Saudi King Dead

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4734175.stm

King Fahd, Saudi Arabia’s ruler since 1982, has died. Saudi state television announced that Crown Prince Abdullah had been named as King Fahd’s successor.

King Fahd had been frail since suffering a stroke a decade ago and had delegated the running of the kingdom’s affairs to Crown Prince Abdullah.

Defence Minister Prince Sultan is next in line to the throne after Abdullah, and was named crown prince, state television announced.

“With all sorrow and sadness, the royal court in the name of his highness Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz and all members of the family announces the death of the servant of the two holy site, King Fahd bin Abdel Aziz,” according to a statement read out on Saudi television.