<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Riyadh: News &amp; Videos about Riyadh - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Riyadh</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Riyadh from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:48:08 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Riyadh: News &amp; Videos about Riyadh - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Riyadh</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Riyadh from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Saudis close Lebanese TV offices after 'lewd' content is aired</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/11/saudi.sex.brag/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/08/11/saudi.sex.brag/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Saudi Arabian officials have closed a second office of a Lebanese broadcasting network, this one in Riyadh, after the network aired an interview with a Saudi man who bragged about his sex life, authorities said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alleged Saudi human rights abuses highlighted</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/22/saudi.amnesty.clampdown/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/22/saudi.amnesty.clampdown/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Saudi Arabia's campaign against the al Qaeda terrorist network has led to "massive human rights violations" by security forces, including torture and the arrests of non-violent reformists, the human rights group Amnesty International reported Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudi official moves to regulate child marriages</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/15/saudi.child.bride/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/15/saudi.child.bride/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Days after a Saudi judge upheld the marriage of an 8-year-old girl to a man 39 years her senior and blocked a divorce, the kingdom's justice minister said he plans to enact a law that will protect young girls from such marriages, according to local media reports.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF 'deeply concerned' about marriage of 8-year-old</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/14/saudi.child.marriage/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/14/saudi.child.marriage/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The head of the U.N. Children's Fund has expressed concern over a Saudi judge's refusal for a second time to annul a marriage between an 8-year-old girl and a 47-year-old man.</description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudi judge refuses to annul 8-year-old's marriage</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/12/saudi.child.marriage/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/12/saudi.child.marriage/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Saudi judge has refused for a second time to annul a marriage between an 8-year-old girl and a 47-year-old man, a relative of the girl told CNN.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudi girl in marriage case wins appeal</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/24/saudi.child.marriage/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/24/saudi.child.marriage/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An appeals court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has rejected and refused to certify a court ruling allowing a 47-year-old man's marriage to an 8-year-old girl, said a relative of the girl with knowledge of the proceedings.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudi men arrested for seeking female writer's autograph</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/07/saudi.arabia.autograph/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/07/saudi.arabia.autograph/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Saudi Arabia's religious police detained two male novelists for questioning last week after they attempted to get the autograph of a female writer at a book fair in Riyadh, according to local media reports.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Conjoined twins separated, recovering after long surgery</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/01/saudi.conjoined.twins/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/01/saudi.conjoined.twins/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Conjoined Egyptian twin boys Hassan and Mahmoud, who were successfully separated in Saudi Arabia Saturday, are recovering and are expected to lead normal lives, officials said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Conjoined twins separated after long surgery</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/28/saudi.conjoined.twins/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/28/saudi.conjoined.twins/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Conjoined Egyptian twin boys Hassan and Mahmoud, who were successfully separated in Saudi Arabia Saturday, are recovering and are expected to lead normal lives, officials said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 07:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The world's ugliest stadiums</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/02/04/ugly.stadiums/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/football/02/04/ugly.stadiums/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Whether you're a fan of any sport, or even just a keen music follower -- you've probably visited a major stadium.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A New City in the Saudi Desert</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1846200,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1846200,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Needing jobs and housing for its next generation, the desert kingdom has launched an ambitious plan to build five new cities simultaneously
</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Saudi Titan Watches Wall Street's Meltdown
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843620,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1843620,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Even as U.S. markets tumbled last week, one of their biggest stakeholders -- Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin-Talal -- was in a generous mood
</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ramadan Spurs Saudi Nightlife 
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1842208,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1842208,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The malls are bustling as teenagers seek to amuse themselves after a day of fasting
</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jihad Waning in Osama's Homeland
 
