September 9, 1998

			EDITORIAL: WHO'S LIGHTING THE FIRE, AND WHO'S PUTTING IT OUT?   KING FAHD URGES IRAN & AFGHANISTAN TO SETTLE THEIR DIFFERENCES PEACEFULLY. SAUDI CABINET REVIEWS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS & CALLS FOR THE CESSATION OF ISRAELI TRIFLING WITH PEACE.   ON A TRIP IN WHICH HE LAUNCHED DOZENS OF PROJECTS COSTING BILLIONS OF RIYALS: PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ SAYS THE OPEN- DOOR POLICY BETWEEN LEADERSHIP AND CITIZENS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP KING ABDUL AZIZ HAD WITH HIS PEOPLE   NON-ALIGNED SUMMIT CALLS FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TO COMBAT TERRORISM PRINCE SAUD AL-FAYSAL: TERRORISM IS A WORLD WIDE PHENOMENON WHICH CAN ONLY BE TACKLED THROUGH INTERNATIONAL ACTION   THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE (TERRORISM AND CONSPIRACY) ACT 1998.   GULF CO-OPERATION COUNCIL FOREIGN MINISTERS CONDEMN TERRORISM AND CALL FOR AN ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM ALL THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES SAUDI ARABIA TRIES TO CURTAIL THE TENSION AND EXPEL THE CLOUDS OF WAR FROM THE SKIES OF IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN. INCREASING CAUTION ALONGSIDE A GROWING NEED TO AGREE ON A WAY TO FIND PEACE. SAUDI ARABIA, LAND OF THE HOLY BOOK AND THE SHARI'A, HAS LAUNCHED ITSELF ON THE PATH TOWARDS PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT. THE ECONOMY IS FOUNDED UPON THE EFFORTS OF THE PEOPLE AND ON THE VAST NATURAL WEALTH. SAUDI ARABIA IS A UNIQUE EXAMPLE IN THE BUILDING OF A NATION. ASIR PROVINCE DEVELOPS TOURISM AS A MAJOR SOURCE OF REVENUE. PRINCE KHALID AL-FAISAL EMIR OF ASIR PROVINCE: WE HOPE TO RECEIVE ONE AND A HALF MILLION VISITORS IN OUR PROVINCE THIS YEAR.