Saudi Arabia

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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates (left) talks with the Saudi Arabian assistant minister of defense and aviation, Prince Khalid bin Sultan, during a ceremony after Mr. Gates' arrival in Riyad, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Mr. Gates arrived in the Saudi capital Wednesday for talks with King Abdullah on coping with the political upheaval sweeping the Arab world. (AP Photo/Chip Somodevilla, Pool)

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This screen grab from Bahrain TV shows troops arriving in Bahrain from Saudi Arabia on Monday, March 14, 2011. The Saudi-led military forces were deployed to prop up the Bahraini monarchy against widening demonstrations, launching the first cross-border military operation to quell unrest since the Arab world's rebellions began in December. (AP Photo/Bahrain TV via APTN)

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Saudi policemen form a check point inspecting cars near the site where a demonstration is expected to take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo)

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**FILE** Saudi Shi'ite protesters hold Saudi flags and portraits of unidentified Saudi Shi'ite prisoners during a demonstration in Qatif, Saudi Arabia, on March 9, 2011. Activists in Saudi Arabia's Shi'ite Muslim minority have issued Internet calls for a "Day of Rage." (Associated Press)

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Saudis cruise the streets with car covered with Saudi flags and pictures of the Saudi King Abdullad and Saudi Crown Prince Sultan after the convoy of the King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia passes from the Airport and through the streets of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011. King Abdullah returned Wednesday from a three-month absence for back surgery in New York and convalescence in Morocco. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is trying to move a mosque project away from ground zero in New York City.

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** FILE ** Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah performs Eid al-Fitr prayers to mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in September 2010. (AP Photo/Saudi Press Agency)

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This photo released by the Saudi Press Agency, shows Saudi King Abdullah bin Abd al-Aziz, left, bidding farewell to Saudi Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, center, as Prince Salman bin Abdel Aziz, the Saudi King's brother and Riyadh Governor, right, looks on before his departures to United States in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. King Abdullah flew on Monday to the United States for medical treatment, seeking treatment after a blood clot complicated a slipped spinal disc, the state news agency SPA said. (AP Photo/HO)

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Muslim pilgrims cast stones at a pillar, symbolizing the stoning of Satan, in a ritual called "Jamarat," the last rite of the annual hajj, in Mina near the Saudi holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. The annual Islamic pilgrimage draws 2.5 million visitors each year, making it the largest yearly gathering of people in the world. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Muslim pilgrims pray on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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Men watch satellite TV in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in September. A 2008 fatwa issued by the chief of the country's top court said it would be permissible to kill the owners of satellite networks that show "immoral" content. He was removed as chief. (Associated Press)

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King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, seen in March 2009, has moved to regain control over fatwas, which were proliferating from many sources before he limited them to an official council. (Associated Press)

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A Saudi customer is served in a mobile shop at a market in the capital Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. (AP Photo)

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Saudi King Abdullah, left, and Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, talk to each other as they step off the plane upon their arrival at Rafik Hariri international airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday, July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Fire engines (far left) line up behind the wreckage of a Lufthansa cargo plane that caught fire and split in half as it was landing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, July 27, 2010. The German pilot and co-pilot of Flight 8460, which was carrying about 90 tons of unspecified cargo, were slightly injured, an airport official said. (AP Photo)

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A man stands on top of the wreckage of a Lufthansa cargo plane that caught fire and split in half as it was landing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, July 27, 2010. The German pilot and co-pilot of Flight 8460, which was carrying about 90 tons of unspecified cargo, were slightly injured, an airport official said. (AP Photo)