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‘He will be, I think, remembered in the region as a force for stability’
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah dies at 90 (The Guardian)
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has died aged 90 after a short illness.
The news, announced early on Friday morning local time on state television, came after the king was admitted to hospital on 31 December suffering from pneumonia.
His successor is his half-brother Crown Prince Salman. On Friday morning the new king vowed to maintain the same approach as his predecessors.
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