Saudi Arabia nears generational change in the throne

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — With the death of King Abdullah, the throne of Saudi Arabia passed to another son of the country's founder as it has relatively smoothly for the past six decades. But it brings the oil-rich kingdom one step closer to a question that will test the unity of its royal family: Who in the next generation will reign?



Saudi Arabia nears generational change in the throne



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