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Oil Prices Are Up A Little After The Saudi King's Death
Oil prices are climbing after the death of 91-year old King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. There's clearly a bit of uncertainty as to what happens next, but both West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude oil...
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New King Plans To Stick With The Status Quo In Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's new king promised Friday to continue the policies of his predecessors in a nationally televised speech, taking control of the kingdom after the death of its...
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The Saudis Just Gave Their Answer To The Dynasty Succession Crisis
After the death of King Abdullah, the Saudi Kingdom is facing its biggest dynastic challenge in 50 years.Abdullah's half-brother Salman, 79, will now assume the throne, with the 69-year-old Muqrin his...
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The New Heir To The Saudi Throne Is A Relatively Liberal Outsider
RIYADH/DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's new Crown Prince Muqrin represents the biggest break from the kingdom's tradition of any of his predecessors in the role - both because of his lowly maternal...
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Expert: King Salman Will Be Good For A Country Watching Regional Crisis
The announcement of King Abdallah's death puts Saudi Arabia in the hands of his designated successor, Crown Prince Salman.Salman, born on December 31, 1935, is also defense minister and has been...
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King Abdullah's Successful Reign Raises Troubling Questions About The Middle...
Napoleon's the bigger name, but Klemons von Metternich was of comparable importance. He presided over the 1815 Congress of Vienna, redrawing the boundaries of Europe to protect the continent's ruling...
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Here's How The Saudi National Guard Maintains The Royal Family's...
The death of Saudi Arabia's king yesterday could set the stage for turmoil within the country's royal family. But no matter how uncertain things get after the death of King Abdullah, the House of Saud...
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America Should Reconsider Its Cozy Relationship With Saudi Arabia
On the way back from carving up the world at the Yalta conference in 1945, Franklin Roosevelt made an unexpected stop. On board the USS Quincy, moored in Egypt's Great Bitter Lake, the president held a...
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Obama Is Cutting His India Trip Short To Visit Saudi Arabia
President Barack Obama will cut short his three-day trip to India and visit Saudi Arabia to pay respects after the death of King Abdullah, U.S. and Indian officials said Saturday.The schedule change,...
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What King Abdullah’s Death Means For The Oil Markets
On Thursday, Saudi Arabia announced that its 91-year-old King Abdullah had passed away, in the process setting off what may be a fascinating, and problematic, Saudi succession fight which impacts...
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This Young Saudi Prince Could Become His Country's Next Big Power Broker
Tomorrow, January 27, President Obama will cut short his visit to India in order to meet with the new Saudi king in Riyadh and offer his condolences on the death last week of King Abdullah.Since Obama...
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Saudi Arabia Is Putting Aside Billions For Its Own Gas-Fracking Revolution
Saudi Arabia wants its own gas-fracking revolution.The country's colossal state-run oil firm, Saudi Aramco, is investing another $7 billion (£4.64 billion) in unconventional gas (shale) drilling in the...
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The Michelle Obama Headscarf Controversy Is Absurd
First lady Michelle Obama sparked a worldwide controversy this week when she did not don an Islamic headscarf in Saudi Arabia. Obama was part of a delegation that visited Saudi Arabia Tuesday to pay...
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The New Saudi King Just Made A Bunch Of Changes To His Government
The new ruler of Saudi Arabia, King Salman, is reorganizing the country's government. Salman is setting up an economic development council, according to Bloomberg. The current interior minister and...
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Saudi Arabia is more stable than people assume — for now
Rarely has one of Saudi Arabia's ageing rulers moved so nimbly. No sooner had King Salman taken the crown on January 23rd after the death of his half-brother, Abdullah, than he immediately settled one...
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Here's a who's who of the Saudi royal family
Saudi Arabia's royal family has a complex structure, and because the late king's replacement is also in poor health, there has been some concern about the country's succession plan.Last month, Saudi...
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Saudi Arabia's new king might be turning away from modern reforms
RIYADH (Reuters) - In making a blaze of largesse and the dismissal of relatively liberal clerics two of his first acts as monarch, Saudi Arabia's King Salman has signaled his approach to big future...
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The Saudis floated the idea of higher oil prices to get Russia to stop...
It looks as if Saudi Arabia might be using oil policy to pressure Russia into backing away from its support for the Syrian regime of Bashar Assad. The New York Times reports (emphasis ours): Saudi...
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Saudi Arabia and Pakistan may have just renewed a secret nuclear weapons pact
The visit by the chairman of Pakistan's Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee will likely prompt concern in Washington and other major capitals that Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have reconfirmed an arrangement...
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Jailed al Qaeda operative makes explosive claims about Saudi royals funding...
A convicted al-Qaeda operative has claimed that members of the terrorist network received extensive financial support from members of the Saudi royal family throughout the late 1990's and into 2000,...
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