Riyadh

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• RIYADH - A cargo plane belonging to the German carrier Lufthansa crashed on landing at Riyadh airport on Tuesday, Saudi television reported. Channel NewsAsia Front Page News
• So there's this Wahhabi sect, very hard liners, I say, and then you have the House of Saud, which is essentially a nomad tribe from the Riyadh vicinity or Najd. NPR Topics: News
• Riyadh's importance was vastly enhanced in 1979, when Ayatollah Khomeini toppled the Shah of Iran, theretofore Washington's chief ally in the Persian Gulf.
• The stop reality in Riyadh was a late edition addition to an itinerary.
• He was held in solitary confinement in the General Intelligence headquarters in Riyadh and was reportedly tortured.
• RIYADH -- Saudi Arabia's stock market closed deeply in the red Saturday as policymakers from the Gulf Cooperation Council met in the capital Riyadh to discuss the threat posed to the region's economies by the global financial crisis. Saudi Stocks Join Global Rout
• Camel beauty contests have become so popular in Saudi Arabia, that a popular cleric had to issue a decree against them (reason to follow) "It's just like judging a beautiful girl," said Fowzan al-Madr, a camel breeder from the Kharj region southeast of Riyadh. Camel Beauty Contests Are All The Rage In Saudi
• Fahd, the eldest, was made second deputy prime minister and eventually became king, while Prince Nayef was made Interior Minister and Prince Salman became governor of Riyadh Province. Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
• The world champion, who ends his two-week show jumping tour of the Gulf tomorrow, will travel to Saudi capital Riyadh early next month to assess the royal family's equine facilities.
• King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz mourns the death of his brother and his Crown Prince Sultan who died at dawn this morning Saturday outside the kingdom following an illness," the royal court said in a statement released a few hours later in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Dies