Saudis voice hesitance on Mideast summit
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JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia will probably skip a Mideast peace conference called by President Bush if it doesn't tackle substantive issues such as the status of Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees, the kingdom's foreign minister said yesterday.
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In the first trip to Saudi Arabia by a Russian leader, President Vladimir Putin and his Saudi counterparts are expected to discuss economic and military cooperation and the conflicts that continue to trouble region.
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UNITED NATIONS - The United States intends to invite Saudi Arabia, Syria, and other Arab countries that do not have relations with Israel to a Middle East peace conference that will be held in the United States this fall, a senior State Department official said yesterday.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- After their first official talks in Saudi Arabia, the Iranian and Saudi leaders pledged yesterday to fight the spread of sectarian strife in the Middle East, which they said was the biggest danger facing the region.
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President George W. Bush heads to Saudi Arabia on Monday to encourage active support for Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking by the Arab powerbroker and seek help in maintaining American pressure on Iran.
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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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VATICAN CITY  - Pope Benedict and Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah held a historic meeting on Tuesday and discussed the situation of minority Christians in the Islamic country where the Vatican wants them to have more freedom. At the first meeting between a Pope and a Saudi monarch, the two also discussed the need for greater collaboration between Christians, Muslims and Jews and prospects for a Middle East peace.  They spoke for about 30 minutes in the Pontiff's private study with the help of interpreters in what both the Vatican and reporters described as a cordial atmosphere.
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Saudi Arabia prepares to host security officials from more than 50 countries for a four-day counter-terrorism conference.
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Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Western diplomats downplayed on Tuesday fears of an exodus of expatriates from the kingdom, as the United States reiterated a warning to its citizens to shun Saudi Arabia after a brazen attack on its consulate in Jeddah.
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Saudi Arabia remains tight-lipped over 10 terror funding arrests, but relatives say the men are pro-reform activists.
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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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Israel's nuclear arsenal may provoke an arms race in the Middle East in which even moderate states could get involved, the Saudi intelligence chief said on Friday.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions appeared close to a deal on a unity government at crisis talks in Saudi Arabia on Thursday after giving key cabinet posts to independents, officials said.
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JERUSALEM, Feb. 19--When Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice decided last month she wanted to host a summit with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, one of the big questions was: Where?
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Arab countries have reached a "very significant" consensus after the recent war in Lebanon that there must be a new start with fresh ideas to the Middle East peace process, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister said Thursday.
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In addition to the differences between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, the GCC&#39;s 25th summit is expected to discuss the reflections of the political and security situations in Iraq on the region and several security, political and economic issues including
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President George W. Bush arrived on his first trip to Saudi Arabia on Monday, hoping to convince the Arab powerbroker to lend support to Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking and help contain Iran.