Marginalized Saudi city looks to U.N. for help
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia  - Saudi Arabia is hoping that the United Nations will step in to help save the historic old city of Jeddah, whose unique Red Sea architecture is in danger of disappearing.
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While some locals call the peacekeepers insensitive, the UN mission is trying to win hearts and minds using humanitarian work.
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With a religiously mixed population, aid efforts have meant reaching out across faith barriers.
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The isolation of Syria appears to be breaking as Damascus seeks deals with the Saudis and the Lebanese.
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Relief teams in Lebanon hope many of the heavily damaged buildings can be salvaged and are requesting the United Nations send more supplies for temporary repairs and to restore electricity and water services, officials said Monday.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Palestinian factions on the brink of civil war gathered yesterday in Mecca, Islam's holiest city, in a last-ditch effort to end their bloody conflict. The Saudi-led push is key to any future peace talks with Israel -- and to Arab efforts to blunt Iran's growing power.
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The Saudi initiative calls for regional dialogue over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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The United Nations on Wednesday appealed for 130 million dollars to jumpstart its relief effort after the tsunami disaster and said more would be required soon.
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Security officials from some 50  countries endorsed a Saudi proposal for an international  counter-terrorism center Tuesday but its exact role, location  and funding remained unclear.
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Delegates from the around the world will spend four days discussing ways to combat terrorism at a conference hosted by a country some in the West blame for exporting terrorism, even as Saudi Arabia sees itself as the victim of such violence.
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Iran and Saudi Arabia called Monday for the United Nations to intervene in Iraq to stop the fighting between U.S. forces and Shhite militants hiding in the holy city of Najaf.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas visited Saudi Arabia on Monday at time when many in the region are hopeful that Israelis and Arabs can make a new start on peace in the wake of Yasser Arafat's death.
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RIYADH: As the UN&#39;s Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women approaches, Saudi women are calling for urgent state policies to protect victims of domestic violence in the conservative Muslim kingdom.
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The United Nations urgently needs international support to boost its presence in Somalia and restore basic services, or the country could collapse into chaos, U.N. aid officials said on Monday.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions began a second day of crisis talks in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, focusing on the platform of a unity government that would honor past agreements with Israel.
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Calling for a new line of attack in Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia launches a national awareness campaign to mobilise people against Islamic militants.