Deal with Saudis to shore up Bahrain's repressive regime The Independent | Saudi troops leading a 1,500-strong force from the Arab Gulf states entered Bahrain in March last year as the Bahraini government began a campaign of brutal repression against pro-democracy protesters. The authorities have claimed the protests were orchestrated by Iran although both the United Sta...
Saudi says $100 per barrel great price for oil The Guardian ADELAIDE (Reuters) - Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia sees $100 per barrel as a great price for crude, Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said on Sunday. International Brent crude settled at $112.26 on Friday. The price is well off a peak of over $128 in March, but traded mostly above $100 since early 2011. Tha...
Al Qaeda's al-Zawahiri calls on Saudis to rise up The Siasat Daily May 20: | K.S.A, Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri urged people in Saudi Arabia to follow the example set by popular revolutions in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia and rise up. | "Why don't you rise up, for you are the sons of the strong and proud tribes th...
Saudi shares decline on lower crude oil prices Gulf News | Riyadh: Saudi Arabian shares headed for their lowest close in almost three months, led by petrochemical companies and banks, as falling oil prices and concern over Europe's debt crisis stoked bets that fuel demand could drop. | The Tadawul All Shar...
Sunni Bahrainis stage rally in support of Saudi union France24 | AFP - Thousands of Sunnis staged a rally in Manama on Saturday in support of of a controversial proposal to unite Bahrain with neighbouring Saudi Arabia, witnesses said. | "Yes to unity," read the banners of the demonstrators, out in the streets in...
Al-Qaeda calls for uprising against the US backed corrupt regime in Saudi Arabia The Examiner | In a video posting al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri called on the Saudi people to start an uprising against the US backed Al-Saud family: | "Muslim brothers in the land of the holy mosques! A year has passed since the uprising of the Arab people ag...
Bahrain protesters decry unity plans with Saudis The Guardian | REEM KHALIFA | Associated Press= MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters chanting "Bahrain is not for sale" jammed a major highway Friday to denounce proposals for closer unity between the unrest-torn Gulf kingdom and neighboring S...
The global fight to end capital punishment The Guardian | The death penalty is a shameful legacy of colonialism – now British lawyers are fighting to abolish it around the world by representing condemned prisoners in court Anti-death penalty protest in Jackson, Georgia, in Spetember 2011. Photograph: Stephen Morton/AP | "If we needed to hang someone tomorrow," Martin Martinez, Trinidad and Tobago's co...