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1840737,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1840737,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Viewpoint: A combination of tough policing and soft inducements, as well as revulsion at al-Qaeda's carnage in the Arab world, has curbed extremism in Saudi Arabia</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudis to Tackle High Oil Prices</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1812881,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1812881,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Saudi Arabia will call for a summit between oil producing countries and consumer states to discuss soaring energy prices, Information and Culture Minister Iyad Madani said Monday</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why OPEC Won't Boost Oil Supplies</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1722397,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1722397,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Washington warns that skyrocketing prices threaten a global recession that will hurt oil producers, but their capacity to boost supply to meet rising demand may be limited</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudi Women Given Some Freedoms</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1705562,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1705562,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Women in Saudi Arabia can now stay in a hotel or a furnished apartment without a male guardian, according to a government decision</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush in Talks With Saudi King</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1703287,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1703287,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>President Bush, on his first visit to this oil-rich kingdom, delivered a major arms sale Monday to its ally in a region where the U.S. casts neighboring Iran as a menacing threat</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Prince Alwaleed: Why Chuck had to go</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/08/news/companies/citigroup_alwaleed.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/08/news/companies/citigroup_alwaleed.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>In the midst of staggering losses and intense public scrutiny, former Citigroup CEO Charles O. Prince III could always count on the support of the company's biggest individual shareholder: Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz al Saud. Less than a month ago, the Saudi prince, who owns 3.6% of the company, even dismissed a sharp drop in earnings as a "mere hiccup."</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Geeks, Inc.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/24/smbusiness/IT.fsb/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/10/24/smbusiness/IT.fsb/index.htm</guid><description>Dear FSB: I am an IT geek who is planning to start a small, IT-based services consulting firm. I would ultimately like to provide service-driven consulting services to companies that use enterprise-level systems out of an office in Toronto. Can you offer any advice on getting started?</description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Americans Win the War on Terror!</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1666758,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1666758,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Just send Jamie Foxx to the Middle East and our problems are solved</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 22:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Review: 'Kingdom's' brawn overwhelms brains</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/28/review.kingdom/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/28/review.kingdom/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Perhaps it was the daily bombardment of media imagery that deterred filmmakers from confronting the Vietnam War until after U.S. troops were safely home. With Iraq it's different. The steady drip of spin and punditry conceals as much as it reveals, and Hollywood is stepping in to fill the breach.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mystery ailment kills hundreds of Saudi camels</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/18/saudi.camels.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/18/saudi.camels.reut/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Hundreds of camels have died in Saudi Arabia this week from a mystery ailment.</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Behind the Saudis' Faint Praise 
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1648575,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1648575,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Secretary of State Rice pays a visit and gets pledges of support. But the Saudis are increasingly going their own way  </description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>CNN's Wedeman: Gaza kidnapping gives me chills</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/20/btsc.wedeman/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/03/20/btsc.wedeman/index.html</guid><description>Every time I hear of a kidnapping in Gaza, a chill goes down my spine. In the case of Alan Johnston, the BBC's seasoned Gaza correspondent who disappeared a week ago, the chills are even worse. They've crawled up and down my spine ever since he vanished.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudi Arabia's stock collapse</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/12/11/8395382/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/12/11/8395382/index.htm</guid><description>After rising from 2,500 to 20,000 points in three years, the stock market dropped to 8,019 last month. It's Riyadh's Black Monday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudis arrest 139 'sleeper cell' suspects</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/02/saudi.sleeper/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/02/saudi.sleeper/index.html</guid><description>Saudi security officials said Saturday they foiled a planned terrorist suicide attack and arrested 139 suspected Islamist militants who were in "sleeper cells" believed to be affiliated with al Qaeda.</description><pubDate>Sat, 02 Dec 2006 20:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>6 suspects dead in Saudi shootout</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/23/saudi.shootout/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/23/saudi.shootout/index.html</guid><description>Saudi security forces have shot and killed six suspected terrorists in the capital Riyadh, the Al Arabiya television network has reported.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 06:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The world at risk</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/05/15/8376913/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/05/15/8376913/index.htm</guid><description>APRIL 28, 2006 A look at hot spots, economic fault lines, and events that might have an impact on global risk.