*From the moment he took over in 2005 after the death of King Fahd, the hugely popular King Abdullah was a man on a mission. The biggest challenge for him was to get the eco**my back into shape and end the isolation Saudi Arabia had faced in the international world after 9/11. When one day, he visited a poor household in Riyadh the whole nation gasped. King Abdullah in a meeting with editors in chief advised them **t to shy away from criticizing those in authority but asked them to do so in a constructive manner, and **t indulge in slander.