(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has today announced a series of measures to help the population, such as housing subsidies and scholarships for students, before to return to his country after a three-month absence due to medical reasons. Reports were on state-run TV.
During the 86-year-old king's absence, who initially went to New York for surgery and then spent his convalescence in Casablanca, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, a close ally of Saudi Arabia, was forced to resign on February after a popular uprising, and also Tunisia's president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was ousted and took refuge in Saudi Arabia on January 14.
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