October 7, 1998

			EDITORIAL: "WHY TODAY... AND IN WHOSE INTEREST?"   KING FAHD IBN ABDUL AZIZ AL SAUD CALLS ON SYRIA AND TURKEY TO RESOLVE THEIR DIFFERENCES THROUGH PEACEFUL MEANS. SAUDI ARABIA ENCOURAGES THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO ESTABLISH PRIVATE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COLLEGES AND INSTITUTES.   PRINCE ABDULLAH PRAISES AMERICAN PEACE EFFORTS. IN AN ADDRESS TO THE UNITED NATIONS: SAUDI ARABIA CONDEMNS ISRAELI POLICY AND HOLDS ISRAEL RESPONSIBLE FOR ABORTING EFFORTS TOWARDS PEACE.   THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND HIS ADVISOR RECOUNT IN THEIR BOOK "A WORLD TRANSFORMED" THE EVENTS OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT STAGES OF CHANGE IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND. BUSH: KING FAHD TRIED WITH ALL HIS MIGHT TO SOLVE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN IRAQ AND KUWAIT BEFORE THE INVASION. THE IRAQI PRESIDENT OFFERED TO BUY THE POSITIONS OF SOME ARAB LEADERS WITH MONEY AND OIL.     AT A BANQUET HOSTED BY ARAB AMBASSADORS IN HIS HONOUR. TONY BLAIR PROMISES GREATER EFFORTS TO SAVE THE PEACE PROCESS. FOREIGN SECRETARY COOK: THERE IS NO CULTURAL CLASH BETWEEN ISLAM AND THE WEST.   ON THE TWENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OCTOBER WAR IN 1973: SAUDI ARABIA LED THE CAMPAIGN FOR ARAB SOLIDARITY WITH ITS INITIATIVE IN USING THE OIL WEAPON. A NEW SECRET DESTROYS ISRAEL'S NUCLEAR THEORY IN ITS DOSSIER OF CONFLICT WITH THE ARABS. LEBANESE MINISTER OF STATE MICHEL IDDEH: THE INVOLVEMENT OF TURKEY ON THE SIDE OF ISRAEL NEGATIVELY AFFECTS ANY ACTIVE ROLE IT MIGHT HAVE IN THE LIFE OF THE REGION AND ITS STABILITY. THE BRITISH - IRANIAN AGREEMENT STUDIES A TIMETABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT IS REQUIRED OF IRAN AND WHAT IS REQUIRED FROM WESTERN COUNTRIES. THE MAIN POINTS ARE: AVOIDANCE OF WAR, SUPPORT FOR PEACE, FIGHTING TERROR. IN BRIEF