Word: khalid
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Saudi Arabia and Iran, on the other hand, are determined that the Soviets should not expand their power center in the Horn of Africa and are prepared to help defend Somalia against any invasion. Last month King Khalid and the Shah of Iran met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and agreed on joint action in the Horn, including the sending of French-made tanks to the Somalis...
Under Saudi religious law, adulterers are punished by being stoned to death in public. According to some reports, however, Princess Mashall's sentence was "commuted" to shooting, perhaps because she was the granddaughter of Prince Mohammed, King Khalid's eldest brother (a notoriously ill-tempered man whose nickname is Abu Sharein, Father of the Double Evil). Although the princess's fate received the full Fleet Street treatment, other similar incidents in Saudi Arabia have passed virtually unnoticed. Last year, for example, another princely brother of King Khalid reportedly drowned one of his daughters in a swimming pool when he learned...
Rosalynn did not join her husband for dinner with Khalid and Fahd because women in Saudi Arabia are excluded from affairs of state; she was the guest instead at a dinner given by Queen Sitta. The President, surrounded by hosts wearing kaffiyehs and burnooses, dined on fish and barbecued lamb in the Prince's palace...
...Riyadh, Saudi Arabian King Khalid and other officials welcomed Carter warmly. In private, however, they were fairly obdurate-partly because of a split in the royal family over the Sadat peace initiative. The Foreign Minister, Prince Saud, was furious that the Egyptian President did not consult the Saudis before making his famous trip to Jerusalem in November, and opposes any overt show of support for Sadat now. On the other hand, Prince Abdullah, commander...
...Chairman's private dining room and agreed on a joint 1:15 p.m. announcement that the U.S. was going into the markets. Blumenthal immediately communicated the decision to Carter. The President had been getting an earful about the dollar on his tour from King Khalid of Saudi Arabia and the Shah of Iran...