Word: hassan
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...Western diplomats were surprised last week when Gaddafi signed a "union of states" agreement with Morocco's King Hassan II. The two nations are the region's oddest couple. While Libya is a radical socialist state, Morocco is a traditional monarchy; while Gaddafi is a sworn enemy of the U.S., Hassan is a firm ally...
...liaison, of course, has less to do with amity than with convenience. Hassan seeks Libyan oil dollars to cure his country's economic ills and wants to ensure that Gaddafi does not resume his support of the Polisario guerrillas that have plagued Morocco since 1976. Gaddafi hopes to end Libya's political isolation, especially from its nearest neighbors; he was nettled by his exclusion from a friendship treaty signed by Algeria, Tunisia and Mauritania...
Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal Hassan Ali said in Cairo that his government is investigating the explosions. Last week a 15-man American technical team arrived in the area to assist in the Egyptian probe. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has issued a "notice to mariners" as a precautionary measure...
...improve his chances, Shamir has cast about for a headline-grabbing diplomatic strike. At one point his aides whispered about a summit meeting with Morocco's King Hassan II or a get-together with Ronald Reagan, but Shamir did not pursue either one. The Prime Minister is still pushing to swap 120 Palestinian guerrillas for three Israeli soldiers held by a wing of the Palestine Liberation Organization. What he would most welcome is a last-minute campaign appearance by his predecessor, Menachem Begin, who remains a virtual recluse in his Jerusalem apartment. Likud officials estimate that...
...protesters sought not revenge but peace of mind, to go to bed at night knowing the fate of their dearest. "Both my husband and my eldest son disappeared eight years ago," said Fatmi Hassan, 54, proffering two smudged black-and-white photos as proof. "The Christian militia took them away. If they are alive, I want them back. If they are dead, I want to know they are dead." Said Jamal Khoury, a Christian whose husband was last seen in the Chouf Mountains in September: "He must be dead, but there is something inside you that...