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Hillary Clinton links Saudi Arabia to terrorism and the world suddenly changes
Hillary Clinton has grasped what has long been the prickliest nettle in US diplomacy and directly linked Saudi Arabia to the funding of terrorism.
Daniel Flitton is senior correspondent for The Age covering foreign affairs and politics. He is a former intelligence analyst for the Australian government and was at one-time a university lecturer specialising in international relations.
Hillary Clinton has grasped what has long been the prickliest nettle in US diplomacy and directly linked Saudi Arabia to the funding of terrorism.
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The students gathered in a place they called Forum Square, a covered atrium at the university in Port Moresby. Bright young minds crowded onto the floor in their hundreds, others dangling their legs from the rafters above, refusing to attend class.
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