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| Mar.8 |
Northern England |
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 Battle over Liverpool intensifies Co-owner Tom Hicks launched an angry attack on the Dubai consortium battling for control of the English Premier League club
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| Oct.30 |
London |
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 Saudi king's royal meet draws fire  King Abdullah has begun his visit to the UK as controversy continues over issues related to the Middle Eastern kingdom
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| Oct.28 |
Saudi Arabia |
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Saudi king chides UK on terrorism| King Abdullah has accused Britain of not doing enough to fight international terrorism. He says could take 20 or 30 years to beat terrorism | | |
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| Jun.6 |
Saudi Arabia |
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Saudi prince 'received arms cash' | Bandar bin Sultan who negotiated a £40bn arms deal with Britain received secret payments for over a decade from BAE Systems | |
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Islamic militants, security forces battle
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| Dec.19 |
United Arab Emirates |
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 Blair warns of 'global struggle' Prime Minister: The world has to wake up to the struggle between the forces of moderation and of extremism
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| Mar.19 |
Qatar |
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 Car bomb targets theatre| A suspected suicide bomber targeting a theatre near a British school has killed one Briton and injured 12 other | |
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| Feb.16 |
England |
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 U.K. issues Saudi Arabia warning British nationals should forgo all but 'essential' travel because of possible terrorist attacks
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| Jan.2 |
England |
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Security scare grounds flight to Saudi British Airways has cancelled flight BA263
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10,000 dead in heat wave
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| Aug.13 |
Saudi Arabia |
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 Al Qaeda plot to target BA The threat to the British Airways was uncovered during recent raids on suspected al Qaeda terrorists
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England |
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BA suspends flights to Saudi Arabia British Airways are responding to a specific terrorist threat to its planes in the country
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| Aug.8 |
London |
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Freed bombing convicts leave Saudi 5 Britons and a Canadian have arrived in London having been given a royal pardon
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| May.28 |
Kuwait |
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Blair visits Kuwait Prime Minister said he had no doubt about the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq
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| Mar.22 |
Gulf |
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 7 killed as UK helicopters collide 6 British crewmembers and 1 American have been killed in a mid-air collision between two British Navy Sea King helicopters
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| Mar.20 |
Kuwait |
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U.S. Marine Chopper Down, 12 killed| A U.S. Marine CH-46 Sea Knight was carrying 4 U.S. and 4 British soldiers | |
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Russian troops storm theater
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| Jun.20 |
Saudi Arabia |
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Blast kills Briton A car bomb explosion has killed Simon Veness in the capital Riyadh outside a residential compound
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| Nov.2 |
Bahrain |
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Archbishop Carey appeals to Islam The head of the Church of England is visiting Bahrain
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| Oct.31 |
Saudi Arabia |
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 Blair talks with King Fahd UK Prime Minister aimed at bolstering support for the US-led coalition against terrorism
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| Sep.21 |
Kuwait |
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Kuwait leader suffers stroke Emir Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, 73, has suffered a brain haemorrhage. He was flown to
London for treatment
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| Feb.4 |
Saudi Arabia |
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Europeans confess to Saudi bombs TV showed a Briton, a Belgian, and a Canadian confessing to 2 bombings
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| Dec.16 |
Saudi Arabia |
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Briton hurt in blast D. Brown from Scotland, was injured when a parcel placed near the windscreen of his car exploded
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Barak resigns
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| Nov.22 |
Saudi Arabia |
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3 Britons injured in Saudi car blast Injuries were not thought to be life-threatening
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Intifada started by Sharon visit
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