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Officials do not know. The daily newspaper may have merited attack simply because its primary owner is a prominent member of the Saudi royal family, whose intimate ties to the U.S. have provoked the wrath of dissident Muslim extremists. Prince Khaled bin Sultan is a nephew of King Fahd's, a son of the current Defense Minister and brother of the kingdom's present ambassador to Washington. Moreover, Khaled was the senior commander of Arab forces during the 1991 Gulf War. It was during this conflict that the kingdom opened its borders to soldiers of the U.S.-led coalition...
...hinges on the same legal calculations that Harvard’s General Counsel made in loosening the College’s restrictions in the first place. While some students may be frustrated that there are still countries where travel will not be supported by the Univeristy—Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan, for instance—they need to understand the responsibility the College has to protect its students. Waivers may not be able to absolve Harvard completely in the event of a tragedy in a country to which the State Department recommends Americans to defer travel. The potential...
Restrictions on Harvard sponsorship of travel to countries with the strongest State Department warnings, such as Haiti, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia, will remain in place...
...upheaval caused by Katrina, Townsend left town on September 9 - the day then-FEMA director Michael Brown was relieved of his duties supervsing the hurricane response - for a previously-scheduled five-day trip for consultations with intelligence chiefs in such countries as Morocco and Afghanistan, as well as with Saudi Arabia's new ruler, King Abdullah bin-Abdulaziz...
...United Nations had tried to make New Yorkers feel better about the gridlock and street closures with an "Everyone Is A Delegate" advertising campaign on subways, buses and telephone kiosks. Roads were clogged with Denalis, Town Cars and Mercedes with window signs like "Malaysia 11," "Togo 3" and the Saudi Arabian "Royal Protocol...