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Saudi prince's Obama hope

The world’s richest Arab, has told ITV News that he hopes Barack Obama will pay more attention to the Middle East in his second term and that Arab countries must reform immediately to avoid a revolution.

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Saudi prince's hope for Middle East reform

Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal has told ITV News that he would like to see further reform across the Middle East:

I’d like all those Arab countries who did not have an instability or revolution to wake up and immediately to reform and change before this tide reaches them

When asked if this included Saudi Arabia the prince replied: “All countries – no country is immune. Everyone who thinks he is immune, as you say in English, ‘he is talking rubbish’”.

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