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 May 2006 16:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Arabic search engine may challenge Google, Yahoo</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/25/technology/arabsearch_reut0425/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/04/25/technology/arabsearch_reut0425/index.htm</guid><description>RIYADH, April 25 (Reuters) - A Saudi-German plan to launch a dedicated Arabic language search engine for the World Wide Web could revolutionize the moribund Arabic Internet market, a senior official in the project said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudi security forces have no margin for error</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/13/schuster.saudi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/04/13/schuster.saudi/index.html</guid><description>The car burst through the checkpoint and rounded the corner. Two SUVs carrying Saudi Special Forces were in hot pursuit as the vehicle pulled into a Riyadh neighborhood.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2006 21:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudi shootout kills '5 militants'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/27/saudi.shooting/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/02/27/saudi.shooting/index.html</guid><description>Saudi security forces shot and killed five suspected militants Monday in a two-hour gun battle in an eastern suburb of the capital, Riyadh, the Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry told CNN.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2006 07:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice's busy week in the Mideast</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/21/rice.week/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/21/rice.week/index.html</guid><description>Secretary Condoleezza Rice travels to Cairo, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi this week on a mission that has taken on a new urgency in the face of Iran's nuclear defiance and Hamas's assumption of control over the Palestinian parliament.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 19:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudi officials: Al Qaeda leader killed</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/18/saudi.qaeda/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/18/saudi.qaeda/index.html</guid><description>Saudi security forces have killed a man in Medina they said was the leader of al Qaeda on the Arab Peninsula, an interior ministry official told CNN.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2005 13:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. warns Americans in Saudi Arabia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/20/ussaudi.warning/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/20/ussaudi.warning/index.html</guid><description>The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, warned Wednesday that more terrorist attacks could be in the works in the kingdom.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al Qaeda suspect killed in Riyadh</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/03/saudi.arrest/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/07/03/saudi.arrest/index.html</guid><description>A high-ranking member of al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia was killed Sunday in a clash between several suspected militants and security forces in the capital of Riyadh, a senior interior ministry official confirmed to CNN.</description><pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2005 10:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Who blew the leads? </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/06/20/saudi.leads.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/06/20/saudi.leads.tm/index.html</guid><description>The Saudis get blamed for not revealing more after 9/11. Maybe they said more than the FBI took in.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2005 17:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudis: Al Qaeda 'big fish' killed </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/06/saudi.shootout/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/04/06/saudi.shootout/index.html</guid><description>Several al Qaeda "big fish" were among the 15 terrorists killed and seven captured in a series of gun battles and raids in and near Riyadh since Sunday, Saudi security officials say.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2005 11:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>OPEC raises oil production quotas</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/BUSINESS/03/16/opec/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/BUSINESS/03/16/opec/index.html</guid><description>OPEC members agreed in a closed session Wednesday to immediately increase oil production quotas by a half-million barrels per day in an effort to cool down rising oil prices, according to the oil ministers from Libya and Nigeria.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>An Iraqi victim</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/23/schuster.column/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/23/schuster.column/index.html</guid><description>Dan Thomas never expected to have a friend like Riyadh Wahiab Hamad.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Studios of terror</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/15/schuster.column/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/15/schuster.column/index.html</guid><description>The house at No. 5, Momir Asma bin Mohammed Street should have been unremarkable.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2005 18:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudi Arabia holds municipal elections</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/02/10/saudi.elections/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/02/10/saudi.elections/index.html</guid><description>Voting got under way Thursday in Saudi Arabia's first local elections.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2005 22:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Deadliest day for U.S. in Iraq war</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/26/iraq.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/01/26/iraq.main/index.html</guid><description>Thirty Marines and a Navy corpsman were killed in a helicopter crash near Iraq's border with Jordan, bringing the number of U.S. troops killed Wednesday to 37 -- the deadliest day for U.S. forces since the start of the war in Iraq.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2005 09:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Blasts rock Saudi capital</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/29/saudi.blast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/29/saudi.blast/index.html</guid><description>Two explosions rocked the Saudi Arabian capital Wednesday night, killing two militants and wounding several people, according to the Ministry of Information.