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...life of an exiled leader used to be a comfortable one. Uganda's Idi Amin whiled away his post-dictator years in Saudia Arabia, while the Philippines' Ferdinand Marcos spent the rest of his days in Hawaii. But Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand's former Prime Minister who was overthrown in a bloodless coup two years ago, is having a harder time finding a new place to call home. Earlier this month, Thaksin had his British visa revoked, shortly after a Thai court sentenced him in absentia to two years' imprisonment for a conflict of interest conviction. The Thai telecoms tycoon...
...According to a study released in February by the U.S. Department of Energy, China, the world?s second-largest consumer of energy (after the U.S.), is importing 48% of the 6.5 million barrels of oil it uses per day. China buys 16.8% of its imported oil from Saudia Arabia and 13.8% from Iran, making the country China?s second most important supplier...
...will continue to chase this deviant group until we eradicate them." CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH, Saudia Arabia's de facto ruler, following an assault by Saudi forces on a housing complex in Khobar, where Islamic extremists killed Saudi and foreign oil workers and took many hostages...
...government and its citizens as a whole need to look much closer at Saudia Arabia and its ties to terrorism. Iraq was/is a scapegoat in the war on terror. Saudi Arabia and its citizenry's deep pockets are a much bigger threat to U.S. security than any other Middle East country. Todd Fichter San Antonio, Texas...
...effectively, a shocking declaration in a system that once assured every college graduate a government desk and a paycheck, work or no work. The 30,000-strong royal family wasn't spared the belt tightening: no more ignoring telephone and utility bills, he decreed, or treating the national carrier Saudia like a private airline...