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Published Date: July 14, 2009

RIYADH: Sheikh Abdullah ibn Jebreen, a prominent Saudi cleric who praised Osama
bin Laden and preached violence against Muslim Shiites, Christians and Jews,
died yesterday aged 77, his official website said. "Our Sheikh, Imam and father
Abdullah ibn Jebreen has passed to God's mercy," said the website. Ibn Jebreen
shot to international fame when he praised Osama bin Laden in 2003 calling him a
"warrior in the path of God" and wished him victory. Citing government and
medical sources, the New York Times reported last month ibn Jebreen received
police protection whilst at a hospital in Germany before his departure in June
"because the cleric's diatribes are considered a crime in this country, where
hate speech is illegal".

Saudis shut foreign school

RIYADH: The Saudi government closed an international school in Riyadh after 20
students were diagnosed with swine flu, the health ministry said yesterday. A
health ministry official would not identify the school, only saying that it
served people from an east Asian country. Riyadh has several schools serving the
children of hundreds of thousands of workers from east Asia, mainly the
Philippines and Indonesia. The school outbreak and 12 other newly diagnosed
cases pushed the total for Saudi Arabia to 216, less than six weeks after the
first case was detected.

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