Word: kazimi
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...Arab country to achieve 100% ownership of its producing company. For $50.5 million the government bought the remaining 40% of Kuwait Oil Co. that had been owned by Gulf Oil and British Petroleum. Although the settlement followed months of acrimonious negotiations presided over by Oil Minister Abdel Muttaleb al Kazimi, it scarcely came as a surprise: the government had announced plans in March to complete its takeover. Nonetheless, the deal underscores the progress that producing countries are making in wresting control of drilling and pumping operations away from the major Western oil companies, and relegating the companies to the roles...
Even though it was the anniversary of the birth of the Prophet Mohammed, and thus an Islamic holiday, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia had a busy schedule. At 10 o'clock last Tuesday morning, he had an audience with the Oil Minister of neighboring Kuwait, Abdel Muttaleb al Kazimi, at the royal palace in Riyadh. Outside the King's office, Kazimi was greeted by Prince Faisal ibn Musaed, 26, a nephew of the King's and one of the 3,000-odd princes of the House of Saud. While Saudi Arabia's Oil Minister, Sheik Ahmed...
...King welcomed Kazimi, then turned to greet his nephew. At that moment the prince drew a revolver from his robe and shot the King twice in the head. He fired a third time, missed and threw the gun away. Faisal crumpled to the floor. Bodyguards wielding 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...