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Saudi Arabian writer Hamza Kashgari, 23, a columnist for the al-Bilad daily in Jeddah, was forced to flee the Kingdom for safety when a fatwa demanding his execution for blasphemy was issued earlier this week.
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At 27, Mark Zuckerberg, a co-founder and CEO of Facebook, is set to get one of the largest tax bills in the U.S. or anywhere. Paying $1.5 billion in a tax year is rare in the extreme but it's a problem that comes with benefits.
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A Saudi prince has lost a custody case in the French courts, subjecting him to an international arrest warrant for allegedly kidnapping his child. The ruling is meaningless as Saudi law favors the prince, giving him full custodial rights over the child.
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Currently sporting events exclude women in Saudi Arabia from joining fans in male only venues. Saudi officials have announced that the new sports stadium due to be completed in Jeddah, in 2014, will admit women.
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The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia has issued a Fatwa against social media site Twitter, demanding that "real Muslims" avoid it.
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Saudi police say that an unnamed Saudi woman who defied the driving ban in Saudi Arabia was seriously injured and her companion killed in a road accident in the northern Hael province on Saturday.
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Unrest in the Middle East continues leading the international agenda, and sanctions against Iran have moved Saudi Arabia to announce an increase of oil production by 2.5 million barrels per day, action which Iran states may have untold "consequences."
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Fast food chain McDonald's says that a video showing vegetables being washed in a washing machine at a branch in Saudi Arabia was faked.
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Saudi Arabia's religious police, responsible for enforcing strict sharia law in the Kingdom, have been criticized in recent months for being too aggressive.
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An Australian man who received 75 lashes in an insect infested cold Saudi prison cell, has been released by royal pardon.
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