Word: kingdom
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...world's largest oil exporter and the anchor of the Arab world--although the Saudis themselves will not say it. Since 1982 the country has been ruled by the formidable King Fahd, 75, a reliable friend to the U.S. who could be counted on to maintain stability in his kingdom. But Fahd's health has deteriorated ever since he suffered an embolic stroke last November, and a tug-of-war is already ongoing at the highest levels of the government. Although the King has tried to cling to his throne, senior diplomats in Riyadh expect that he will soon leave...
...accept his foibles, gave way to the fear of the emptiness without Him; years before he realized he could embrace his father's calling and yet remain himself. "I've lived with this all my life," Franklin says patiently today. "I cannot be him." But he can inherit his kingdom, although not without a struggle of a different sort. The events that have led him finally to sit at his father's right hand constitute a story of human frailty and redemption, of the burden of being the son of a famous and charismatic father, and of the politics...
...lately, it's under the cover of lovable critters. To mark Earth Day last Monday he appeared at the Atlanta zoo with an African elephant. He ended the week on the Tonight Show, cradling a piglet. If it's all a bit Marlin Perkins, esteemed gray eminence of Wild Kingdom, it's also a bit Dr. Doolittle--maybe not the best association for a man whose agenda is stalled...
...began denouncing the Saudi regime. The government had already come under criticism from Muslim activists for its corruption and its failure to adhere strictly to Islamic law. All these failings offended bin Laden. But the real apostasy was King Fahd's decision to allow Western troops into the kingdom during the Gulf War. In bin Laden's view, armed infidels in the holy land were a desecration of Islam. After publicly criticizing the regime and becoming the target of a harassment campaign, he fled to Sudan in 1991. A sizable contingent of "Afghan Arabs"--Arabs from various countries who fought...
...adjusted mortality rate is approximately 850 deaths per 100,000 people each year. The authors estimated that if the U.S. could achieve a modest reduction in the size of the income gap to make it comparable with the United Kingdom, overall death rates could be reduced by seven percent and deaths from coronary heart disease by 25 percent...