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  UK terror convict used ‘sacrifice72’ e-mail id | Arab News — Saudi Arabia News, Middle East News, Opinion, Economy and more.

  Abu Hamza al-Masri, the radical Islamist cleric facing U.S. terrorism charges, sits while a picture of shoe bomber Richard Reid is seen on a computer screen (L) and Saajid Badat is questioned via teleconference in Manhattan federal court in New York in this artist's sketch on Monday. (Reuters)

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  Jordanian lauds services at Two Holy Mosques | Arab News — Saudi Arabia News, Middle East News, Opinion, Economy and more.

  Jordanian lauds services at Two Holy Mosques

• Saudi Oil Policy
  Saudi Is Not The Problem; They Are Shouldering Their Burden Alongside Everyone Else

  Al-Falih said the fall in oil prices will curb industry investment worldwide. He said Saudi Aramco will reduce its 2015 capex this year to less than its initial target. The company plans to invest $30 billion to $50 billion per year to maintain oil output, transform itself into the largest refiner in the world and expand its chemical and trading segments, Al-Falih told the conference. He said, "To do that we need a price that is very, very healthy...It's not a matter of recovering what we spent. It's a matter of fueling an investment plan."

• MERS
  Saudi Arabia suspects $266m worth of ‘corruption’ related to MERS

  The Saudi ministry of health has reportedly suspended 38 contracts worth a total SR1 billion ($266 million) for alleged corruption.

• Afghanistan
  Many Afghans Expect Life to Be Worse After Troops Leave

  With the U.S. and NATO combat missions ending in 2014, many Afghans remain pessimistic about what the future holds after the troops are gone. Nearly four in 10 believe they will be worse off with the withdrawal of the majority of U.S. and NATO forces, while fewer expect the situation to be the same and an even smaller percentage think they will be better off.

  • McClatchy - ISIS Recruiting in Afghanistan, Pakistan
• Tourism
  Multiple festivals to boost tourism

  SCTA and other agencies have completed their preparations for these tourism fairs, that include social events, heritage, sports, amusement and cultural activities to suit all segments of society, sources said.

• Coalition Airstrikes
  5 Months of Air Strikes in Iraq and Syria in 4 Charts

  Though the coalition conducting military operations includes 11 other countries, the U.S. has conducted the vast majority of strikes. In Syria, U.S. forces have been responsible for 90 percent of the strikes, and 75 percent in Iraq.

  • Bloomberg - U.S. Weapons Going to Iran-Backed Groups?
  • Washington Post - Inside the U.S. Effort to Train Iraqi Forces
• Stock Markets
  Crude weighs on Gulf but Saudi shares pare losses

  Saudi Arabia’s main index dropped as much as four per cent in a broad sell-off early in the session, but then pared its losses and closed only 0.6 per cent down.

• Palestine and the UN
  Palestinians to submit resolution for U.N. statehood bid

  Palestinians plan to submit a final draft of a statehood resolution to the United Nations on Monday calling for a peace deal with Israel within a year and an end to occupation of Palestinian territories by the end of 2017, officials said. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas informed U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry by phone that he would press ahead with the initiative despite Israeli and U.S. opposition, the official Palestinian WAFA news agency reported.

  • Al-Monitor - US will veto Palestinian UN bid
• Art
  First outdoor art show in conservative Saudi

  Dozens of paintings are being displayed on outdoor advertising billboards in the capital Riyadh and other cities in what organisers say is the kingdom's first public art show.

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