January 13, 1999

			EDITORIAL: "SADDAM HUSSEIN'S RESERVED PLACE IN THE HISTORY BOOKS."   KING FAHD CALLS ON MUSLIMS TO STAND UNITED. SAUDI ARABIA URGES THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO TAKE STRONG MEASURES TO STOP THE ISRAELI PRACTICES AGAINST PALESTINIANS IN SOUTH LEBANON. MINIMUM PENSION IN SAUDI ARABIA INCREASED TO SR 1500.   THE SUBJECTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR THE YEAR 2000 ARE SPECIFIED. KING FAISAL INTERNATIONAL AWARD RECIPIENTS NAMED. FOUR ARABS AND FOUR FROM EUROPE, ASIA AND AUSTRALIA.   PRESENTED BY PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ: A GIFT FROM SAUDI ARABIA TO THE LEBANESE ARMY.   IN HONOUR OF THE PIONEERS WHO ACCOMPANIED KING ABDUL AZIZ. PRINCE SALMAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ: CELEBRATING THE FIRST CENTENARY OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SAUDI ARABIA CONTAINS MEANINGS WHICH UNDERLINE THE IMPORTANCE AND NECESSITY OF STICKING TO THE ISLAMIC DOCTRINE.   THREE NEW FEATURES OF THE INCIDENTS OF KIDNAPPING FOREIGNERS IN YEMEN. CONFIRMATION OF THE TERRORIST AND ORGANISED MOTIVES OF THE LATEST EVENTS CAUSES EMBARRASSMENT TO THE YEMENI GOVERNMENT. THE SOCIALIST PARTY COMPLAINS OF ITS LEADERS BEING PLACED UNDER PRESSURE TO FORCE THEM TO SPLIT AND JOIN THE RULING PARTY. HAS ARAFAT DECIDED TO POSTPONE THE DECLARATION OF AN INDEPENDENT PALESTINIAN STATE? ARAFAT SAYS HE IS STICKING TO THE APPOINTED DATE, BUT PALESTINIANS, ISRAELIS AND EUROPEANS SAY THAT A DECISION HAS BEEN MADE TO POSTPONE THE DECLARATION. NETANYAHU THREATENS TO RE-OCCUPY PALESTINIAN AREAS TO PERSUADE EXTREMISTS INTO RE-ELECTING HIM AS PRIME MINISTER. AMID ATTEMPTS TO SOLVE THE PRICE PROBLEM: SAUDI ARABIA CUTS OIL EXPORTS TO EUROPE, AMERICA AND ASIA. THE SAUDI INITIATIVE, WITH SOUTH AFRICAN PARTICIPATION, HAS RESULTED IN A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN LIBYA, IN RESOLVING THE LOCKERBIE AFFAIR. THE BRITISH FOREIGN MINISTER ASSURED THAT THE TWO ACCUSED LIBYANS HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR IF THEY ARE INNOCENT. SADDAM HUSSEIN ALONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUFFERING OF HIS PEOPLE: HE HAS THROWN HIS COUNTRY INTO FOREIGN VENTURES, FOR WHICH THE IRAQI PEOPLE HAVE PAID AND ARE STILL PAYING. HE HAS SUCCEEDED IN JUST A FEW YEARS IN TURNING IRAQ INTO A POOR COUNTRY. HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE WHAT IRAQ'S WORST ENEMIES WERE NOT ABLE TO.