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NEW YORK - One of Iraq's first heavy metal bands has been reunited in the United States after fleeing their homeland as refugees.
It's probably as revolutionary and groundbreaking as Mozart gets these days. A German-based quartet staged Saudi Arabia's first-ever performance of European classical music in a public venue before a mixed gender audience.
It's all the buzz in the Saudi capital — the two new skyscrapers that soon will soar upward from this city in the middle of flat and barren desert, taking their place above a row of chic new sidewalk cafes.
Saudi Arabia goes to warA crucially important conflict, woefully under-reported in the west, has now come to a head in the Middle East. In response to an ongoing fight that could spill out beyond the Arabian peninsula, Saudi Arabia has entered into direct war with the Houthi rebels in northern Yemen.
DAWN.COM | World | Thirty years on, Mecca mosque siege reverberatesRIYADH: Thirty years ago, as tens of thousands of hajj pilgrims were completing dawn prayers inside Mecca, gunshots pierced the sanctity of the Grand Mosque.
Why treason trial is not doableMusharraf's safety deal mightier than parliamentary zeal Army won't be comfortable with its ex-chief's humiliation; local and foreign underwriters including US, UK, Saudi Arabia guaranteed safe exit...
Saudi holding thousands without charge: rights groupSaudi Arabia's domestic security police ignore the country's own laws to hold suspects for years without charges and ignores court orders to release detainees, a human rights group charged on Monday.
Saudi counter-terrorism effort masks abuse: AmnestyMajor U.S. ally Saudi Arabia is exploiting counter-terrorism efforts to violate human rights with thousands having been detained on security grounds since 2001, Amnesty International said on Wednesday...
Saudi gives 30-year sentences in "terror" trialsRIYADH - A Saudi court has sentenced suspected Islamist militants to jail terms of up to 30 years in the first publicly reported trials since al Qaeda-linked militants began a campaign in 2003 to destabilise the world's top oil exporter.
As Obama Begins Trip, Arabs Want Israeli GesturePresident Obama arrived here Wednesday afternoon, making his first visit to Saudi Arabia as he opened a five-day trip intended to improve relations between the United States and the Muslim world and push for progress in settling the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Yearly Terrorist AttacksIn my newest page, still under major construction, I will overview the worst terrorist attack of each year, dating back to the 1998 attacks in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
The pampered terroristsQ.What's the best way to stop terrorism? a) Political intervention b) Torture c) Pampering. The Saudi government believes it's found the answer.
Women-only hotel opens in Saudi ArabiaA women-only hotel was opened Tuesday in Riyadh during a ceremony headed by Secretary General of the Supreme Commission for Tourism, Prince Sultan Bin Salman, the Saudi daily Arab News reported.
Saudi Arabia Stands By Its Arrest of An American Woman in Starbucks Saudi Arabia's religious police have issued a rare public statement defending their arrest of an American woman living in Riyadh, jailed for sitting with a male colleague at Starbucks.
American Woman Jailed in Saudi Arabia for Sitting With Man at StarbucksA 37-year-old American businesswoman and married mother of three is seeking justice after she was thrown in jail by Saudi Arabia's religious police for sitting with a male colleague at a Starbucks coffee shop in Riyadh, according to a report in The Times of London on Thursday.
Saudis Arrest, Strip Search Woman for Having a Business Meeting With a Man at StarbucksA businesswoman was detained and strip-searched by Saudi Arabia's religious police for sitting in a Starbucks coffee shop with an unrelated man, taboo in the country. The English-language Arab News today quoted a 40-year-old financial consultant as saying she was arrested by mem …
Musharraf frees political prisoners. by Bruce Loudon, November 21, 2007PAKISTANI military ruler General Pervez Musharraf rushed to Riyadh for crisis talks with his Saudi royal family benefactors yesterday as his emergency rule came under threat from caretaker officials ordering the release of thousands of detained political workers and lawyers.
Iraqis Protest Terror- Hold Rally at Saudi Embassy!Excerpts: "Hundreds of Iraqis residing in the U.S. converged in the front of the Saudi embassy in Washington on Friday condemning Riyadh's policy towards Iraq, Sotaliraq said on its website. [...]
U.S.: Frustrated With Saudi Role in Iraq During a high-level meeting in Riyadh in January, Saudi officials confronted a top American envoy with documents that seemed to suggest that Iraq's prime minister could not be trusted.
The Arab Peace Initiative versus the culture of confrontationThe Arab peace initiative, renewed at the recent Arab summit, has created the expected confusion in Israel. The doves, predictably, insist that Israel must seize the opportunity.
Iran & Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi Sunni-Shiite conflict from spreadingBeirut, Riyadh- Sunni and Shi'ite heavyweights Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed on Saturday to fight the spread of sectarian strife that threatens to spill over from their neighbor Iraq, the Saudi foreign minister said. king%20abdullah%20-%20ahmadinejad%203-3-07-%202.jpg
Besides the study group being a complete joke, it has now been brought to attention that James Baker's law firm, Baker Botts, has a secret that nobody, including the MSM, wants you to know.
FBI Director: Clinton didn't care about 19 dead US airmen in Iran's bombing of Khobar TowersTen years ago today, acting under direct orders from senior Iranian government leaders, the Saudi Hezbollah detonated a 25,000-pound TNT bomb that killed 19 U.S. airmen in their dormitory at Khobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Riyadh seeks Russian help to prevent US strike on IranSaudi Arabia, fearing that US military action against Iran would wreak further havoc in the region, has asked Russia to block any bid by Washington to secure UN cover for an attack, a Russian diplomat said on Tuesday...
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