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For many conservatives, the defining image of Mr Obama's European tour was not the adoring crowds but the way America's new president bowed before the king of Saudi Arabia.
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Last year, however, al-Arabiya's owner, who happens to be a brother-in-law of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, put a new, staunchly pro-American editor in charge.
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The king himself recently founded a new university for advanced science and technology inside Saudi Arabia.
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He made his initial fortune in construction in Saudi Arabia, where he continues to add to his project portfolio with new projects for King Saud University and a new medical city complex for the Ministry of Interior.
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The new buzz here in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is about Bush's Monday night meeting at King Abdullah's palace.
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Handing out pardons is an established tradition among new monarchs in Saudi Arabia, which Abdullah has ruled as regent since 1995 because of the long illness of King Fahd.
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The new Four Seasons going up in Saudi Arabia is being funded by Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a nephew of King Fahd and owner of 14 other hotels in the Middle East.
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But The New York Times has reported the list includes some foreign governments, including members of the Saudi royal family, the king of Morocco, a fund connected to the United Arab Emirates, and the governments of Kuwait and Qatar.
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