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<title>Saudis to lease farmland in Pakistan</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85799</link>
<description>Malnutrition is a serious problem in Pakistan with rising food prices a contributory factor. How can it make sense for the government to lease 500,000 hectares of agricultural land to Saudi Arabia? IRIN News</description>
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<title>Saudi Arabia accused of anti-terrorism abuses</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163325/1/</link>
<description>The Saudi Arabian authorities have launched a sustained assault on human rights under the façade of countering terrorism, says a new report.</description>
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<title>Five countries named top death penalty killers</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84378</link>
<description>At least 1,252 people were executed in 24 countries last year - though the real figure is certainly higher - with 88 per cent occurring in China, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the US.</description>
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<title>Five countries accused over juvenile executions </title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84248</link>
<description>Ending executions for crimes committed by children in just five countries - Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Pakistan, and Yemen - would result in universal implementation of the prohibition on the juvenile death penalty, says a leading rights organisation.</description>
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<title>Law change urged following BAE-Saudi verdict</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160974/1/</link>
<description>A change in the law is needed in the wake of the House of Lords ruling in favour of the Serious Fraud Office's termination of a corruption investigation into BAE arms deals with Saudi Arabia, say campaigners.</description>
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<title>Lords rule on Saudi arms deal appeal</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160958/1/</link>
<description>The House of Lords will give its verdict on Wednesday on the Serious Fraud Office's appeal against a ruling that its director acted unlawfully when he stopped a corruption investigation into a huge BAE-Saudi arms deal.</description>
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<title>Time running out for oil exporters</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84018</link>
<description>Petroleum-fuelled prosperity is masking the challenge of oil depletion and removing the sense of urgency that is desperately needed to promote diversification in oil-exporting states, a report warns.</description>
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<title>Report Blasts Saudi Discrimination Policies</title>
<link>http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83474</link>
<description>Saudi Arabia's male guardianship of women and policies of sex segregation stop women from enjoying their basic rights, says a Human Rights Watch report released today.</description>
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<title>Saudi Arabia, Iran, Libya Head Execution List</title>
<link>http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83378</link>
<description>Saudi Arabia had the highest number of executions per capita, followed by Iran and Libya, according to a new Amnesty survey that says 88 per cent of all known executions took place in China, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the US.</description>
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<title>UK Moves To Weaken Judicial Reviews</title>
<link>http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/159588/1/</link>
<description>With judgement still awaited on a landmark judicial review of the decision to halt an inquiry into a Saudi arms deal corruption investigation, the UK Government has introduced draft legislation that would in effect prevent such a review in future.</description>
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<title>Over 35,000 Beggars Held Last Year in Saudi Arabia</title>
<link>http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82416</link>
<description>The number of beggars held by Saudi authorities increased by almost 6,000 last year, according to the country's Ministry of Social Affairs. 
from Gulf News</description>
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<title>Judicial Review of BAE-Saudi Corruption Inquiry</title>
<link>http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/157718/1/</link>
<description>A court case contesting the legality of the UK Serious Fraud Office's decision to scrap its investigation into alleged bribery by BAE Systems to secure a huge arms deal with Saudi Arabia will be heard in London on Thursday.</description>
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<title>China Praised, Malaysia Criticised at Bali Talks</title>
<link>http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/155952/1/</link>
<description>China was named Good Guy at the UN climate change negotiations in Bali on Friday, Malaysia was condemned to join Saudi Arabia, Japan and Canada in the Bad Guys group and Australia and India were told to make up their mind which category they wanted to be in.</description>
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<title>Lawyer Punished for Defending Rape Victim</title>
<link>http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81595</link>
<description>Abdul Rahman al-Lahem, the lawyer of a Saudi Arabian rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in prison, is being charged for negative statements he made about the Saudi judiciary's handling of the case.</description>
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<title>Saudi Arabia tops the roll of dishonour</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/155885/1/</link>
<description>Saudi Arabia was given the Fossil of the Day Award by NGOs at the climate change conference in Bali, Indonesia, on Wednesday.</description>
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