February 24, 1999

			EDITORIAL: "THE GENIUS OF TIME AND PLACE." BY PRINCE KHALID IBN SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ   KING FAHD URGES ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA TO KEEP SELF-RESTRAINT AND AVOID BLOODSHED. SAUDI ARABIA ALLOWS THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO PLAY A GREATER ROLE IN OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SEAPORTS.   CROWN PRINCE, ABDULLAH IBN ABDUL AZIZ, INAUGURATES THE NEW STRATEGIC STOCKPILE PROJECT IN RIYADH. PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ: THE PROJECT IS ONE OF FIVE IN THE KINGDOM. IRAQI THREATS ARE UNACCEPTABLE AND DO NOT FRIGHTEN US.   PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ AND SWISS MINISTER FOR THE ECONOMY DISCUSS FUNDAMENTAL MATTERS OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. SIGNING OF SAUDI-SWISS AGREEMENT TO AVOID DUAL TAXATION.   CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES RECEIVES CROWN PRINCE OF KUWAIT. SAUDI ARABIA'S CROWN PRINCE, SECOND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND SENIOR OFFICIALS DISCUSSED DEVELOPMENTS IN THE REGION WITH KUWAITI ROYAL GUEST. TALKS IN RIYADH INCLUDE BROTHERLY RELATIONS, THE SITUATION IN THE GULF AND IRAQ'S THREATS.   THE ASSASSINATION OF A RELIGIOUS LEADER AND HIS TWO SONS IN NAJAF PROVOKES BLOODY CLASHES BETWEEN THE IRAQI AUTHORITIES AND DEMONSTRATORS. REPORTS THAT THE OPPOSITION IS IN CONTROL OF A NUMBER OF TOWNS IN THE SOUTH, AND THAT THE DEATH TOLL HAS REACHED 300. NEW ENCYCLOPAEDIA FUNDED BY PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ. RESEARCH INTO THE BIOGRAPHY OF KING ABDUL AZIZ IN FOREIGN DOCUMENTS. AS PART OF SAUDI-BRITISH COOPERATION OVER ANTIQUITIES: SAUDI SEMINAR FOR ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN LONDON. A JOINT STATEMENT ISSUED AFTER TALKS IN RIYADH: THE SAUDI AND AMERICAN OIL MINISTERS RE-AFFIRM THE IMPORTANCE OF ARABIAN GULF OIL RESERVES IN MEETING THE WORLD'S FUTURE REQUIREMENTS. SECRETARY RICHARDSON CONFIRMS SAUDI ARABIA'S IMPORTANT STRATEGIC POSITION AS A GUARANTEED SOURCE OF OIL FOR THE WORLD MARKET. IN BRIEF