec8-4ec1-97db-6d4847142db7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="290" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2f3a287d-4ec8-4ec1-97db-6d4847142db7.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, King Abdullah, center, of Saudi Arabia arrives to his palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said that King Abdullah entered a hospital on Friday due to complications in the back pain suffered by them and the doctors advised him to rest. (AP Photo/Saudi Press Agency) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d0eb3f10-4a3c-41a1-b458-9db9516f377a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="343" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d0eb3f10-4a3c-41a1-b458-9db9516f377a.jpg" width="120" height="103" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, King Abdullah, center, of Saudi Arabia arrives to his palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said that King Abdullah entered a hospital on Friday due to complications in the back pain suffered by them and the doctors advised him to rest. (AP Photo/Saudi Press Agency) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3b97349b-ed76-4d09-ad10-abbbc3000e8f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3b97349b-ed76-4d09-ad10-abbbc3000e8f.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This photo released by the Saudi Press Agency, shows Saudi King Abdullah bin Abd al-Aziz, left, speaking with Prince Salman bin Abdel Aziz, the Saudi King's brother and Riyadh Governor, right, before his departures to United States in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. King Abdullah flew on Monday to the United States for medical treatment, seeking treatment after a blood clot complicated a slipped spinal disc, the state news agency SPA said. (AP Photo/HO)  EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b66cc635-bd02-47cf-9a61-04ff2feca5b1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b66cc635-bd02-47cf-9a61-04ff2feca5b1.jpg" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This photo released by the Saudi Press Agency, shows Saudi King Abdullah bin Abd al-Aziz, left, bidding farewell to Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, center, as Prince Salman bin Abdel Aziz, the Saudi King's brother and Riyadh Governor, right, looks on before his departures to United States in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. King Abdullah flew on Monday to the United States for medical treatment, seeking treatment after a blood clot complicated a slipped spinal disc, the state news agency SPA said. (AP Photo/HO)  EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NO SALES &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Saudi king transfers National Guard duties to son</title>
<description><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah stepped down Wednesday as head of the country's National Guard and transferred the influential position to his son, in an apparent sign that the elderly monarch is beginning to lessen some of his duties.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/17/5483690-saudi-king-transfers-national-guard-duties-to-son</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/17/5483690-saudi-king-transfers-national-guard-duties-to-son</guid><category>saudi-arabia</category><category>king</category><category>saudi</category><category>king-abdullah</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><category>saudi-king</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:14:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>GOP Lawmakers Serenade Birther Conference With Praise; Bachmann Lies To Them ~~~ VIDEO</title>
<description><![CDATA[The conference [WorldNetDaily (WND) held its annual "Taking Back America"] was no different. It featured several speakers accusing President Obama of being born in Kenya and Indonesia (and for being a "secret Muslim").]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jade-log]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jade-log]]></source><link>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/22/5158588-gop-lawmakers-serenade-birther-conference-with-praise-bachmann-lies-to-them-video</link><guid>http://jade-log.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/22/5158588-gop-lawmakers-serenade-birther-conference-with-praise-bachmann-lies-to-them-video</guid><category>indonesia</category><category>politics</category><category>kenya</category><category>howard-dean</category><category>washington-dc</category><category>dailykos</category><category>saudi-king</category><category>michelle-bachmann</category><category>president-obama</category><category>value-voters-summit</category><category>taking-back-america</category><pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:52:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Fox News Has Major Business Ties to Saudi Arabia and the Muslim World</title>
<description><![CDATA[This article would like for you to keep in mind the fact that many corporations are global, Fox News' parent company, included.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[SuDuToo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[SuDuToo]]></source><link>http://sudutoo.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/11/5092350-fox-news-has-major-business-ties-to-saudi-arabia-and-the-muslim-world</link><guid>http://sudutoo.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/11/5092350-fox-news-has-major-business-ties-to-saudi-arabia-and-the-muslim-world</guid><category>business</category><category>muslims</category><category>news-corp</category><category>fox-news</category><category>sharia-law</category><category>saudi-king</category><category>saudi-prince</category><category>ground-zero-mosque</category><pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 19:11:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bill Clinton in Saudi Arabia, meets with king</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Saudi state news agency SPA says former U.S. President Bill Clinton is in Saudi Arabia to visit the Saudi King.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/07/4128036-bill-clinton-in-saudi-arabia-meets-with-king</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/07/4128036-bill-clinton-in-saudi-arabia-meets-with-king</guid><category>clinton</category><category>saudi-arabia</category><category>bill-clinton</category><category>saudi</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><category>saudi-king</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Apr 2010 18:33:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>AP News in Brief</title>
