Arabic News Weekly Edition for Saudi Arabia, 12/28/1998
Weekly Edition, Saudi Arabia - Week of December 28, 1998
- Saudi Arabia says convening Arab summit requires good preparations for success
Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz, Saudi Arabia's second deputy prime minister and minister of defense and aviation denied that Riyadh is hesitant toward attending an Arab summit. Saudi Arabia, Politics, 1/2/1999 - Saudi Arabia announces guidance budget for 1999
Saudi Arabia on Monday announced its budget for 1999 which set expenditures for the next year at 165 billion Saudi riyals (US $ 44 billion). It estimates revenues at 121 billion riyals (US $ 32.3 billion), leaving a total expected defecit estimated at 44 billion riyals (US $ 11.7 billion). Saudi Arabia, Economics, 12/30/1998 - King Faisal international prize to be announced in one week
The King Faisel international prize in the fields of serving Islam, Islamic studies, Arab literature, medicine, and science will be announced on the coming Tuesday in a celebration in Riyadh. Regional-Saudi Arabia, Religion, 12/29/1998 - Yemen for friendly solutions to disputes with Saudi Arabia Yemen-Saudi Arabia, Politics, 12/29/1998
- Saudi trade exposition in Baghdad postponed
The inauguration of the Saudi trade exposition scheduled to be opened in Baghdad on Sunday was postponed until January 26, 1999 because of the US-British attacks against Iraq. Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Economics, 12/28/1998 - Saudi Arabia: We did not plan to assassinate Bin Laden
Saudi Arabia has denied accusations raised by Osama Bin Laden in press and TV interviews over attempts to assassinate him. Saudi Arabia described these accusations as "fabricated and groundless." Saudi Arabia, Politics, 12/28/1998