May 20, 1998

			EDITORIAL: "A PLACE AMONG THE NATIONS OR A PLACE DESPITE THE NATIONS."   SAUDI CABINET EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT THE NUCLEAR TESTS IN INDIA AND URGES THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO TAKE ACTION TO CIRCUMVENT ISRAELI OBSTINACY AND SET UP AN INDEPENDENT PALESTINIAN STATE.   WITH THE SUPPORT AND INSTRUCTION OF PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ: DR KHALID ABDULLAH IBN BAKR, GENERAL DIRECTOR OF SAUDI AIRLINES: CROWNING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF "SAUDIA" WITH THE VANGUARD OF A NEW FLEET.   INDIAN NUCLEAR TESTS OPEN THE DOOR TO A NUCLEAR ARMS RACE IN THE THIRD WORLD. ISRAEL'S BOMBS ARE AN OBSTACLE AGAINST THE EGYPTIAN PLAN TO BANISH THE NUCLEAR DANGER FROM THE MIDDLE EAST.   THE MIDDLE EAST IS CAUGHT UP IN AMERICA'S HESITATION OVER ITS CONTINUING INVOLVEMENT IN THE PEACE PROCESS. PRESIDENT CLINTON LIMITS HIS INTEREST AND KEEPS THE DOOR AJAR. SO THAT THE "AGE OF ISRAEL" DOES NOT TRIUMPH IN THE CONFRONTATION. WHAT WILL BE THE PRICE OF ENDING NETANYAHU'S REVOLT: AMERICAN OR ISRAELI? SAUDI ARABIA HAS PRESENTED DOCUMENTS SETTING OUT ITS TRADE POLICY: THE KINGDOM IS QUALIFIED TO JOIN THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION. UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE CROWN PRINCE AND WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE: A SAUDI MILITARY PARADE BY THE KING KHALID BRIGADE IN KHAMEES MUSHAYT. THE BASES OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA'S DEFENCE POLICIES. IN BRIEF