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...gold swords and submachine guns seized the prince. The King was rushed to a nearby hospital; shortly after noon an announcer on Radio Riyadh, his voice sobbing with emotion, said that Faisal was dead. Soon after, Radio Riyadh reported that the royal family had chosen Crown Prince Khalid ibn Abdul Aziz to succeed his brother and that Interior Minister Prince Fahd had been named Crown Prince (see box following page...
...Middle East, said Henry Kissinger recently, is "an area of remarkable personalities, the last bastion where great men can come out of the desert and do unbelievable things." One of the men that the Secretary surely had in mind was Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz al Saud of Saudi Arabia, with whom he had ceremoniously sipped mint tea in Riyadh only six days before the King was assassinated last week. When he died at the age of 69, Faisal was not only among the richest men in the world, thanks to Saudi Arabia's incredible oil wealth...
Died. Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz al Saud, 69, austere absolute monarch of Saudi Arabia; of gunshot wounds inflicted by his nephew, Prince Faisal ibn Musaed; during a royal audience in the Saudi capital of Riyadh (see THE U.S. & THE WORLD...
Throughout the Croesus-rich nations of the Persian Gulf, the businessmen encountered a welcome hunger for U.S. management know-how. When Saudi Heir Apparent Prince Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz warned that American firms risked losing Saudi business because of slow deliveries, the group formed an impromptu committee to advise the Saudis on ways to streamline their purchasing procedures in the U.S. Arab hospitality was generous. As guests of Prince Salman, governor of Riyadh, the businessmen sipped coffee around a bonfire, then retired to a large black tent as a chilly drizzle began. Inside, they sat cross-legged on carpets...
What NBA center is a vegetarian? What NBA center wears goggles? What do they have in common? (Former UCLA stars Bill Walton and Kareem Abdul Jabbar...