Saudi King Fahd stable, says foreign minister

Saudi Arabia's King Fahd is in stable condition and doctors' reports are reassuring, the country's foreign minister said this…

Saudi Arabia's King Fahd is in stable condition and doctors' reports are reassuring, the country's foreign minister said this afternoon.

"Thank God, his condition is stable and the doctors are reassuring about the subject. We all pray for his speedy recovery, God willing," Prince Saud al-Faisal told a news conference in the capital Riyadh.

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