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• Saudi Arabian Airlines
  Saudia transports over 21 million passengers in 9 months

  Saudi Arabian Airlines transported a total of 21,116,905 passengers during the first nine months of 2014. This is an increase of 11.62 percent compared to the same period last year, during which the national carrier transported a total of 18,918,726 passengers, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

• Yemen
  Yemen Shiite Houthi Rebels Seize Border Post Near Saudi Arabia

  Yemen’s Shiite Houthi rebels seized a border crossing point near Saudi Arabia, expanding their control in the impoverished Arabian Peninsula country.

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• Media
  Misstated Excerpt of Times Article Offers Fresh Take on President Sisi of Egypt

  There is no such thing as bad press for President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, at least not if it is translated by the Egyptian news media.

• OIl
  Saudi Aramco trades first fuel oil derivative on Platts

  Saudi Aramco traded its first fuel oil derivative on Platts on Thursday and is expected to become more active in its paper trading activities, sources said.

• Islamist Groups
  Suicide Bomber Kills 7 in Pakistan Border Region

  The bomber detonated the explosives at a meeting of government-backed militia members in the Khyber tribal region, along the Afghan border.

• Security
  Britain Arrests 6 in Counterterrorism Raids

  The detention of three men and three women in Portsmouth and Farnborough, both in Hampshire, and in Greenwich, in southeast London, reflected heightened concerns that the rise of the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, has helped foment jihadism, particularly among young Muslims opposed to British military actions in Muslim lands.

• Sports
  Women ‘allowed to enter’ Saudi soccer stadium for match

  Adnan al-Moaibid, spokesman of the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF), however, said the entry of the Australian women fans is not their prerogative but rather a decision of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) that is organizing the final match. He said the SAFF is committed to honoring the rules and regulations of both FIFA and the AFC regarding all soccer matches held under their umbrellas.

• Medina
  126 mosques to be razed in Saudi Arabia for Medina mosque expansion

  Some 95 properties and 126 mosques will be demolished to carry out the expansion work of the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah, said director general of the Madinah branch of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs and Endowments Dr. Muhammad Al-Amin Al-Khatri. Several of these buildings have been vacated while work is ongoing to vacate the others.

• Foreign Workers
  In ‘Rare Protest’, Egyptian workers riot in western Saudi Arabia

  The official Saudi Press Agency says five Saudi civilians were injured when a group of Egyptians rioted in the northwestern Red Sea city of Duba in a rare protest by foreign workers in the kingdom.

• Euro Disney
  Saudi Prince Alwaleed agrees to help rescue Disneyland Paris

  The French theme park secured a rescue deal from its biggest shareholder, US-based Walt Disney Company, last week that will see Disney swap €600 million ($761 million) of Euro Disney’s debt for equity and the deferment of repayments on loans until 2024, as well as new shares issued. Under the deal, Prince Alwaleed risked having his stake dramatically cut if he did not also invest extra cash.

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