Word: hassanein
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...three Vice Presidents, as his successor. Nasser quickly resumed his post and a year later, after a fallout over economic policy, Mohieddin went into premature retirement. He is considered a long shot, but he has the backing of a small group of influential moderates, possibly including Mohammed Hassanein Heikal, Guidance Minister and editor of Al Ahram. After Nasser's funeral, Heikal's paper printed a story-later proved untrue-that Mohieddin's main rivals, Sadat and Sabry, had suffered heart attacks during the ceremony...
...Cairo, Brown lingered so long with the crewmen of the 14 ships trapped in the Great Bitter Lake by the closing of the Suez Canal that he stood up Arab Commando Leader Yasser Arafat and influential Editor Hassanein Heikal for lunch. During his talks with Nasser, he repeatedly addressed Nasser's adviser on foreign affairs, Dr. Mahmoud Fawzi, as "you wily old bugger...