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Already the diplomatic initiative in the region has passed from Washington to, of all places, the normally unwakable Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh. Crown Prince Abdullah gave Cheney "an earload full" at a private dinner in Houston on Wednesday--urging the Veep to abandon the Administration's pro-Israel tilt. And when Abdullah met with the President in Crawford, Texas, on Thursday, there were even signs that the old Bush charm had lost its purchase. Accounts of the 5-hr. meeting vary dramatically. According to two sources, Abdullah surprised Bush with three handouts--a photo album and two videocassettes--each...
...Already the diplomatic initiative in the region has passed from Washington to, of all places, the normally unwakable Saudi Arabian capital of Riyadh. Crown Prince Abdullah gave Cheney "an earload full" at a private dinner in Houston on Wednesday - urging the Veep to abandon the Administration's pro-Israel tilt. And when Abdullah met with the President in Crawford, Texas, on Thursday, there were even signs that the old Bush charm had lost its purchase. Accounts of the 5-hr. meeting vary dramatically. According to two sources, Abdullah surprised Bush with three handouts - a photo album and two videocassettes - each...
...able to win any price war that it enters with the Saudis and the Russian oil extraction operations are likely to be more flexible because they are not controlled by a stifling central government. For all these reasons, Russia is likely to be reluctant to allow a prince in Riyadh dictate its oil production levels. Venezuela and Russia could provide a serious counter-balance to the power of Middle-Eastern...
DIED. ABDULLAH BIN LADEN, 75, patriarch of one of Saudi Arabia's wealthiest families and estranged uncle of Osama bin Laden; of undisclosed causes; in Riyadh. After the Sept. 11 attacks, he condemned the "tragic incident...which contradicts the teachings of our religion, Islam." In 1994, the year Osama was stripped of his citizenship, the family disavowed links with...
...accepting bribes from a smuggler now on death row; in Zhanjiang. SENTENCED. GARY O'NIONS, 56, Briton convicted of violating Saudi Arabia's strict Islamic law by trading in alcohol, to eight years in jail and 800 lashes, and fined more than $500,000; by a court in Riyadh...