Saudi Arabia names Defense Minister Salman new heir to throne
Monday by naming Defense Minister Prince Salman bin Abdul-Aziz as the new heir to the ..... position only since November. Prince Salman , 76, is now the third successor for ..... the land of Islam's holiest sites. Salman may be viewed a slightly less hard-line
Iraq backs off on forcing 44 media outlets closed
reversal comes after an outcry by press freedom advocates. Ali Nasir , the deputy director of the Communications and Media Commission ..... most of them Iraqi, represents a crackdown on a free press. Nasir said Tuesday that five organizations including the BBC and U