<description><![CDATA[Obama defends revival plan, says it will provide 600,000 jobs this summer despite jobless rise]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/02/2890248-ap-news-in-brief</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/06/02/2890248-ap-news-in-brief</guid><category>world</category><category>us-news</category><category>air-france</category><category>saudi-king</category><category>briefly</category><category>at-nazi</category><pubDate>Tue, 2 Jun 2009 22:13:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Politics of the 'bow'. by Ben Smith, April 09, 2009 </title>
<description><![CDATA[The reason Obama's alleged, denied bow to King Abdullah -- it was, however one describes it, a  warm gesture -- has been the source of controversy is the general American enmity to Saudi Arabia, one that has survived friendly relations between a generation of presidents of both p&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry H-189743]]></source><link>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/10/2663646-politics-of-the-bow-by-ben-smith-april-09-2009</link><guid>http://larryh.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/10/2663646-politics-of-the-bow-by-ben-smith-april-09-2009</guid><category>politics</category><category>king-abdullah</category><category>robert-gibbs</category><category>bow</category><category>saudi-king</category><category>obamas-bow</category><category>european-apology-tour</category><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:48:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama with bowed head and bended knee</title>
<description><![CDATA[Has anyone ever seen Barack Obama publicly bow and bend his knee when meeting someone  prior to yesterday? I don't recall any photos of such a gesture of greeting, but I would be very happy if some of the President's defenders on the left could provide such evidence that his stri&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Simplistic Reality]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Simplistic Reality]]></source><link>http://eric24.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/04/2639560-obama-with-bowed-head-and-bended-knee</link><guid>http://eric24.newsvine.com/_news/2009/04/04/2639560-obama-with-bowed-head-and-bended-knee</guid><category>politics</category><category>london</category><category>obama</category><category>saudi-king</category><category>g20-summit</category><pubDate>Sat, 4 Apr 2009 09:50:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Saudi king seeks to end Pakistan infighting</title>
<description><![CDATA[As Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari and his handpicked premier Yusuf Raza Gilani go on a war path over the share in executive powers, Saudi King Abdullah sends his intelligence chief to counsel restraint and unity in Pakistan.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmar Mustikhan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ahmar Mustikhan]]></source><link>http://mustikhan.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/14/2311705-saudi-king-seeks-to-end-pakistan-infighting</link><guid>http://mustikhan.newsvine.com/_news/2009/01/14/2311705-saudi-king-seeks-to-end-pakistan-infighting</guid><category>pakistan</category><category>intelligence</category><category>world-news</category><category>abdullah</category><category>saudi-king</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:19:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Saudi king urges US to press Israel for Mideast peace deal </title>
<description><![CDATA[King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia Friday urged visiting US Vice President Dick Cheney to put pressure on Israel to seal a peace deal with the Palestinians before US President George W. Bush leaves office in January 2009, official sources said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></source><link>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/21/1381887-saudi-king-urges-us-to-press-israel-for-mideast-peace-deal</link><guid>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/21/1381887-saudi-king-urges-us-to-press-israel-for-mideast-peace-deal</guid><category>cheney</category><category>world-news</category><category>saudi-king</category><category>mideast-peace-deal</category><category>urges-us</category><category>press-israel</category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:50:56 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>UK: Money Seized for Plot to Kill Prince</title>
<description><![CDATA[A case in which British police seized hundreds of thousands of dollars allegedly meant to finance a plot to kill the Saudi crown prince illustrates the challenges facing efforts to combat terrorist groups, a British security officer said Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/27/1329232-uk-money-seized-for-plot-to-kill-prince</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/02/27/1329232-uk-money-seized-for-plot-to-kill-prince</guid><category>britain</category><category>saudi-arabia</category><category>king</category><category>saudi</category><category>world-news</category><category>saudi-king</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:43:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bush in the Lap of Saudi Luxury</title>
<description><![CDATA[....The minute President George Bush landed in Saudi Arabia he was thrown into the lap of luxury.

