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Arab News
| over 1 year ago
The Allegiance Commission, which was set up by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah in 2006, played a big role in the appointment of Prince Naif as crown prince and deputy prime minister of Saudi Arabia on Thursday, following the death of...
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Arab News
| over 1 year ago
US President Barack Obama congratulated Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Friday on the selection of Prince Naif as crown prince, noting the prince's counterterrorism record. "I congratulate King Abdullah and the Saudi people on the...
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Arab News
| over 1 year ago
Envoys warmly welcomed the appointment of Prince Naif as crown prince and deputy premier of the Kingdom here Friday. Congratulating Crown Prince Naif on behalf of Indian people and government, Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao said that Prince Naif is a great...
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The Daily Star
| over 1 year ago
Nayef at a military parade in the Saudi holy city of Mecca in preparation for the hajj. Saudi Arabia's powerful Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz, who Thursday was named crown prince after the death of his brother Sultan, led an iron fist...
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Kuwait Times
| over 1 year ago
The appointment of conservative Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz as heir to the Saudi throne raises concerns he could halt reforms were he to take power, say analysts, who add, however, that he may instead show a softer, more pragmatic side. "He has a...
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Kuwait Times
| over 1 year ago
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has congratulated Prince Nayef Bin Abdel Aziz Al-Saud of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on his appointment as Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister by the Custodian of the...
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NOW Lebanon
| over 1 year ago
US President Barack Obama on Friday congratulated Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz on the selection of Prince Nayef bin Abdel Aziz as his heir, noting the new crown prince's counterterrorism record. "I congratulate King Abdullah and the Saudi...
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The Daily Star
| over 1 year ago
Lebanese officials welcomed Friday the recent appointment of Saudi Prince Nayef Abdel-Aziz al-Saud as the new crown prince of the Arab kingdom. We congratulate the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its people for pledging allegiance to Prince Nayef as...
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USA Today
| over 1 year ago
Crown Prince Nayif has served his nation with dedication and distinction for more than 35 years as Minister of Interior, and as Second Deputy Prime Minister since 2009. We in the United States know and respect him for his strong commitment to...
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The Hindu
| over 1 year ago
October 28, 2011 Saudi state TV said the kingdom has named a new crown prince. Nayef bin Abdel-Aziz Al Saud, the kingdom's tough-talking Interior Minister, was named heir to the Saudi throne following the death of the previous crown prince late last...
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NOW Lebanon
| over 1 year ago
US Vice President Joe Biden led a delegation to Saudi Arabia Thursday to offer US condolences on the death of Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, an AFP correspondent said. Biden, accompanied by a delegation of high-level military and civilian...
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NOW Lebanon
| over 1 year ago
Saudi Arabia's powerful interior minister, 78-year-old Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, was named the new heir to the throne in a royal decree read out on state television Thursday. Nayef who has been interior minister for nearly four decades and led a...
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Leader Post Online
| over 1 year ago
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has appointed Interior Minister Prince Nayef as the new crown prince, the Royal Court said in a statement issued on Friday, signalling an orderly process of future succession in the world's largest oil exporter. We chose...
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The Globe & Mail
| over 1 year ago
Saudi Arabia has a new Crown Prince, perhaps the most powerful Prince ever to hold that position. His Majesty, Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud, the 23rd son of Saudi Arabia's founder King Abdul-Aziz al-Saud, and half brother to ailing King...
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The Globe & Mail
| over 1 year ago
Saudi Arabia named a new crown prince late Thursday: the tough-talking interior minister who is known for cracking down on Islamic militants and resisting moves toward greater openness in the ultraconservative kingdom. Saudi state TV announced the...
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The independent
| over 1 year ago
The US Vice-President Joe Biden with the Saudi minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal in Riyadh yesterday The Saudi Interior Minister, Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, is likely to be appointed heir to the country's throne by King Abdullah in the next few days...
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Arab News
| over 1 year ago
US Vice President Joe Biden and Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa joined the members of the Saudi royal family and officials on Thursday in mourning the death of Prince Sultan. "More than 30 diplomats signed the Foreign Ministry's book of...
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The Daily Star
| over 1 year ago
The Daily Star Interior Minister and now Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz is one of the most powerful players in leading oil exporter Saudi Arabia. Interior Minister and now crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz is one of the most powerful players in...
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Arab News
| over 1 year ago
Large-scale reforms in the legal, socioeconomic, cultural and humanitarian spheres carried out under the leadership of President Gurbanguly Berdimukhamedov indicate that Turkmenistan is entering new frontiers of state and social development. Peace,...
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Asian Tribune
| over 1 year ago
19 editor Who on earth, who heard the handicapped child Abdullah saying I love you', responding to Prince Sultan's affectionate Are you alright?' wouldn't have been moved ? The compassionate prince was overwhelmed with the child's swift response...
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Denver Post
| over 1 year ago
Vice President Joe Biden is leading an American delegation in the Saudi capital to offer condolences to King Abdullah after the death of the kingdom's second in line for the throne. The meetings Thursday come near the end of a three-day mourning...
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USA Today Life
| over 1 year ago
It's the first charity event Kate has done solo since marrying Prince William earlier this year. According to the palace, Catherine was called in at the last minute to play hostess after her father-in-law, Prince Charles, was called away on a trip to...
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Reuters
| over 1 year ago
Analysis & Opinion A man walks past Saudi military guards as they secure the Turki bin Abdulla Mosque before funeral prayers for Saudi Crown Prince, Sultan bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, in Riyadh October 25, 2011. Saudi Arabia winds up a mourning period for...
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The Daily Star
| over 1 year ago
Future Movement leader Saad Hariri held talks in Riyadh Wednesday with a delegation from the March 14 coalition, in which he said the U.N.-backed court probing the assassination of his father was the concern of all Lebanese. Local media Thursday said...
