Word: khalid
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...further aggravate the situation, Saudi Arabia's King Faisal was assassinated last week by a disaffected nephew. Faisal had been a friend of the U.S. and a moderating influence on other Arab leaders, though zealously anti-Israel. His successor, King Khalid, and the powerful Crown Prince Fahd, however, seemed unlikely to make abrupt changes in Saudi policies on oil, Israel and other matters...
...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 his brother and that Interior Minister Prince Fahd had been named Crown Prince (see box following page...
...likely become their first Regional President. He shares credit for the settlement with Numeiry, who has worked for reconciliation with the south against strong opposition within his own hierarchy. On the eve of last month's peace talks, Numeiry dismissed his army commander and defense minister, Major General Khalid Abbas, who opposed the negotiations...
...hand grenades and the rattle of rifle fire. Former Sheik Saqr bin Sultan, deposed in 1965 in a peaceful coup, had returned from exile in Cairo. With two truckloads of Bedouins, he stormed Sharjah's blue-and-white palace in an attempt to overthrow his ruling cousin Sheik Khalid bin Mohammed. In a brief battle with tribesmen loyal to Khalid, Saqr was captured. But Sheik Khalid was trapped and murdered before he could be rescued...
...bulletproof Mercedes limousine that had been parked in the family garage ever since Nasser's death last September? No, replied the family; the car had belonged to the man, not the office. In the midst of a heated argument that followed, Nasser's impulsive son Khalid, 23, dashed to the garage, doused the Mercedes with gasoline, and set it afire. It was a total loss...