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Saudi Arabia Detains 3 Princes In Fresh Crackdown: Report
Saudi authorities have detained three princes including King Salman's brother and nephew on charges of plotting a coup, the US media reported Friday, signalling a further consolidation of power by the kingdom's de facto ruler.
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Mohammed Bin Salman, Reformist Prince Who Has Shaken Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman, who is set to visit France next week, has shaken up the ultraconservative oil superpower with economic, social and religious reforms since becoming crown prince.
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After Crackdown, Saudi King Salman Establishes Anti-Graft Prosecution Units
Saudi King Salman has ordered specialised anti-corruption units to be established in the public prosecutor's office, the government said Sunday, several weeks after a sweeping anti-graft purge of the kingdom's elite.
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'Luxury Prison' Where Saudi Princes Were Held In Graft Crackdown Reopens
Riyadh's Ritz-Carlton reopened for business Sunday, three months after it became a holding place for princes and ministers detained in the biggest anti-graft purge of the kingdom's elite in its modern history.
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Saudis Said To Raise Allowances For Some Royals After Purge
Saudi Arabia increased its payments to some members of the royal family just as officials were wrapping up a controversial anti-corruption campaign that targeted some of the kingdom's richest men and most prominent princes, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.
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Saudi Frees Detainees From Hotel Used For Interrogation In Graft Purge
Saudi Arabian authorities have released all remaining detainees from Riyadh's opulent Ritz-Carlton Hotel, which had been used as an interrogation centre in a crackdown on corruption, a Saudi official said on Tuesday.
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Saudi Settlements May Top $100 Billion As Corruption Drive Winds Down
Saudi Arabia is winding down an unprecedented and controversial anti-corruption drive that led to dozens of princes and billionaires being detained at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh.
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Saudi Arabia To Extradite Nationals Living Abroad Charged With Corruption
Saudi Arabia plans to extradite its nationals living abroad and involved in corruption cases, the Sabq local online news reported on Thursday.
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11 Saudi Princes Arrested For Objecting To Water And Electricity Bills
Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that it had arrested a group of 11 princes who held a rare demonstration at a royal palace after the government halted payment of their electricity and water bills, according to a statement by the Saudi attorney general.
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Lebanon President Says Saudi Arabia Has 'Detained' PM Saad Al-Hariri
Lebanon's President Michel Aoun on Wednesday accused Saudi Arabia of having "detained" Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who announced his resignation in a statement from the kingdom earlier this month.
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From Saudi, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri Insists He's 'Free', Will Return 'Very Soon'
Lebanon's prime minister insisted Sunday on television from Saudi Arabia that he is "free" to move as he pleases, and, in his first interview since his unexpected resignation while in the Saudi capital, he rejected suggestions by his political allies that he was coerced into leaving his post.
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When Lebanon PMs Plane Landed In Saudi, It Was Clear Something Was Wrong
From the moment Saad al-Hariri's plane touched down in Saudi Arabia on Friday November 3, he was in for a surprise.
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A House Divided - How Saudi Crown Prince Purged Royal Family Rivals
Within hours security forces had rounded up dozens of members of Saudi Arabia's political and business elite, mostly in the capital and the coastal city of Jeddah. Among them were 11 princes as well as ministers and wealthy tycoons.
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The Curious Case Of Missing Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri
Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Friday accused Saudi Arabia of detaining prime minister Saad Hariri and of asking the Shiite movement's arch-foe Israel to launch strikes.
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Saudi Graft Purge 'Raises A Few Concerns' For US Ally, Says US Secretary Of State
Saudi Arabia's mass purge of elite figures accused of corruption "raises a few concerns", US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday, as Washington's Gulf ally probes graft allegedly worth $100 billion.
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Saudi Arabia Detains 3 Princes In Fresh Crackdown: Report
Saudi authorities have detained three princes including King Salman's brother and nephew on charges of plotting a coup, the US media reported Friday, signalling a further consolidation of power by the kingdom's de facto ruler.
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Mohammed Bin Salman, Reformist Prince Who Has Shaken Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman, who is set to visit France next week, has shaken up the ultraconservative oil superpower with economic, social and religious reforms since becoming crown prince.
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After Crackdown, Saudi King Salman Establishes Anti-Graft Prosecution Units
Saudi King Salman has ordered specialised anti-corruption units to be established in the public prosecutor's office, the government said Sunday, several weeks after a sweeping anti-graft purge of the kingdom's elite.
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'Luxury Prison' Where Saudi Princes Were Held In Graft Crackdown Reopens
Riyadh's Ritz-Carlton reopened for business Sunday, three months after it became a holding place for princes and ministers detained in the biggest anti-graft purge of the kingdom's elite in its modern history.
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Saudis Said To Raise Allowances For Some Royals After Purge
Saudi Arabia increased its payments to some members of the royal family just as officials were wrapping up a controversial anti-corruption campaign that targeted some of the kingdom's richest men and most prominent princes, according to three people with knowledge of the matter.
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Saudi Frees Detainees From Hotel Used For Interrogation In Graft Purge
Saudi Arabian authorities have released all remaining detainees from Riyadh's opulent Ritz-Carlton Hotel, which had been used as an interrogation centre in a crackdown on corruption, a Saudi official said on Tuesday.
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Saudi Settlements May Top $100 Billion As Corruption Drive Winds Down
Saudi Arabia is winding down an unprecedented and controversial anti-corruption drive that led to dozens of princes and billionaires being detained at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh.
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Saudi Arabia To Extradite Nationals Living Abroad Charged With Corruption
Saudi Arabia plans to extradite its nationals living abroad and involved in corruption cases, the Sabq local online news reported on Thursday.
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11 Saudi Princes Arrested For Objecting To Water And Electricity Bills
Saudi Arabia said on Saturday that it had arrested a group of 11 princes who held a rare demonstration at a royal palace after the government halted payment of their electricity and water bills, according to a statement by the Saudi attorney general.
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Lebanon President Says Saudi Arabia Has 'Detained' PM Saad Al-Hariri
Lebanon's President Michel Aoun on Wednesday accused Saudi Arabia of having "detained" Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who announced his resignation in a statement from the kingdom earlier this month.
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From Saudi, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri Insists He's 'Free', Will Return 'Very Soon'
Lebanon's prime minister insisted Sunday on television from Saudi Arabia that he is "free" to move as he pleases, and, in his first interview since his unexpected resignation while in the Saudi capital, he rejected suggestions by his political allies that he was coerced into leaving his post.
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When Lebanon PMs Plane Landed In Saudi, It Was Clear Something Was Wrong
From the moment Saad al-Hariri's plane touched down in Saudi Arabia on Friday November 3, he was in for a surprise.
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A House Divided - How Saudi Crown Prince Purged Royal Family Rivals
Within hours security forces had rounded up dozens of members of Saudi Arabia's political and business elite, mostly in the capital and the coastal city of Jeddah. Among them were 11 princes as well as ministers and wealthy tycoons.
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The Curious Case Of Missing Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri
Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Friday accused Saudi Arabia of detaining prime minister Saad Hariri and of asking the Shiite movement's arch-foe Israel to launch strikes.
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Saudi Graft Purge 'Raises A Few Concerns' For US Ally, Says US Secretary Of State
Saudi Arabia's mass purge of elite figures accused of corruption "raises a few concerns", US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday, as Washington's Gulf ally probes graft allegedly worth $100 billion.
