Word: arabian
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...announcement was stunning, not only for the historic implications of the crack in OPEC but also because the cut is even larger than it seems. A barrel of Nigeria's Bonny Light crude, once refined, yields a higher-priced product mix than does the Arabian Light oil on which the OPEC bench-mark price is based. The Saudis used to insist that the "differential" should be $3, but more recently have reportedly been willing to accept $1.50. Even at that, the official OPEC price would have to fall to $28.50 to make it competitive with $30 Nigerian...
...that they should also discuss arrangements for maintaining security in southern Lebanon, opposite the Israeli border. The government of Lebanese President Amin Gemayel feared that any steps toward diplomatic recognition of Israel would upset Muslim-Christian relations within Lebanon and, worse, anger neighboring Arab states. Lebanon needs Saudi Arabian assistance in repairing the massive damage caused by the war, as well as Syrian cooperation in withdrawing forces from Lebanon. Both the Saudis and the Syrians have expressed their opposition to an agreement between Israel and Lebanon that deals with anything other than the departure of foreign troops...
From the Khyber Pass to the shores of the Arabian Sea, the land has known all manner of conquerors: Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Tamerlane, the British raj. Today, Pakistan has as much geopolitical importance as it had centuries ago. To the west lies an Iran convulsed by Ayatullah Khomeini's revolution, to the east a teeming, sometimes hostile India, to the north and west an Afghanistan occupied by the Soviet army. When Pakistan's President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, 58, meets President Reagan in Washington this week, strategic issues, not surprisingly, will dominate the agenda...
Maybe it doesn't pay to live in Cambridge after all. A Saudi Arabian sheik, who previously doled out lavish cash gifts to several Florida cities and offered a Pennsylvania town $3 million to vote against President Reagan in 1984, never showed at a meeting scheduled with Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci last week...
...Saudi Arabian sheik who has donated sizeable gifts to several Florida cities and recently offered a Pennsylvania town &3 million to vote against President Reagen in 1984 failed to appear Thursday day at a meeting scheduled with Mayor Alfred E. Vellecci at which he was give $150,000 to the city's Boys' and girls Clubs, It was learned last night...