Saudi King Abdullah personally greeted the president at the airport, according to ABC News' Ann Compton, who is traveling with the commander in chief.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[newsguru]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[newsguru]]></source><link>http://newsguru.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/17/1234550-bush-in-the-lap-of-saudi-luxury</link><guid>http://newsguru.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/17/1234550-bush-in-the-lap-of-saudi-luxury</guid><category>oil</category><category>un</category><category>money</category><category>terrorist</category><category>president-bush</category><category>united-nations</category><category>king-abdullah</category><category>allies</category><category>bush-administration</category><category>friends</category><category>world-news</category><category>9-11</category><category>wealth</category><category>al-qaeda</category><category>saudia-arabia</category><category>petro</category><category>luxury</category><category>saudis</category><category>saudi-king</category><category>terror-financier</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:27:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>George Bush begs Saudi King for help</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Oil turns out to be too expensive for the USA. World's only superpower now has to beg oil-mining countries to do something to stop oil prices from growing. U.S.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Pasi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Pasi]]></source><link>http://pasi.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/16/1232099-george-bush-begs-saudi-king-for-help</link><guid>http://pasi.newsvine.com/_news/2008/01/16/1232099-george-bush-begs-saudi-king-for-help</guid><category>oil</category><category>usa</category><category>george-bush</category><category>us-news</category><category>saudi-king</category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:38:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Pope Lauds Christian Presence in Saudi</title>
<description><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI lauded the contributions of Christians in Saudi Arabia &#8212; a kingdom that embraces a strict version of Islam, restricts worship by other faiths and bans Bibles and crucifixes &#8212; in the first meeting ever Tuesday between a pope and reigning Saudi king.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victor L. Simpson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Victor L. Simpson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/06/1076895-pope-lauds-christian-presence-in-saudi</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/11/06/1076895-pope-lauds-christian-presence-in-saudi</guid><category>vatican</category><category>saudi-arabia</category><category>king</category><category>pope-benedict-xvi</category><category>world-news</category><category>benedict-xvi</category><category>saudi-king</category><pubDate>Tue, 6 Nov 2007 15:25:43 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c5802b32-fe19-4815-8360-3f0c7cd9fd25.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="299" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c5802b32-fe19-4815-8360-3f0c7cd9fd25.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Benedict XVI welcomes Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah at the Vatican, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007. Pope Benedict XVI, who riled Muslims over his comments on Islam and violence, met for the first time Tuesday with the monarch of Saudi Arabia, which has been pressed by the Vatican to allow freedom of worship for Christians. Benedict warmly greeted King Abdullah, grasping both his hands before heading into 30 minutes of private talks in his library. (AP Photo/Chris Helgren, pool) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d0d00c2b-c7a2-4635-9cf8-110f39400394.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d0d00c2b-c7a2-4635-9cf8-110f39400394.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Benedict XVI meets with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah at the Vatican, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007. Pope Benedict XVI, who riled Muslims over his comments on Islam and violence, met for the first time Tuesday with the monarch of Saudi Arabia, which has been pressed by the Vatican to allow freedom of worship for Christians. Benedict warmly greeted King Abdullah, grasping both his hands before heading into 30 minutes of private talks in his library. (AP Photo/Chris Helgren, pool) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4e65655b-97d8-4578-99fd-d228c62be296.