Saudi Arabia - King in hospital
November 18, 2012, Sunday
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SAUDI Arabia's King Abdullah was admitted to a hospital in Riyadh on Friday night to undergo back surgery to tighten a loose ligament, the state's SPA news agency has reported.
The king, in his late 80s, underwent an operation to tighten ligaments around his third vertebra in October last year and had two rounds of back surgery in the United States in 2010 after suffering a herniated disc, leading to a three-month recuperation period outside the kingdom.
The stability of Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter and a key US ally, is of global concern. The kingdom holds more than a fifth of world crude reserves and is the birthplace of Islam.
The king, in his late 80s, underwent an operation to tighten ligaments around his third vertebra in October last year and had two rounds of back surgery in the United States in 2010 after suffering a herniated disc, leading to a three-month recuperation period outside the kingdom.
The stability of Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter and a key US ally, is of global concern. The kingdom holds more than a fifth of world crude reserves and is the birthplace of Islam.
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