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FILE – In this Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014 file photo, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah speaks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before their meeting in Rawdat Khurayim, a secluded royal hunting retreat in Saudi Arabia. The United Nations has received pleas to help free several Saudi Arabian princesses allegedly being held against their will in a royal compound, officials confirmed Wednesday. The allegations were submitted to the U.N. human rights office, claiming that several daughters of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia had been held against their will for the past 13 years in the royal compound in Jeddah. .(AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski, Pool, File)