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Not even his social faux pas of wearing a Nazi uniform with a swastika armband and reported incidents of underage drinking and cannabis smoking have been enough to throw the ladies off his scent.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/non_fictionreviews/3672933/Rebranding-Osama-bin-Ladens-family.html
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Michael Burleigh reviews The Bin Ladens: The Story of a Family and its Fortune by Steve Coll
In June 2000 Prince Charles and Prince Khaled al-Faisal opened a joint exhibition of their respective paintings in London. Raising an eyebrow, His Royal Highness asked Mr Bakr bin Laden, a prominent Saudi businessman who was present in the official line-up: 'What's your brother up to these days?'
Prince Harry (Is he a Nazi?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2NpM6WQeOc
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/21/world/main650543.shtml
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7286-2005Jan13.htmlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2NpM6WQeOc
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/21/world/main650543.shtml
READING, England, Oct. 15, 2004
Teacher: Prince Harry Cheated
Former Eton Teacher Says She Helped Prince Cheat, Was Later Fired
By David Hancock
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- Play CBS Video Video Teacher: Prince Harry Cheated A former teacher of Britain's Prince Harry has come forward to say that she was told to help the young prince cheat on an exam at elite Eton College. Mark Phillips report.
Video Prince Harry's Image Control Britain's Prince Harry has been undergoing an image makeover lately, performing charitable works in Africa to get away from his party-boy London lifestyle. CBS News' Mark Phillips reports.
Video Prince Harry's Wild Side Prince Harry has been taking some heat in the British press for what some see as unroyal behavior. CBS News Correspondent Richard Roth reports on the now grown-up little prince.
Prince Harry, 18, punches the air as he leaves Eton College Thursday, June 12, 2003, on his last day at the school. (AP)
- Britain's Prince Charles with his sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, right, at the opening of a fountain built in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, in London's Hyde Park, Tuesday July 6, 2004. (AP)
Photo Essay A Prince
At Eton As he prepares to move on, Prince Harry opens the door to his everyday life on campus.Interactive The British Royal Family A glimpse at the Windsors, with a family tree, photos and much more.
(AP) A former teacher who claims she was unfairly dismissed from Eton College after being ordered to help Prince Harry cheat on an exam played a secretly recorded tape of conversations she said prove her allegations.
The former teacher, Sarah Forsyth, 30, has told the tribunal that she wrote nearly all the text of an art project that Prince Harry submitted to pass an important exam in 2002. The grade helped him win admission to his next school, Sandhurst, where he is now training as a military officer.
Forsyth's attorney, Robin Allen, quoted Harry as saying on the tape: "It was a tiny, tiny bit. I did about a sentence of it." The tape was not played during the hearing.
Forsyth claims that Prince Harry, the son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana, was referring to the amount of work that he had done on the project submitted to the exam board.
However, Eton later released its own transcript of the tape, with a slightly different quote: "I was, like, a sentence in it."
Paddy Harverson, a spokesman for Prince Charles, told the hearing that the allegations had previously been disproved and it was unfair for Forsyth's lawyers to give the court only a small portion of the tape. Harverson and accused them of having "placed their own interpretation upon it."
"The tape ... contains barely audible half-sentences, and it appears to have been edited," Harverson said. "It is also difficult to tell what Harry is saying and what he is referring to, due to the poor quality of the recording and the disjointed nature of the tape. The fact remains Harry did not cheat."
Nigel Giffen, a lawyer for Eton, called Forsyth's conduct "pretty grubby."
Thursday's hearing was held to prepare for next year's tribunal on Forsyth's alleged unfair dismissal.
Forsyth claims she was fired on June 16, 2003 as a teacher at Eton, one of Britain's most prestigious private elementary and secondary schools, after being harassed by Ian Burke, then head of Eton's art department. She said Burke ordered her to do some of the work on Prince Harry's art project.
The former teacher, Sarah Forsyth, 30, has told the tribunal that she wrote nearly all the text of an art project that Prince Harry submitted to pass an important exam in 2002. The grade helped him win admission to his next school, Sandhurst, where he is now training as a military officer.
