Suleiman Nimr
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/ 6 February 2007

Palestinian leaders gather for crisis summit

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas supremo Khaled Meshaal prepared on Tuesday for crisis talks in Saudi Arabia aimed at ending a power struggle that has cost scores of lives. Abbas was the first to arrive in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, followed by Meshaal and then by Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, head of the Hamas-led government.

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/ 9 November 2003

Gulf on terror alert as blast hits Riyadh

At least five people died and some 100 were wounded when a midnight suicide car bombing tore apart an Arab housing compound west of Riyadh, officials said on Sunday, blaming the al-Qaeda terror network. The atrocity came the same day the US closed its missions in Saudi Arabia for a security review after warning of possible attacks.