11.   Newspapers in the conservative kingdom are privately owned but officially guided.

12.   Saudi Arabia, a conservative Muslim kingdom, follows a strict interpretation of Islamic law.

13.   Strict Islamic laws in the conservative Muslim kingdom stipulate women must cover themselves completely in public.

14.   Such moves have been strongly opposed by the religious establishment, which has enormous influence in the conservative kingdom.

15.   The conservative Muslim kingdom follows a strict interpretation of Islamic law, or sharia.

16.   The younger Yamani says his book should be read as a call for much-needed debate in the conservative kingdom and not as criticism of the government.

17.   This conservative Muslim kingdom does not publicly acknowledge AIDS cases stemming from sexual contact.

18.   Courts in Saudi Arabia practise sharia, or Islamic law, and criticism of the judiciary has remained taboo in the conservative kingdom.

19.   It said accumulation of excess funds would help the conservative kingdom face future commitments.

20.   Saudi Arabia has reacted angrily to Western claims that the Muslim religious-orientated education system in the conservative kingdom breeds extremists and terrorists and needs to be changed.