SAUDI ARABIA : Report That King to Live in Spain Denied

Spanish Embassy officials denied reports that the aging King Fahd is planning to leave permanently for Spain. A top embassy official said that the Saudi government had inquired about the possibility of the ailing monarch, who is in his 70s, going to Spain for a rest. But he said the request was clearly for a limited stay. Time magazine reported that Fahd, who is overweight and diabetic, might soon leave for his summer vacation residence in Spain and never come back to Saudi Arabia, completing a gradual transition of authority to his half brother, Crown Prince Abdullah.