March 12, 1999

			EDITORIAL: "NETANYAHU MIMICS BEGIN, EVEN IN THE POLICY OF DREAMS".   SAUDI COUNCIL OF MINISTERS PRAISES THE LATE EMIR OF BAHRAIN'S INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL EFFORTS . KING FAHD REITERATED THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESSURING ISRAEL TO WITHDRAW UNCONDITIONALLY FROM SOUTH LEBANON.   ON BEHALF OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES: PRINCE SULTAN PRESENTS KING FAISAL INTERNATIONAL AWARDS.   PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ: OUR POSITION TOWARDS IRAQ IS INDEPENDENT AND BASED ON THE SECURITY OF THE KINGDOM. "WE HOPE THAT THE IRAQI PRESIDENT WILL ABIDE BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS."   DENYING RUMOURS ON SPECULATIONS TO DEVALUE THE RIYAL: PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ: "THE CABINET WILL SOON CONSIDER PROJECTS TO REFORM FOREIGN INVESTMENT SYSTEM."   PRINCE SALMAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ IN HIS VISIT TO THE OXFORD CENTER FOR ISLAMIC STUDIES: THE SAUDI ARABIAN ROLE IS ESSENTIAL FOR DEEPENING THE ISLAMIC DIALOGUE WITH THE WEST.   SHEIKH HAMAD IBN ISSA AL KHALIFA EMIR OF BAHRAIN SUCCEEDS HIS FATHER WHO DIED SUDDENLY OF A HEART ATTACK. KING FAHD TELEPHONES SHEIKH HAMAD AND CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH AND PRINCE SULTAN TRAVEL TO MANAMA TO PRESENT THEIR CONDOLENCES. IRAQI OPPOSITION CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON TO CONFIRM THE BASIC AGENDA FOR TOPPLING THE REGIME. THE IRAQI NATIONAL CONGRESS: WE SHALL NOT REPLACE THE CURRENT DICTATOR WITH ANOTHER DICTATOR. MINISTER FATCHET: BRITAIN DISTINGUISHES BETWEEN THE IRAQI PEOPLE AND THE REGIME. "ADEN ISLAMIC ARMY" THREATENS THE AMERICAN AND BRITISH AMBASSADORS IF THEY DO NOT LEAVE YEMEN. THE DIRECTOR OF THE PORTS AUTHORITY IN ADEN IS WOUNDED IN AN ARMED ATTACK. THE YEMENI PROSECUTION REFUSES TO RELEASE THE ACCUSED BRITISH MEN AND INSISTS THAT THE SON OF ABU HAMZA AL MASRI IS NOT UNDER AGE. SAUDI TRADE MINISTER EXPRESSES OPTIMISM ABOUT JOINING THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. SAUDI ARABIA IS DIVERSIFYING ITS ECONOMY AND IS CONTINUING TO IMPLEMENT ITS PRIVATISATION POLICY. IN BRIEF