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudis expel Libyan envoy</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/23/saudi.libya/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/23/saudi.libya/index.html</guid><description>Saudi Arabia says it is withdrawing its ambassador to Libya and ordering out its envoy in response to reports that Tripoli plotted to assassinate Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2004 05:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>CIA: New bin Laden tape likely al Qaeda leader</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/16/bin.laden.tape/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/16/bin.laden.tape/index.html</guid><description>CIA officials said they have a "high degree of confidence" that the voice on the new, 70-minute-long, muffled audiotape is that of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Al Qaeda-linked group takes credit for Saudi attack</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/06/jeddah.attack/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/12/06/jeddah.attack/index.html</guid><description>A Saudi group linked to al Qaeda claimed responsibility early Tuesday for the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in which at least five employees and four attackers were killed.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2004 09:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Police death in Saudi shooting</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/17/saudi.shooting/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/11/17/saudi.shooting/index.html</guid><description>Fighting between Saudi security forces and militants has left a police officer dead and nine others wounded, and led to the arrests of five militants, according to an Interior Ministry official.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2004 11:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudis vow to keep oil supply high</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/10/10/news/economy/saudis_oil/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/10/10/news/economy/saudis_oil/index.htm</guid><description>ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Top world oil exporter Saudi Arabia vowed on Sunday to maintain a cushion of spare supplies of up to 2 million barrels per day (bpd) to meet future demand growth.</description><pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2004 15:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudis find U.S. hostage's head</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/21/saudi.johnson1230/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/21/saudi.johnson1230/index.html</guid><description>Saudi security forces carrying out a major anti-terrorist operation have found the head of slain U.S. hostage Paul M. Johnson Jr., a Saudi Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2004 16:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. hostage's head found in freezer</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/21/saudi.johnson/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/21/saudi.johnson/index.html</guid><description>The head of slain American hostage Paul M. Johnson Jr., who was kidnapped and beheaded in Saudi Arabia last month, has been found in a freezer, a Saudi Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudis: 57 militants surrender</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/19/saudi.surrenders/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/19/saudi.surrenders/index.html</guid><description>The Saudi Interior Ministry has announced another 57 wanted militants have surrendered to security officials in recent days under a month-long leniency offer set to expire this week.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2004 11:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudi police kill al Qaeda suspect</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/01/saudi.alqaeda/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/07/01/saudi.alqaeda/index.html</guid><description>Saudi police killed at least one suspected al Qaeda militant and wounded a number of others Thursday during a shootout in the northeast part of the capital Riyadh, Saudi security sources told CNN.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2004 00:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudis offer terrorists month to surrender</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/23/saudi.terrorists/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/23/saudi.terrorists/index.html</guid><description>Saudi Arabia promised Wednesday that terrorists in the kingdom will be safe if they surrender within a month -- but after that they will face forceful consequences.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2004 15:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al Qaeda militants kill American hostage</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/18/saudi.kidnap/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/18/saudi.kidnap/index.html</guid><description>Saudi security forces killed a top al Qaeda leader in the kingdom shortly after the decapitated body of American hostage Paul Johnson Jr. was left in a remote area of Riyadh, security sources said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2004 08:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudi clerics condemn violence</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/15/saudi.clerics/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/15/saudi.clerics/index.html</guid><description>Six influential clerics with past links to Islamist militants have condemned the recent wave of violence against Westerners in Saudi Arabia.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2004 11:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UK staff 'can leave' Saudi Arabia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/13/uk.saudi/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/13/uk.saudi/index.html</guid><description>Britain's Foreign Office says non-essential staff and their relatives at the British embassy in Saudi Arabia can leave the kingdom "if they wish."</description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2004 15:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Missing American sought in Saudi Arabia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/13/saudi.shooting/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/13/saudi.shooting/index.html</guid><description>Saudi authorities are searching for a missing American whom al Qaeda militants claim to have kidnapped after killing another U.S. citizen in Riyadh.</description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2004 07:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Web video claims Riyadh killing</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/12/saudi.video/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/12/saudi.video/index.html</guid><description>A video purported to show the killing of an American worker in Riyadh last Tuesday has been posted on a web site used by Islamic militants, but CNN has not confirmed the authenticity of the video.</description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2004 03:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Group says it kidnapped American in Saudi capital</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/12/saudi.shooting/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/12/saudi.shooting/index.html</guid><description>A group linked to al Qaeda claimed Saturday to have kidnapped an American engineer in the Saudi capital.