Word: saudi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Fifteen years ago, when King Fahd was still Crown Prince, he pledged to establish a citizens' consultative council upon ascending Saudi Arabia's throne. But after he came to power in 1982, Fahd found ample excuses to confine decision making within a narrow family circle. Then came Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait and the subsequent arrival of more than 500,000 U.S. troops in the region. While President Bush maintained that Desert Storm was not designed to promote democracy in the gulf's oilagarchies, the campaign to liberate Kuwait prodded conservative Arab rulers to broaden public participation...
...trip to Saudi Arabia gave Malcolm X an international perspective, according to Epps...
Miguel: They've got this groovy map of the world painted on the dance floor. Saudi Arabia is definitely the hot spot on this lukewarm planet. From here, you can scan the crowd on four continents...
Among the "gentlemen" Salisa has entertained are Tip O'Neill, Michael Dukakis and members of the Saudi royal entourage which recently visited Boston...
Even without Palestinian participation, last week's 26-nation conference on Middle East regional issues made progress at its opening session in Moscow. ! Israel counted it a diplomatic victory simply to sit at the negotiating table with 11 Arab countries, including Tunisia, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The European Community, Japan, China and Canada were also represented in the Russian capital...