08-01-2005, 06:29 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Saudi King Fahd is dead</b>
Associated Press
Riyadh, August 1, 2005
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Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, who moved his country closer to the United States but ruled in name only since suffering a stroke in 1995, has died, the Saudi royal court said early on Monday. He was believed to be 82.
The king's brother, Crown Prince Abdullah, has been appointed the country's new monarch.
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Associated Press
Riyadh, August 1, 2005
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Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, who moved his country closer to the United States but ruled in name only since suffering a stroke in 1995, has died, the Saudi royal court said early on Monday. He was believed to be 82.
The king's brother, Crown Prince Abdullah, has been appointed the country's new monarch.
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