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...King Abdullah ascended the throne in 2005, but before that as crown prince he had been the country’s de facto ruler for almost a decade because of the illness of King Fahd, his brother and predecessor, who...
...On Friday, tens of thousands across the country called for the end of Mr Saleh’s regime....
...He has dismissed Saleh al-Lohaidan, head of the supreme judicial council who has publicly opposed reforms and efforts to codify Islamic law....
...Since the establishment of the modern Saudi state in the 1930s, there has been a struggle over what to do with the judiciary which refused modern legislation as a matter of principal,” said Abdulaziz al-Fahd...
...It was former King Fahd who spotted Prince Bandar’s energy and abilities and sent him to Washington in 1983....
...Manah Saleh, a columnist in al-Hayat, in a piece headlined “A king who faced the greatest challenges” said that Fahd’s greatest diplomatic coup came over Palestine....
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