December 31, 1999
       
 
       
EDITORIAL:

"SADDAM HUSSEIN AND THE DESTRUCTIVE ILLUSIONS"
 
KING FAHD CHAIRS THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS' WEEKLY SESSION IN MAKKAH.
PREPARATIONS WILL START FOR CONVENING AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY AND GLOBALIZATION.
SAUDI ARABIA EMPLOYS ITS CAPABILITIES IN ORDER TO SERVE THE HOLY SITES AND THE VISITORS FOR HAJ AND UMRAH.
 
CHAIRING THE COUNCIL OF MINISTER'S BUDGET SESSION:
KING FAHD UNVEILS THE SR I85 BILLION SAUDI GENERAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2000.
GDP GROWTH RATE REACHES 8.44% AND THE DEFICIT DECREASES TO SR 29 BILLION.
 
A LIMITED ARAB SUMMIT BETWEEN KING FAHD, KING MUHAMMAD VI, KING ABDULLAH AND THE EMIR OF BAHRAIN.
THE LEADERS DISCUSSED WAYS OF CLEARING ARAB SPHERES, UNIFYING ROWS AND SOLIDARITY.
 
SAUDI ARABIA WELCOMES BAHRAIN AND QATAR AGREEMENT TO FORM A COMMITTEE TO SETTLE THEIR BORDERS DISPUTE.
SHEIKH HAMAD IBN ISSA AND SHEIKH HAMAD IBN KHALIFA AGREE IN MANAMA TO LEAVE THE ISSUE TO THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ON CONDITION THAT THIS DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH BILATERAL COOPERATION.
 
PRINCE ABDULLAH VISITS KING ABDUL AZIZ HISTORICAL CENTER AND THE DARAH OF THE FOUNDER OF THE KINGDOM IN RIYADH.
DURING HIS TOUR ACCOMPANIED BY PRINCE SULTAN, THE CROWN PRINCE WATCHED A DOCUMENTARY FILM ON THE ANCIENT ROUTE OF HAJ AND THE CARAVANS' ROUTES.
 
DECLARING THE DECISION TO AWARD THE INTERNATIONAL KING FAISAL PRIZE FOR SERVICE TO ISLAM TO "AL AZHAR."
PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ:
SAUDI ARABIA SUPPORTS ANY IDEA FOR CONVENING A WELL ARRANGED ARAB SUMMIT.
 
PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ SUPPORTS ESTABLISHING A UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN IN SAUDI ARABIA.
THE SECOND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DONATES SR 10 MILLION TO THE PRINCE SULTAN CULTURAL CENTER AT KING SAUD UNIVERSITY.
PRINCE SULTAN CALLS FOR MORE EFFORTS TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS OF DESERTIFICATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION.
 
RIYADH CAPITAL OF THE ARAB CULTURE IN 2000.
CULTURAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES WITH GOVERNMENTAL AND CIVIL PARTICIPATION ALL YEAR ROUND.
PRINCE SALMAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ PRAISES THE IDEA AND PROTECTS IT.