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Who Was 'The Sleeping Prince', Saudi Royal Who Died After 20-Year Coma
Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Khaled bin Talal died on Saturday at the age of 36. Known as "The Sleeping Prince," he died nearly two decades after a car accident in London left him in a coma. He remained on life support under constant care in Riyadh.
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Jordan Crown Prince Weds Saudi Architect In Lavish Ceremony
The bride was born and raised in conservative Saudi Arabia but is also Western-educated, having studied architecture at Syracuse University in New York.
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Ex Saudi Officer Claims Crown Prince Wants To Kill Him Because...
A former Saudi intelligence official who says Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is out to kill him alleged in a U.S. television interview that he knows of a video in which the prince boasted he could kill then King Abdullah in 2014.
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Jordan's Prince Hamzah Sought Saudi Help For Coup: Court Charge
Jordan's Prince Hamzah hoped to overthrow King Abdullah II with the backing of Saudi Arabia, according to court indictments against two alleged accomplices released Sunday.
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Researchers Claim to Have Developed Cost-Effective Method to Extract High-Purity Lithium from Seawater
Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia claim to have developed a cost-effective method of extracting pure lithium - a component of batteries that power electric vehicles - from seawater. Lithium land reserves are expected to run out by 2080.
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Jordan Bans Media Coverage Of Royal Rift, Saudi Reaffirms Support
Jordan banned all news outlets and social media users on Tuesday from publishing any content related to King Abdullah's half-brother Prince Hamza after the latter was accused of plotting to destabilise the country.
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Swiss Probe If Late Saudi King's $100 Million "Thank You" Gift Broke Law
A Swiss prosecutor is probing whether the late Saudi king broke any laws when he transferred $100 million to a fund controlled by fellow royal Juan Carlos I of Spain in 2008.
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Saudi Succession In Focus As Crown Prince Ruthlessly Consolidates Power
When Saudi Arabia was ruled by an aged King Abdullah, half-brother of the current monarch, there was uncertainty about who would emerge as next in line to the throne of the world's largest oil exporter. That's no longer an issue.
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In A Bid To Crush Rivals, Saudi Prince Jailed Rivals At Ritz-Carlton
Somewhere in this kingdom, Prince Turki bin Abdullah is locked away. Turki, 47, was once a golden scion of Saudi Arabia's gilded royal family, a prominent son of former King Abdullah and a fighter pilot with advanced degrees who trained in the United States and Britain. He was the powerful governor of Riyadh province, then chief executive of the mu...
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Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic To Play Exhibition Match In Saudi Arabia
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have played 52 times against each other with the Serb leading their head-to-head 27-25.
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Who Was 'The Sleeping Prince', Saudi Royal Who Died After 20-Year Coma
Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Khaled bin Talal died on Saturday at the age of 36. Known as "The Sleeping Prince," he died nearly two decades after a car accident in London left him in a coma. He remained on life support under constant care in Riyadh.
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Jordan Crown Prince Weds Saudi Architect In Lavish Ceremony
The bride was born and raised in conservative Saudi Arabia but is also Western-educated, having studied architecture at Syracuse University in New York.
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Ex Saudi Officer Claims Crown Prince Wants To Kill Him Because...
A former Saudi intelligence official who says Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is out to kill him alleged in a U.S. television interview that he knows of a video in which the prince boasted he could kill then King Abdullah in 2014.
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Jordan's Prince Hamzah Sought Saudi Help For Coup: Court Charge
Jordan's Prince Hamzah hoped to overthrow King Abdullah II with the backing of Saudi Arabia, according to court indictments against two alleged accomplices released Sunday.
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Researchers Claim to Have Developed Cost-Effective Method to Extract High-Purity Lithium from Seawater
Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia claim to have developed a cost-effective method of extracting pure lithium - a component of batteries that power electric vehicles - from seawater. Lithium land reserves are expected to run out by 2080.
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Jordan Bans Media Coverage Of Royal Rift, Saudi Reaffirms Support
Jordan banned all news outlets and social media users on Tuesday from publishing any content related to King Abdullah's half-brother Prince Hamza after the latter was accused of plotting to destabilise the country.
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Swiss Probe If Late Saudi King's $100 Million "Thank You" Gift Broke Law
A Swiss prosecutor is probing whether the late Saudi king broke any laws when he transferred $100 million to a fund controlled by fellow royal Juan Carlos I of Spain in 2008.
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Saudi Succession In Focus As Crown Prince Ruthlessly Consolidates Power
When Saudi Arabia was ruled by an aged King Abdullah, half-brother of the current monarch, there was uncertainty about who would emerge as next in line to the throne of the world's largest oil exporter. That's no longer an issue.
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In A Bid To Crush Rivals, Saudi Prince Jailed Rivals At Ritz-Carlton
Somewhere in this kingdom, Prince Turki bin Abdullah is locked away. Turki, 47, was once a golden scion of Saudi Arabia's gilded royal family, a prominent son of former King Abdullah and a fighter pilot with advanced degrees who trained in the United States and Britain. He was the powerful governor of Riyadh province, then chief executive of the mu...
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Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic To Play Exhibition Match In Saudi Arabia
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have played 52 times against each other with the Serb leading their head-to-head 27-25.
