Word: abdulaziz
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...Saddam's comeback was the hot topic on the sidelines. Ten years after the United Nations slapped sanctions on Iraq for invading Kuwait, the issue was not whether to lift them, but how. Saddam's envoy Izzat Ibrahim even planted a kiss on the forehead of Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, the Saudi Defense Minister who hosted Operation Desert Storm in 1991. "Iraqis love Saudi Arabia," said Ibrahim...
...Turner and Rupert Murdoch are no longer the world's most eccentric media moguls. MICHAEL JACKSON has announced a deal to create Kingdom Entertainment, "one of the best global entertainment multinational organizations in the world," with PRINCE AL-WALEED BIN TALAL BIN ABDULAZIZ AL-SAUD, nephew of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd. The Prince, who seems to favor working with troubled operations (he already owns part of Euro Disney and London's Canary Wharf), says he wants to provide the world with family-oriented entertainment, from theme parks to concert tours, including Jackson's. For now at least, attracting publicity...
...fiscally prudent government would have acknowledged the emergency and waived the agency rules, says Abdulaziz Sultan al-Issa, chairman of the Gulf Bank. "But that would mean cutting people out of the moneymaking loop, and our rulers are scrupulous about allowing such windfalls. It is part of the elaborate way in which our loyalty is bought...
...will invest here if our leaders are trembling? And what interest rates will we have to pay when the government borrows in the international markets if Kuwait is deemed a security risk? Nothing Saad could have said would have been dumber." What is now certain as well, admits Salem Abdulaziz al-Sabah, the governor of Kuwait's Central Bank, "is that there will be a run on bank accounts when the current withdrawal restrictions expire...
...useful in controlling the influx of immigrant workers during a period of high domestic unemployment. The court's finding could affect as many as 2,000 couples a year. The women who brought the suit are Arcely Cabales from the Philippines, Sohair Balkandali from Egypt and Nargis Abdulaziz from Malawi. Ironically, they will not be affected: in the four years since their legal action got under way, they have become British citizens. Their husbands are now living with them, legally, in Britain...