</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2004 16:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>American shot dead in Saudi Arabia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/08/saudi.us/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/08/saudi.us/index.html</guid><description>An American working for a company that trains Saudi Arabian security forces was shot to death Tuesday in Riyadh in the second fatal attack on Westerners in three days, U.S. diplomats and Saudi police said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2004 17:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudis hunt BBC crew attackers</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/08/saudi.media/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/08/saudi.media/index.html</guid><description>Saudi forces are hunting gunmen who killed a British Broadcasting Corporation freelance cameraman and critically injured a journalist.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2004 11:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudi attack BBC reporter critical</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/07/saudi.media/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/07/saudi.media/index.html</guid><description>A reporter working for the British Broadcasting Corporation remains in a critical condition, a day after he was injured and his Irish colleague killed in a drive-by shooting in Riyadh.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2004 17:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>BBC crew gunned down in Saudi</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/06/saudi.media.killed/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/06/saudi.media.killed/index.html</guid><description>A freelance cameraman working for the British Broadcasting Corporation has been killed and a correspondent for the network wounded in a drive-by shooting in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, the network says.</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2004 22:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudis say two militants killed</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/01/saudi.attack/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/06/01/saudi.attack/index.html</guid><description>Saudi security forces killed two militants and wounded two others Tuesday as they pursued three terrorists who killed 22 people in an attack on an oil workers' compound in Khobar over the weekend, Saudi sources said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2004 11:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Al Qaeda chief vows Saudi revenge</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/27/saudi.almukrin/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/27/saudi.almukrin/index.html</guid><description>The man believed to be the top al Qaeda operative in Saudi Arabia has threatened to hit Saudi security forces hard after they said they had him cornered with three others.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2004 11:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudi police believe al Qaeda suspects cornered </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/26/saudi.standoff/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/26/saudi.standoff/index.html</guid><description>Saudi security forces say they believe they have cornered four suspects, including al Qaeda's top coordinator in the Arabian Peninsula, in an area northwest of the capital Riyadh.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Five die in Saudi terror crackdown</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/23/jeddah.gunfight/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/23/jeddah.gunfight/index.html</guid><description>Saudi police shot and killed one suspected terrorist, and a second blew himself up early Friday after a police pursuit of the two suspects.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2004 11:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudis: 3 militants killed in gunfight</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/22/jeddah.gunfight/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/22/jeddah.gunfight/index.html</guid><description>Saudi Arabian state television reported Thursday that three militants thought to be on the country's most-wanted list were killed in a fierce gunfight in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2004 01:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudi bomb: pro-al Qaeda claim</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/22/saudi.blast.claim/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/22/saudi.blast.claim/index.html</guid><description>A group that says it is sympathetic to the aims of al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for a car bombing that ripped through the Saudi capital Riyadh, killing five and the bomber, and wounding 147 others.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2004 10:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudis in 'total war' on terror</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/21/saudi.blast.bandar/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/21/saudi.blast.bandar/index.html</guid><description>The Saudi ambassador to the United States says his nation is now in "total war" against terrorists following a car bombing that ripped through the capital Riyadh, killing four people and wounding 148 others.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2004 01:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudis blame al Qaeda for bombs</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/21/saudi.blast/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/21/saudi.blast/index.html</guid><description>A senior Saudi official has said the Saudi government believes al Qaeda is responsible for the suicide bombings in Riyadh on Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2004 11:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudi security forces defuse 5th truck bomb</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/20/saudi.terrorism/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/20/saudi.terrorism/index.html</guid><description>(CNN) -- Security forces in Saudi Arabia defused two truck bombs outside of Riyadh, a security source said on Tuesday, bringing the number of car bombs seized in the kingdom in the past week to five.