 | He's deteriorating but stable, much like Gen. Franco. |
Saudi Arabia's King Fahd has undergone a medical examination after feeling "tired" but he did not need to go to hospital, Saudi sources said on Wednesday.
| "Nurse! He's doing it again!" |
Fahd, who suffered a stroke in 1995, has been ailing for the last decade and rumours about his condition have frequently surfaced in Saudi Arabia and on international oil markets. Day-to-day rule of the world's biggest oil exporter passed to his half-brother Crown Prince Abdullah after his stroke. "He didn't go to hospital. He had a medical examination. Nothing has changed," one Saudi source. Another source in the royal palace said the king, who is in his 80s, had felt "tired".| You'd be tired too from jibbering all day. |
A Western diplomat said he had heard "flat denials" from senior Saudi officials that Fahd's health had deteriorated.| "No, no! Certainly not! He couldn't possibly deteriorate any more!" |
Gulf news agencies said Fahd spoke by telephone on Wednesday with Bahrain's King Hamad. It said the two men discussed Saturday's summit of Gulf Arab leaders in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia's stock market lost 4.69 percent in morning trade to 11,959 points, before recovering some of those losses by mid-afternoon. Some traders attributed the fall to a natural correction in a market which has surged upwards for two years, but others blamed concerns about the monarch's health.Dang. My wrist's getting tired from writing typing out all these "Get Stable Soon" cards... |
| "He was starting to get unstable, so we had him freeze dried!" |
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