The state-run Saudi Press Agency cited an official source at the Saudi Foreign Ministry as saying al-Khalidi was seized by an armed group in front of his home.

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The young women weren't included in a group photo of Saudi Olympic officials posing with the male Saudi Olympic athletes carried by the Saudi Press Agency this week.

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Indeed, Saudi Ministry of Labor spokesman Hattab Bin Salah Al-Anzi said Wednesday that the kingdom will focus instead on recruiting workers from "other sources, " according to the state-run Saudi Press Agency.

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"The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia categorically rejects any interference in its affairs or in the provisions of its judiciary under any justifications, " a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency read.

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"There is an agreement to support the Syrian people and standing by their side, we are agreeing on freezing the membership of Syria until it retains its balance, " Tunisian Foreign Minister Rafiq Abdul Salam said, according to the official Saudi Press Agency.

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The Saudi Interior Ministry said Ahmed Al-Shamlani Al-Anzi was sentenced to death and then "crucifixion" -- having his body displayed in public -- for the kidnapping and killing of an 11-year-old boy and for the killing of the boy's father, according to the official Saudi Press Agency.

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