Forsyth's attorney, Robin Allen, quoted Harry as saying on the tape: "It was a tiny, tiny bit. I did about a sentence of it." The tape was not played during the hearing.
Forsyth claims that Prince Harry, the son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana, was referring to the amount of work that he had done on the project submitted to the exam board.
However, Eton later released its own transcript of the tape, with a slightly different quote: "I was, like, a sentence in it."
Paddy Harverson, a spokesman for Prince Charles, told the hearing that the allegations had previously been disproved and it was unfair for Forsyth's lawyers to give the court only a small portion of the tape. Harverson and accused them of having "placed their own interpretation upon it."
"The tape ... contains barely audible half-sentences, and it appears to have been edited," Harverson said. "It is also difficult to tell what Harry is saying and what he is referring to, due to the poor quality of the recording and the disjointed nature of the tape. The fact remains Harry did not cheat."
Nigel Giffen, a lawyer for Eton, called Forsyth's conduct "pretty grubby."
Thursday's hearing was held to prepare for next year's tribunal on Forsyth's alleged unfair dismissal.
Forsyth claims she was fired on June 16, 2003 as a teacher at Eton, one of Britain's most prestigious private elementary and secondary schools, after being harassed by Ian Burke, then head of Eton's art department. She said Burke ordered her to do some of the work on Prince Harry's art project.
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Prince Harry's Nazi Blunder Burns Old Blighty
By Glenn Frankel
Washington Post Foreign ServiceFriday, January 14, 2005; Page C01
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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/12/earlyshow/main666570.shtml
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LONDON, Jan. 14, 2005
Charles To Harry: Visit Auschwitz
Reported Order To Prince Follows Harry's Nazi Uniform Gaffe
- Prince Harry's Nazi uniform has many around the world asking, "why would he do it?" CBS News' Mark Phillips reports on the furor.
Video Editor: Prince's Stupidity A British tabloid editor and Princess Diana's former bodyguard give The Early Show their take on Prince Harry's Nazi costume controversy.
Video Royal Pain Once again, Britain's royal family is squirming under the spotlight of public opinion, thanks to the antics of the third in line to the throne. Mark Phillips reports.
A better moment for Prince Harry (left), seen here last week with his brother, Prince William, preparing packages of emergency supplies for shipment to tsunami survivors. (AP)
- In England, where 60,000 people were killed by Hitler's bombers, newspaper readers were stunned at seeing Prince Harry in Nazi uniform. He is not disputing the photo's authenticity. (AP)
Interactive There's Something About Harry The younger prince of England keeps getting into scrapes. Here's a look at his life.
(CBS/AP) A furious Prince Charles has ordered both his sons, Prince Harry and Prince William, to visit the Auschwitz concentration camp to learn about the horrors of the Holocaust, in light of Harry's already infamous blunder of wearing a Nazi uniform to a costume party, the Sun newspaper reports in London Friday.
The paper, which broke the story of the latest royal misadventure, says Charles also feels William must share the blame, since he was in the costume shop when Harry picked the offensive outfit, and should have stopped his younger brother.
The visit, according to the Sun, will be private.
Without commenting on the accuracy of the Sun report, Ingrid Seward, editor of Majesty magazine, told The Early Show, "There's no way Harry would go to Auschwitz. And I'm sure he…knows all about the Holocaust."
What would have prompted such an insensitive act?
"I'm afraid he's not intellectually very bright," Seward says. "He's rather inclined to do things on the spur of the moment and think about the consequences afterwards, and that's always been his way. But he did have an education at the most expensive and probably the best...school in the world. He had five years at Eton, where he certainly would have learned about the Holocaust. I suppose you can put it down to gross stupidity.
"I'm totally in agreement with (the politicians) who said he should come on television and (apologize) himself. I think both William and Harry, when they get into scrapes, should come out and be their own masters. (If he had apologized) in person, I think it would have died down."
Ken Whafe, who was a bodyguard for Princess Diana and sons William and Harry, wondered why Harry's current bodyguards didn't warn him of the impropriety of what he was about to do. He told Smith royal bodyguards will often discreetly offer such advice.
