<?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>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:43:38 +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>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>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>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>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></channel></rss>