Posted on 05/27/2005 11:52:16 AM PDT by El Conservador
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - King Fahd, who moved Saudi Arabia closer to the United States during his two-decade rule, was taken to a Riyadh hospital Friday for medical tests, the Saudi Press Agency said.
An Arab official said the government had put the kingdom on a state of alert and canceled all military leaves. But the Interior Ministry denied that any emergency had been declared.
"This is absolutely not true," ministry spokesman Mansour al-Turki said. "There's no canceling of leaves and no state of emergency or anything."
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