He adds that he agrees with Seward: "Harry did something that was stupid, and I think there was no sinister motive for him to offend anybody."
CBS News Correspondent Mark Phillips, in London, calls Harry "the current royal gaffe champion -- accused of binge-drinking and of attacking a prying photographer last summer."
"As royal gaffes go," notes Phillips, "this one has set new standards for effectiveness. It's managed to upset everybody... Holocaust survivors and victims families, ethnic and religious groups, war veterans and those who lost people in the war.
"Some are now wondering if Harry's desire to pursue a military career is really a good idea. Apology or not, this is an image that may haunt him for the rest of his life."
Before the report of Charles' demand came out, the Simon Wiesenthal Center urged Harry to make just such a trip. "We strongly urge Prince Harry to accompany the British delegation on Jan. 27 to the Auschwitz death camp to commemorate 60 years since liberation," said Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean and founder of the Wiesenthal center. "There, he will see the results of the hated symbol he so foolishly and brazenly chose to wear."
"What Harry did was both stupid and evil," said Lord Janner, a senior figure in Britain's Jewish community. "The time has come for him to make a public apology."
Harry made his first apology Wednesday night, in a statement, just as The Sun newspaper's first edition was hitting the streets with a big headline saying HARRY THE NAZI and a picture of the young royal wearing a swastika armband.
"I think a lot of people will be disappointed to see that photograph and it will cause a lot of offense," said Michael Howard, leader of Britain's main opposition Conservative Party.
"I think it might be appropriate for him to tell us himself just how contrite he now is," added Howard, who is Jewish.
Prime Minister Tony Blair sidestepped the furor. "Prince Harry has made it clear that he is very sorry about it. The rest of it is best to leave Buckingham Palace to comment on," he told BBC radio.
Doug Henderson, a legislator and former defense ministry official, said Harry was unfit to take his place at Sandhurst, the military academy.
But Janner said: "I would send him in the army as fast as possible. I hope that would teach him not to behave like that."
The action also upset many Israelis.
Vice Premier Shimon Peres called it "very bizarre."
"Well, the next time he will dress up and behave like a prince," Peres said.
The young prince has been a favorite topic of the tabloids in the past few years, reporting on his love life, alleged misadventures and scrapes with propriety, including a scuffle with a photographer last October and an accusation from a former teacher at Eton College who claims she was ordered to help him cheat his way through an important examination.
And in 2002, Charles made Harry spend a day at a drug rehabilitation center after he was caught smoking marijuana and indulging in underage drinking.
Harry is currently enrolled at Sandhurst, where he is in training for a career as an officer in the army.
He is third in line for the throne. co-anchor Harry Smith
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3614292/Harry-a-Nazi-Youre-having-a-laugh.html
The paper, which broke the story of the latest royal misadventure, says Charles also feels William must share the blame, since he was in the costume shop when Harry picked the offensive outfit, and should have stopped his younger brother.
The visit, according to the Sun, will be private.
Without commenting on the accuracy of the Sun report, Ingrid Seward, editor of Majesty magazine, told The Early Show, "There's no way Harry would go to Auschwitz. And I'm sure he…knows all about the Holocaust."
What would have prompted such an insensitive act?
"I'm afraid he's not intellectually very bright," Seward says. "He's rather inclined to do things on the spur of the moment and think about the consequences afterwards, and that's always been his way. But he did have an education at the most expensive and probably the best...school in the world. He had five years at Eton, where he certainly would have learned about the Holocaust. I suppose you can put it down to gross stupidity.
"I'm totally in agreement with (the politicians) who said he should come on television and (apologize) himself. I think both William and Harry, when they get into scrapes, should come out and be their own masters. (If he had apologized) in person, I think it would have died down."
Ken Whafe, who was a bodyguard for Princess Diana and sons William and Harry, wondered why Harry's current bodyguards didn't warn him of the impropriety of what he was about to do. He told Smith royal bodyguards will often discreetly offer such advice.
He adds that he agrees with Seward: "Harry did something that was stupid, and I think there was no sinister motive for him to offend anybody."
CBS News Correspondent Mark Phillips, in London, calls Harry "the current royal gaffe champion -- accused of binge-drinking and of attacking a prying photographer last summer."
