Saudi King Abdullah Buried After Simple Funeral

New Saudi King Salman is pledging to continue the policies of his half brother, the late King Abdullah, who was buried Friday in the capital, Riyadh. Abdullah, who died early Friday after a long illness, was laid to rest in an unmarked grave following a simple ceremony attended by the Arab and Muslim world's top leaders. One of the world's few absolute monarchs, he was believed to have been 90 and recently had been hospitalized with a lung infection. The oil-rich,...

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