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Monday 24 deceMber 2018

Saudi prince who called for reforms dies at 87

Associated Press females had no access to were seized by Riyadh, but
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) formal education in the he was not stripped of his
— Prayers were held Sun- landlocked capital and nationality— a punishment
day for Prince Talal bin Ab- schools were open to boys Gulf monarchies have em-
dulaziz, a senior member of only. ployed against dissidents.
the royal family who sup- Soon after he was appoint- After rifts emerged be-
ported women’s rights and ed finance minister, he tween Prince Talal and
once led a group of dissi- struck out and led a group Cairo, he was allowed to
dent princes, who died at of princes who called for return to Saudi Arabia in
the age of 87. a constitutional monarchy 1964 under King Faisal, who
Prince Talal was an older that distributes some of the had deposed his brother
brother to King Salman and king’s powers. The royals, King Saud that same year.
the father of businessman who became known as the Prince Talal served un-
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. Free Princes Movement, til 2011 as a member of
He is the son of the found- called for a constitution to the Allegiance Council,
er and first ruler of mod- govern the kingdom, rather a body of senior princes
ern Saudi Arabia, the late In this Feb. 24, 2010 file photo, Saudi Prince Talal bin Abdelaziz, than rules based solely on who are meant to meet
left, receives Queen Rania of Jordan during the opening
King Abdulaziz, whose sons ceremony of the Arab Open University, Jordan branch, in clerical interpretation of and choose the next king
have ruled since his death, Amman, Jordan. the Quran and other reli- from among themselves.
with the throne passing Associated Press gious doctrine. He’d reportedly left the
from brother to brother. also released a statement 1960s. In 1957, Prince Talal Prince Talal led the group council after questioning
Prince Talal’s son Prince about his passing. founded the first school for from Beirut and Cairo, its efficacy when a senior
Abdulaziz bin Talal an- Prince Talal served as min- girls in Riyadh, according which under then Egyptian prince was appointed to
nounced on Twitter that ister of communications to the Saudi newspaper President Gamal Abdel the line of succession with-
his father passed away on in the 1950s and minis- Arab News. The school was Nasser was an adversary of out the council being fully
Saturday. The royal court ter of finance in the early founded at a time when Riyadh. The prince’s assets consulted.q

Russia: Criminal probe opened in mine

fire that killed 9

uated. The blaze cut off
access to nine other work-
ers who were in a different
section.
Russian news agencies
quoted the rescue opera-
tion’s headquarters as say-
ing the rescue was refo-
cused as an effort to recov-
er the men’s bodies. Seven
bodies had been removed
In this video grab provided by RU-RTR Russian television via AP from the mine by Sunday
television, Russian rescue team wait for a elevator to go down evening.
into the mine potash mine in Solikamsk, the Perm region near The workers were trapped
the Ural Mountains, Russia, Saturday, Dec. 22, 2018. 364 meters (1,200 feet)
Associated Press underground, and it took
Associated Press fertilizer company Uralkali several attempts before
MOSCOW (AP) — Rescue in the Perm region east of searchers could safely
teams on Sunday found the Moscow. Uralkali said two reach the site. Firefighters
bodies of nine construction teams of workers were do- were unable to extinguish
workers who were trapped ing maintenance work in the blaze for more than
inside a burning potash the mine and operations 36 hours. The Perm region
mine in Russia’s Ural Moun- had been suspended while declared Monday a day
tains, while Russian officials they labored. of mourning for the work-
opened a criminal investi- Officials said 17 construc- ers who died at the mine in
gation of the accident. tion workers were in when Solikamsk, which is located
A fire erupted Saturday the fire broke out and eight 1,200 kilometers (740 miles)
at the mine operated by of them were quickly evac- east of Moscow.q