Arabic News Weekly Edition for Saudi Arabia, 3/15/1999
Weekly Edition, Saudi Arabia - Week of March 15, 1999
- King Fahd to pay the expenses of Iraqi pilgrimages which they rejected
The Saudi minister of the Interior Prince Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz has announced that 18,000 Iraqi pilgrimages arrived at Hdidat Arar border area of the Saudi Northern border district with Iraq on Friday morning. Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 3/20/1999 - Mandela says Libya to put an end to Lockerbie issue
South African President Nelson Mandela is visiting Libya for talks with Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on the trial of two Libyan suspects in the 1988 bombing of a PanAm jetliner and has reported that real progress has been made. Libya-Saudi Arabia-South Africa, Politics, 3/19/1999 - Saudi Arabia denies Iraqi claims Saudi Arabia-Iraq, Politics, 3/18/1999
- Saudi Arabia refuses US request to seize Iraqi pilgrimage plane Saudi Arabia-Iraq-USA, Politics, 3/18/1999
- Saudi Nominee for UNESCO Director General meets Arab Group
The Saudi candidate for the post of Director General of UNESCO, Ghazi AL-Qusaibi, on Tuesday met with the Arab permanent delegates at the international Organization and discussed with them his future plan. Saudi Arabia, People, 3/17/1999 - King Fahd reiterates backing for the right of the Palestinians to establish their state Saudi Arabia-Palestine, Politics, 3/16/1999