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Gomes compared Lewis to Charlemagne and spoke of hostile invaders who wished to destroy his European kingdom. Gomes also mentioned the Emperor’s incompetent successors who had such memorable names as “Charles...
...daily La Repubblica said it must be viewed as part of a "climate of siege" Berlusconi created in the media world. In Saudi Arabia, the ouster of Jamal Khashoggi as editor of the Arabic daily Al Watan signaled the end of "Riyadh Spring" - the new willingness to criticize the kingdom's powerful religious establishment in the wake of last month's al-Qaeda attacks. Khashoggi was the loudest of the critics. "We used to say that we are a good society, that the bad ideas come from abroad," he told Time before his dismissal. "Now we are talking about local...
...detainees included three clerics thought to be al-Qaeda sympathizers. Authorities believe al-Qaeda was responsible for the attacks, which killed 34. The arrests bring to 21 the total number of suspects in custody, but U.S. officials said there was still a risk of further terrorist attacks in the kingdom. Violence Resumes SPAIN Two policemen died and a third was critically injured when a bomb exploded under their car in the small town of Sanguesa in Navarra province, which borders the northern Basque region. Authorities blamed the Basque separatist group ETA for the attack, which came days after municipal elections...
...cooperation is improving. A senior Arab official tells TIME that the U.S. is sharing sensitive intelligence with the Kingdom in "real time" - without going through the lengthy process usually required for the release of classified information to a foreign power. Acting on such intercepts, the Saudis last week captured two Moroccan al-Qaeda suspects who had just arrived in the Red Sea port of Jeddah, say sources familiar with the investigation...
...American TV, telling the world they will crack down on terrorism and its financing as never before. The Saudis publically announced last week that the al-Haramein Foundation had been ordered to close eight of its foreign offices and that its charitable activities will be confined to the kingdom. The Saudis also plan to bring three other major charities to heel--al-Rabita, the World Muslim Youth League and the International Islamic Relief Organization. Some U.S. officials insist that the Saudis will have to do still more to break a pattern of appeasing Islamic militants. Yet acting forcefully would represent...