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="329" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4e65655b-97d8-4578-99fd-d228c62be296.jpg" width="120" height="187" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Benedict XVI meets with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah at the Vatican, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007. Pope Benedict XVI, who riled Muslims over his comments on Islam and violence, met for the first time Tuesday with the monarch of Saudi Arabia, which has been pressed by the Vatican to allow freedom of worship for Christians. Benedict warmly greeted King Abdullah, grasping both his hands before heading into 30 minutes of private talks in his library. (AP Photo/Chris Helgren, pool) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/90275a5d-0941-4656-a1d5-983f0bf32f18.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="296" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/90275a5d-0941-4656-a1d5-983f0bf32f18.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Benedict XVI meets with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah at the Vatican, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007. Pope Benedict XVI, who riled Muslims over his comments on Islam and violence, met for the first time Tuesday with the monarch of Saudi Arabia, which has been pressed by the Vatican to allow freedom of worship for Christians. Benedict warmly greeted King Abdullah, grasping both his hands before heading into 30 minutes of private talks in his library. (AP Photo/Chris Helgren, pool) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e7a0cdfa-0adc-4708-96a3-f29bea6a92a7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e7a0cdfa-0adc-4708-96a3-f29bea6a92a7.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pope Benedict XVI meets with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah at the Vatican, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007. Pope Benedict XVI, who riled Muslims over his comments on Islam and violence, met for the first time Tuesday with the monarch of Saudi Arabia, which has been pressed by the Vatican to allow freedom of worship for Christians. Benedict warmly greeted King Abdullah, grasping both his hands before heading into 30 minutes of private talks in his library. (AP Photo/Chris Helgren, pool) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c6385097-cb74-418c-b38f-a461cfe313ae.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c6385097-cb74-418c-b38f-a461cfe313ae.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI, right, meets with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah at the Vatican, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007. Pope Benedict XVI, who riled Muslims over his comments on Islam and violence, met for the first time Tuesday with the monarch of Saudi Arabia, which has been pressed by the Vatican to allow freedom of worship for Christians. Benedict warmly greeted King Abdullah, grasping both his hands before heading into 30 minutes of private talks in his library. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bb42fe5b-57c3-4b51-8c68-d5103d29afb4.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="339" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bb42fe5b-57c3-4b51-8c68-d5103d29afb4.jpg" width="120" height="181" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI meets with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah at the Vatican, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007. Pope Benedict XVI, who riled Muslims over his comments on Islam and violence, met for the first time Tuesday with the monarch of Saudi Arabia, which has been pressed by the Vatican to allow freedom of worship for Christians. Benedict warmly greeted King Abdullah, grasping both his hands before heading into 30 minutes of private talks in his library. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho)  &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs">nul</media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>MI chief: Iran, Syria, Hezbollah preparing for U.S. offensive - Haaretz - Israel News</title>
<description><![CDATA[Israel is closely monitoring preparations by Syria, Iran and Hezbollah for a U.S.-led war this summer, Military Intelligence chief Major-General Amos Yadlin said during a cabinet session on Sunday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sylvia P]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sylvia P]]></source><link>http://antiessentialist.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/01/642472-mi-chief-iran-syria-hezbollah-preparing-for-us-offensive-haaretz-israel-news</link><guid>http://antiessentialist.newsvine.com/_news/2007/04/01/642472-mi-chief-iran-syria-hezbollah-preparing-for-us-offensive-haaretz-israel-news</guid><category>middle-east</category><category>iran</category><category>syria</category><category>united-states</category><category>world-news</category><category>bashar-assad</category><category>world-politics</category><category>geopolitics</category><category>gideon-levy</category><category>the-war-on-terror</category><category>ehud-olmerts</category><category>house-speaker-nancy-pelosi</category><category>saudi-king</category><category>pennsylvania-republican-joe-pitts</category><pubDate>Sun, 1 Apr 2007 15:53:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>