"As royal gaffes go," notes Phillips, "this one has set new standards for effectiveness. It's managed to upset everybody... Holocaust survivors and victims families, ethnic and religious groups, war veterans and those who lost people in the war.
"Some are now wondering if Harry's desire to pursue a military career is really a good idea. Apology or not, this is an image that may haunt him for the rest of his life."
Before the report of Charles' demand came out, the Simon Wiesenthal Center urged Harry to make just such a trip. "We strongly urge Prince Harry to accompany the British delegation on Jan. 27 to the Auschwitz death camp to commemorate 60 years since liberation," said Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean and founder of the Wiesenthal center. "There, he will see the results of the hated symbol he so foolishly and brazenly chose to wear."
"What Harry did was both stupid and evil," said Lord Janner, a senior figure in Britain's Jewish community. "The time has come for him to make a public apology."
Harry made his first apology Wednesday night, in a statement, just as The Sun newspaper's first edition was hitting the streets with a big headline saying HARRY THE NAZI and a picture of the young royal wearing a swastika armband.
"I think a lot of people will be disappointed to see that photograph and it will cause a lot of offense," said Michael Howard, leader of Britain's main opposition Conservative Party.
"I think it might be appropriate for him to tell us himself just how contrite he now is," added Howard, who is Jewish.
Prime Minister Tony Blair sidestepped the furor. "Prince Harry has made it clear that he is very sorry about it. The rest of it is best to leave Buckingham Palace to comment on," he told BBC radio.
Doug Henderson, a legislator and former defense ministry official, said Harry was unfit to take his place at Sandhurst, the military academy.
But Janner said: "I would send him in the army as fast as possible. I hope that would teach him not to behave like that."
The action also upset many Israelis.
Vice Premier Shimon Peres called it "very bizarre."
"Well, the next time he will dress up and behave like a prince," Peres said.
The young prince has been a favorite topic of the tabloids in the past few years, reporting on his love life, alleged misadventures and scrapes with propriety, including a scuffle with a photographer last October and an accusation from a former teacher at Eton College who claims she was ordered to help him cheat his way through an important examination.
And in 2002, Charles made Harry spend a day at a drug rehabilitation center after he was caught smoking marijuana and indulging in underage drinking.
Harry is currently enrolled at Sandhurst, where he is in training for a career as an officer in the army.
He is third in line for the throne. co-anchor Harry Smith
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3614292/Harry-a-Nazi-Youre-having-a-laugh.html
Personally, I found the sight of the Prince of Wales climbing into the full Highgrove hejab for dinner with that bin Laden brother a week after the 9/11 slaughter far more disquieting: it seemed a rather more conscious act of identification than his son's party get-up. But a good indication of societal decadence is when it prefers to obsess over fictional offences rather than real ones.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13042316
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11 April 2011 Last updated at 15:47 ET
Belarus: Blast rocks Minsk metro near Lukashenko office
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The explosion happened at the height of rush hour, as David Stern reports
Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko says 11 people were killed and hundreds injured in an explosion in the metro system of the capital, Minsk.
He called for a moment of silence to honour those killed in the blast, which struck a metro station close to his main office and residence.The cause of the explosion, at 1755 local time (1555 GMT), is not known.
But in televised remarks, Mr Lukashenko said it was aimed at undermining "peace and stability".
And he hinted at foreign involvement, linking the explosion to a blast at a concert in 2008 in which about 50 people were injured.
"These are perhaps links in a single chain. We must find out who gained by undermining peace and stability in the country, who stands behind this," Mr Lukashenko said.
"I do not rule out that this [blast] was a gift from abroad."
Witnesses said there was a flash and a bang as passengers got off a train which had just pulled into the Oktyabrskaya metro station in the city centre.
An eyewitness, Maskim Lew, told Ekho Moskvy radio: "There are a lot of special forces troops, a lot of ambulances and firemen.
"Some people are being treated on the spot, some are being taken away, some - those who are conscious and in a more or less normal state - are being helped into ambulances."
The metro was all cordoned off, he said.
A police spokesman told reporters Minsk had been placed on "heightened alert".