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. orders staff out of Saudi Arabia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/15/saudi.diplomats/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/15/saudi.diplomats/index.html</guid><description>The State Department has ordered all nonessential personnel serving in the U.S. Embassy and consulates in Saudi Arabia and their families out of the country, according to an updated travel warning issued Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2004 17:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gunman, officer killed in Riyadh firefight</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/12/saudi.shootout/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/12/saudi.shootout/index.html</guid><description>Saudi police battled gunmen believed to be wanted terrorists Monday night in an eastern neighborhood of Riyadh. The fighting left one Saudi security officer dead, along with one militant killed and four others wounded, an Interior Ministry official said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Militant killed in Saudi shootout</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/05/saudi.shooting/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/04/05/saudi.shooting/index.html</guid><description>Saudi security forces in Riyadh have killed one suspected militant and wounded another after trying to stop a car with stolen license plates, Saudi state television has reported.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2004 17:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mobiles used in high-tech terror</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/04/04/mobile.terror/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/04/04/mobile.terror/index.html</guid><description>Mobile phones are in the hands of millions of people around the world. And increasingly, it appears, in the hands of terrorists.</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2004 15:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudi 'liberal reformers' arrested</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/16/saudi.arrests/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/16/saudi.arrests/index.html</guid><description>Four "liberal reformists" have been arrested in Riyadh and Jeddah for making statements that do "not serve the unity of the country," the kingdom's Interior Ministry has said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2004 03:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S.: Al Qaeda boss 'the Poet' killed</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/15/alqaeda.death/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/15/alqaeda.death/index.html</guid><description>A senior al Qaeda leader -- described as the group's "chief of operations in the Arabian Peninsula" -- was killed in a shootout in Saudi Arabia, U.S. officials have told CNN.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2004 00:13:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudi's king approves rights panel</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/10/saudi.rights/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/10/saudi.rights/index.html</guid><description>Saudi's King Fahd Ben Abdel Aziz has approved the establishment of a non-governmental national human rights advisory panel, the official Saudi Press Agency reports.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Forensics find terror blasts links</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/02/22/bomb.technology/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/02/22/bomb.technology/index.html</guid><description>Forensic investigators in the United States say identical technology appears to have been adopted in bombs used in terror attacks on various continents in recent years.</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2004 01:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>UK issues Saudi Arabia warning</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/02/16/britain.saudi.warn/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/02/16/britain.saudi.warn/index.html</guid><description>British nationals should forgo all but "essential" travel  to Saudi Arabia because of possible terrorist attacks that "may be in the final  stages of preparation," according to the British Foreign Office.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2004 21:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Militant may be planning car bombing, Saudis warn</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/13/saudi.warning/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/02/13/saudi.warning/index.html</guid><description>Saudi authorities warned Friday that a militant may be planning a car bomb attack in the capital, Riyadh.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2004 22:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>BA cancels flights on threats</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/02/12/flights.canceled/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/02/12/flights.canceled/index.html</guid><description>British Airways says it has canceled two upcoming flights -- one to Washington and one to Saudi Arabia -- because of a security threat.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2004 10:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Six killed in capture of Saudi terror suspect</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/29/saudi.shootout/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/29/saudi.shootout/index.html</guid><description>Five members of Saudi security forces and a sixth man were killed in a raid in Riyadh that captured a suspected terrorist Thursday, the Saudi Ministry of the Interior said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2004 17:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Swiss arrests 8 over Riyadh bombs</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/09/saudi.swiss/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/09/saudi.swiss/index.html</guid><description>Swiss authorities have arrested eight foreign nationals in connection with their investigation into the Riyadh bombings in May that killed 23 people.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2004 12:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Saudi charged for firecrackers in luggage</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/01/05/boston.airport.arrest/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/01/05/boston.airport.arrest/index.html</guid><description>A Saudi man is facing federal felony charges after three small "firecracker-type" pyrotechnic devices were found during a search of his backpack after he arrived at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2004 22:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Q&amp;amp;A: Tight security on air travel</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/05/airlines.qa/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/01/05/airlines.qa/index.html</guid><description>The United States has begun photographing and fingerprinting visitors who currently require a visa to enter the country.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2004 16:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Don't Mess With The Saudis As the U.S. starts rebuilding Iraq's oil industry, it'll learn one fact fast: Saudi Arabia still runs</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/05/12/342302/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/05/12/342302/index.htm</guid><description>There was an important lesson, an OPEC home truth if you will, delivered at the meeting of the oil cartel in Vienna on April 24. 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