Saudi cuts back diplomatic ties to Libya
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Saudi Arabia is withdrawing its ambassador to Libya in what the kingdom called a measured response to reports that Tripoli had plotted to assassinate its crown prince.
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Senior envoys to the 25-nation bloc agreed the move at a meeting in Brussels on Wednesday, diplomatic sources said. The. decision, the latest step in Libya&#39;s improving relations with the West, will
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LONDON - Oil prices eased on Monday as top world exporter Saudi Arabia slashed prices for its westbound crude sales in an effort to shift the large volumes it is offering to cool world markets.
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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 Wednesday.
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Libyan diplomats can travel freely in the United States, the State Department said Friday, the latest sign of thawing relations between the longtime antagonists.
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The Arab League is trying to defuse a crisis between Riyadh and Tripoli over an alleged Libyan plot to assassinate the Saudi crown prince.
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Two Saudi newspapers called Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi "rash" and "mad" on Thursday, a day after Riyadh recalled its ambassador to Tripoli over what it said was a Libyan plot to kill the kingdom's de facto ruler.
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Two Saudi newspapers called Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi &quot;rash&quot; and &quot;mad&quot; on Thursday, a day after Riyadh recalled its ambassador to Tripoli over what it said was a Libyan plot to kill the kingdom&#39;s de facto ruler.
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The United Nations imposed sanctions Thursday on two Saudi activists accused of ties to al-Qaida and the leader of a Muslim extremist group in the Philippines. It also dropped the punitive measures against a Jordanian who claims he was Osama bin Laden's bodyguard.
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Worried by Iran's deepening involvement in the Arab world, Saudi Arabia has been working quietly to curtail the Shiite nation's influence and prevent the marginalization of Sunni Muslims in the region's hotspots.
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Cuba severed diplomatic ties with Panama on Thursday, retaliating within hours for the president's pardoning four Cuban emigres accused of trying to assassinate Cuban President Fidel Castro.
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Libya said on Wednesday it was surprised Saudi Arabia had recalled its ambassador to Tripoli and insisted there was no Libyan plot to assassinate the kingdom&#39;s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Abdullah.
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia  - Prominent Saudis dismissed  U.S. accusations of severe violations of religious freedom in  the kingdom and said on Thursday that the criticisms were  politically motivated.
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In an unusual censure of a key ally in the war on terrorism, the Bush administration yesterday accused Saudi Arabia of &quot;particularly severe violations&quot; of religious freedom.
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The State Department said yesterday that it is not yet satisfied with Libya's explanation of its role in a purported assassination attempt against Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.
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Prince Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, announced Wednesday that his kingdom was expelling the Libyan ambassador and withdrawing its own envoy from Tripoli because
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak visited Saudi Arabia on a brief trip which Egyptian officials said was aimed at easing strained ties between Riyadh and Libya over an alleged plot by Tripoli to kill the kingdom's de facto leader.