Saudi trumpets new university's independence
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia  - The atmosphere on the King Abdullah campus should be that of a high-quality college anywhere else in the world -- a mood of free thought, equality and easy mingling among independent-minded men and women.
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Security was discreetly stepped up as the new term started Monday at Oxford University, where Benazir Bhutto's son has vowed to complete his student life despite being named her political heir.
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Five US universities have opened satellite campuses in the Mideast state.
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Saudi businessman Mohammed Aboud Al-Amoudi has been awarded an honorary doctorate in business administration by the American University of London.
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A delegation from the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has arrived in Saudi Arabia on the first extensive fact-finding mission by such a group in the conservative Muslim country.
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Osama bin Laden&#39;s latest message, his first directed specifically at Saudis in years, has been widely seen as an attempt to show he is still a player in his homeland
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Students at a Scottish university on Wednesday elected Israeli nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu their official spokesman.
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The latest endowment figures from NACUBO, a college business officers' group, highlight the growing prosperity but also the stratification among elite universities
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The Saudi oil minister inaugurated a new production plant on Sunday and renewed the largest oil exporter&#39;s support for stable prices by noting that Saudi Arabia was maintaining about two million barrels in spare output capacity.
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With civil wars looming over the Middle East, Saudi Arabia has taken on a more aggressive role in reshaping the regionâs conflicts.
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A top Saudi diplomat and member of the royal family predicted that women will be allowed to vote in future elections, giving women in the strictly segregated Islamic nation a political voice for the first time.
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Cisco's new digital media system -- unveiled this week -- is already winning praise from one early adopter, a university in London that is using it to provide students with access to rich media.
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Saudi men started voting in municipal  elections in the capital Riyadh on Thursday, the first stage in  an unprecedented nationwide vote in the absolute monarchy which  is inching toward reform.
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The contribution of Scottish universities to public policy comes under the spotlight at an event in Stirling.
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A group led by the UAE's Etisalat plans to spend $1bn (Â£544m) on expansion after winning two mobile phone licences in Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi Arabia is has renewed it&#39;s pledge to &quot;fight terrorism in all its aspects&quot; in the kingdom after Monday&#39;s attack on the US consulate in Jeddah, reports the BBC.
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KUWAIT CITY, Oct. 9 -- Saudi Arabia's interior minister appealed to regional news media Saturday to help combat "improper ideas" that lead young people to support extremist movements.