Exits from the station lead both to Mr Lukashenko's main office and his residence, as well as the country's powerful security council.
Mr Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus since 1994, claimed victory in a presidential election last December, but international observers condemned the vote.
Immediately afterwards, dozens of opposition figures - activists and presidential campaigners - were rounded up and arrested. Some are still in jail.
Tensions are rising in the former Soviet republic, says the BBC's David Stern in Kiev. As well as the political tensions, Belarus has also suffered economic difficulties since the beginning of the year.
http://www.forumforfree.com/forums/a/prince-khalid-alfaisal-bin-abdulaziz_post454-jewelsofarabia.html?mforum=jewelsofarabia
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desertrosemrk- 09-16-2005
Prince Khalid Alfaisal holds press conference in Paris
Paris, Sep. 16, SPA -- Here to open his private plastic arts exhibition at the Arab Institute in Paris, Prince Khalid Alfaisal bin Abdulaziz, the Governor of Assir Region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Chairman of the Arab Though Foundation, briefed a press conference here last night on the establishment of the ATF and his current cultural visit to France.
Speaking to the gathering which assembled at the Arab Press Club to hear him, Prince Khalid disclosed that Abha, the capital of his governorate of Assir, hosts Arab World's first plastic arts village.
He briefed his listeners on his early interest in cultural activities in general, and plastic arts and poetry in particular.
A poet and plastic artist since he was student, Prince Khalid was assigned as Head of the Youth Welfare during the era of late King Faisal bin Abdulaziz.
Prince Khalid cast light on the cultural activity of King Faisal Charity Foundation. He disclosed that the foundation is planning to establish Alfaisal University in Riyadh.
--More 1320 Local Time 1020 GMT
My translation skills aren’t so great that I can give you a full and detailed transcript of the interview, but here are some highlights:
- Prince Khaled: Less than 10% of Jeddah has a drainage system, which is old and is probably not 100% efficient
- Floods were not taken into consideration nor anticipated
- Traffic and road conditions made it difficult for Civil Defense to move from one area to another, which is why helicopters were used.
[At 00:06:38, the woman is nodding. I wonder what she's really thinking...]
- Fatalities: 10 | Missing people: 5, only 1 was found | Injuries: 4 | Rescued: 497 by helicopter, and 2580 by boats and cars | 86000 people lost electricity and most got it back the next night and I think they all got their electricity back by now | 16,790 people have been given shelter | [...] more than 25,000 buildings damaged
Am I the only one having trouble believing that only 10 died and 4 injured?! I honestly stopped listening there, because refusing to acknowledge that more people died is a serious matter. I can’t even take this interview seriously.
http://americanbedu.com/2008/07/08/the-poor-in-the-kingdom/
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The Poor in Saudi Arabia
Posted on July 8, 2008 by American Bedu
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A typical misconception of Saudi Arabia is that every Saudi is rich and has his or her own oil well. The truth of the matter is that while the Kingdom may have some individuals who are excessively rich, some who are middle class as well as pockets of individuals who are in fact very poor. And yes, we are talking about Saudis here; not expats in the Kingdom. Homelessness is not something that is widely discussed or publicized but it does exist in the Kingdom. Oftentimes one can go to one of the local Tamimi (Safeway) grocery stores and see a Saudi national (male or female) who may be begging for his or her family. There are also areas in Mecca where groups of homeless Saudis have created tent cities underneath overpasses for they have nowhere else to go.
http://en.beta.rian.ru/analysis/20110317/163052343.html
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ssia is in a strong position to exert influence over the Belarusian authorities, who have found themselves isolated by a travel ban from the European Union and economic sanctions from the United States over human rights abuses. The EU is currently in talks on extending its sanctions to include prosecutors, judges and officers from the country's secret service connected with the trials of those detained in December's protests. The Belarusian secret service is investigating more than 46 individuals on riot charges and 30, including two former presidential candidates, remain in prison. Four people have already been sentenced to up to four years in jail. Human Rights Watch has accused the Belarusian authorities of exerting pressure on lawyers representing those facing charges, denying access to defense council and conducting raids on human rights organizations.