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Arab News
| over 1 year ago
Hundreds of grief-stricken royal family members, world leaders and diplomats including Britain's Prince Charles, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito and Prince Henrik of Denmark, with more than 60 ambassadors...
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Fiji Live
| over 1 year ago
Fiji's Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama has sent a message of condolence to His Majesty King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud following the death of Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia. Bainimarama extended his deepest...
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pakistantimes
| over 1 year ago
President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday met Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister of Saudi Arabia Prince Naef Bin Abdul Aziz and expressed condolences over the demise of Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud. Governor Riyadh Prince Salman...
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Jerusalem Post
| over 1 year ago
Nayef widely expected to be named new crown prince Thursday; succession seen as stable in world's number one oil producer. Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah was expected to name Interior Minister Prince Nayef as his heir after a mourning period for Crown...
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Reuters
| over 1 year ago
Analysis & Opinion Saudi Arabia's Deputy Interior Minister in charge of Security Prince Mohammed bin Nayef looks on as Saudi special forces personnel demonstrate their combat skills through various simulations before their graduation ceremony near...
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Africa Headlines
| over 1 year ago
President Jonathan Appoints Delegation for Burial of Saudi Crown Prince 24 October 2011 President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has appointed a 4-member Federal Government delegation to attend the burial of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Sultan bin...
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The Globe & Mail
| over 1 year ago
The contrast between the deaths, within two days of each other, of Libya's Col. Moammar Gadhafi and Saudi Crown Prince Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud is one of terminal buffoonery versus decadent gerontocracy. And their demise is likely...
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The independent
| over 1 year ago
Reuters Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud was heir to the throne of Saudi Arabia and for decades one of the most powerful personages in the oil-rich and centrally important Middle Eastern state. As his age, officially given as 81, indicates,...
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Times Of Oman
| over 1 year ago
His Highness Sayyid Asa'ad bin Tariq Al Said has conveyed condolences of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, the government and the Omani people to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, the Al Saud...
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Arab News
| over 1 year ago
Crown Prince Sultan, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, died on Saturday, the Royal Court said in a statement...Sultan was a central figure in Saudi decision-making since becoming defense minister in 1962. With deep sorrow and...
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USA Today
| over 1 year ago
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who lost the 2008 presidential election to Obama, is part of the delegation that reflects the importance of the relationship between the United States and oil-rich Saudia Arabia. Other members of the delegation: CIA...
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The Daily Star
| over 1 year ago
Agencies Family members of Prince Sultan perform final prayers at his grave at Al-Oud cemetery in Riyadh. World leaders, both friends and foes, poured into Riyadh to offer condolences on the death of Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz, who was...
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Arab News
| over 1 year ago
Condolences continued to pour in Tuesday for the late Crown Prince Sultan, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, who died in a New York hospital last Saturday. People from all walks of life, including foreign dignitaries, Islamic...
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Al Jazeera English
| over 1 year ago
United States arrested two Iranian men and charged them with plotting to kill the Saudi ambassador in Washington. Joseph Biden, the US vice president, was to head an American delegation to Riyadh, which the White House said would arrive later in the...
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Japan Times
| over 1 year ago
The Crown Prince will extend his condolence to Sultan's family in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, where he will stay for about six hours, after departing Tokyo on Wednesday morning on a government jet, according to the Imperial Household Agency. Former...
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| over 1 year ago
Hundreds of men in flowing white robes and red-checkered head scarves packed a mosque in the capital of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for the state funeral of crown prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud. more » Sudan's next civil war in progress in Blue...
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Moreover Silicon Valley
| over 1 year ago
Funeral held for Crown Prince Sultan The body was carried through the mourners for prayers before burial Dignitaries from around the world have gathered in the Saudi capital Riyadh for the funeral of Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz al Saud.
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Sydney Morning Herald
| over 1 year ago
Story continues below Sultan's body was wrapped in a brown cloth and laid on the mosque ground as the mourners prayed for him. It was then taken out of the mosque to be buried in a nearby cemetery. More than 100 world dignitaries have been gathering...
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The Daily Star
| over 1 year ago
In this Thursday, March 27, 2008 photo, Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, left, speaks with his brother King Abdullah as they attend to welcome Arab leaders in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The heir to the Saudi throne, Crown Prince Sultan bin...
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The Daily Star
| over 1 year ago
Embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's exiled uncle has arrived in Riyadh to offer his condolences over the death of Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz, Saudi news agency SPA said Tuesday. "Rifaat al-Assad, uncle of Syrian President...
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NOW Lebanon
| over 1 year ago
Prime Minister Najib Mikati traveled to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to take part in the funeral of late Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdel Aziz, the National News Agency reported. Mikati will be accompanied by an official delegation that includes...
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NOW Lebanon
| over 1 year ago
Iran's foreign minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, will attend the funeral Tuesday of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdel Aziz, the website of Iranian state television reported. "Mr Salehi will leave Tehran for Riyadh, leading a high-ranking...
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Times of Oman
| over 1 year ago
Saudi Arabia's cement makers are beating the benchmark stock index on speculation they will benefit from about $500 billion in government spending and projects including the world's tallest tower in Jeddah. The Tadawul All Share Cement Index, which...
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Times of Oman
| over 1 year ago
His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said presided over the Council of Ministers meeting at Bait Al Barakah on Monday. His Majesty the Sultan thanked the Almighty for the bounties bestowed on Oman, praying to the Almighty to continue showering blessings on...
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Arab News
| over 1 year ago
Saudi Build 2011 & Saudi Stone-Tech 2011, a major business-to-business construction and stone technology event in the region, have ended with over 22,500 visitors and 700 exhibitors from 34 countries taking part in the four-day showcase at the Riyadh...
