January 6, 1999

			EDITORIAL: "AFTER RUINING HIS OWN PEOPLE, HE TRIES TO DESTROY OTHERS."   SAUDI ARABIA'S NATIONAL BUDGET FOR 1999: SR165 BILLION = $44 BILLION. KING FAHD: OUR AIM IS TO STRENGTHEN THE NATIONAL ECONOMY, REALIZE ITS CONTINUOUS GROWTH, ACHIEVE FINANCIAL BALANCE AND RATIONALISE EXPENDITURES.   PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ: "THE KINGDOM'S POLICY IS THAT ITS PRESS SHOULD BE HONEST AND GENEROUS AND THAT OUR MEDIA IS NOT GETTING INVOLVED IN MANIPULATION." "THE OIL CRISIS IS INTERNATIONAL, AND WE ARE TRYING TO SOLVE IT LOGICALLY."   PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ: "WE ARE NOT AGAINST THE SUMMIT, HOWEVER IT MUST BE WORKED OUT CAREFULLY." THE ARAB FOREIGN MINISTERS CONFERENCE FIXES THE SUMMIT, IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF DISPUTE AND DEFIANCE BY THE IRAQI REGIME.   RELATIONS BETWEEN LONDON AND SANA IN CRISIS AFTER THE KILLING OF BRITISH TOURISTS IN YEMEN. US INVESTIGATORS LOOK INTO LINKS BETWEEN BIN LADEN AND THE KIDNAPPERS. THE NUMBER OF KIDNAPPINGS IN YEMEN SINCE 1992 REACHES 150. IN A BRITISH REPORT ON THE SITUATION IN YEMEN: PRESIDENT SALEH RELIES ON THE PERSISTENCE OF LOYALTY AND THE CONTINUATION OF OPPRESSION FOR HIS RULE. THE DROP IN THE PRICE OF OIL LEADS TO INCREASED SUFFERING BY THE PEOPLE. KINGDOM DENIES PLOT TO KILL BIN LADEN. A RESPONSIBLE SAUDI SOURCE: ALLEGATIONS ABOUT A PLOT TO ASSASSINATE HIM ARE TOTALLY UNTRUE. THE IRAQI CRISIS IS UNDER RENEWED THREAT OF EXPLOSION AGAIN. IRAQI PLANES INTERCEPT AMERICAN AND BRITISH PLANES OVER THE TWO NO-FLY ZONES IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH. BAGHDAD CONTINUES TO REFUSE TO ALLOW THE INTERNATIONAL INSPECTORS TO RETURN TO LOOK FOR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION UNTIL SANCTIONS ARE LIFTED. MORE GROWTH IN THE SAUDI AGRICULTURAL SECTOR. PRIVATISATION OPENS THE WAY TO JOINING THE INTERNATIONAL TRADE ORGANISATION. IN BRIEF