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Saudi prince wins damages over "Independent" article
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Saudi Arabia's interior minister Prince Nayef Bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud has accepted undisclosed damages over an article in The Independent newspaper accusing him of ordering police to shoot unarmed protesters. The newspaper accepted the "order" it reported was in fact a fake. Its publishers , Independent Print Ltd company, also offered "sincere apologies" as well as the author of the article, the Independent's Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk. Prince Nayef has promised to spend the "substantial" damages to charity, bbc.co.uk reported.