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	KING HASSAN II OF MOROCCO
		Hassan II succeeded his father, King Mohammed V, at the unexpectedly early age of 30 when the latter died in the course of a simple intestinal operation.
		Hassan II's heir, the new King Mohammed VI is a relatively unknown quantity.
		It is said of him that after visiting his mother in her palace of an evening he would stop on the way back to his own to chat to the ragamuffins who congregated by long custom at one particular place.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-57398279.html (1941 words)

	Hassan II of Morocco - Biocrawler
		Hassan II (July 9, 1929-July 23, 1999) was King of Morocco from 1961 to his death.
		Hassan was appointed Chief of Staff of the Royal Armed Forces in April 1956 by his father.
		Hassan was proclaimed Crown Prince on 19 July 1957, and became King on 3 March 1961, after his father's death.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Hassan_II_of_Morocco (333 words)

	Hassan II of Morocco Summary
		Hassan II kept the support of the bourgeoisie by encouraging the formation of political parties, but at the same time he limited their power and fostered internal divisions within the organizations.
		However, Hassan II agreed in 1984 to accept the result of a referendum to determine the status of the troubled province.
		Although king Hassan II had restored many parliamentary functions by the early nineties and released hundreds of political prisoners in 1991 after pressure from the United States, the "years of lead" ended definitely only with the taking of the throne by his son Mohammed VI in 1999.
	www.bookrags.com /Hassan_II_of_Morocco (1759 words)

	MOROCCO IN TRANSITION
		Hassan II recognized women’s key role in the political arena when he said that it was women and intellectuals (apparently mutually exclusive categories) who were the bulwarks against the spread of the Islamist movement in Morocco.
		Hassan II had argued that all Western Saharans be allowed to participate, including those who participated in or were descendants of those involved in the Green March. Additional debate has centered on the question of who among the Saharawis should be able to participate in the referendum.
		While Hassan II was an adept politician and a player in the international arena, his success at maintaining relative stability in Morocco and his ability to thwart various challenges to his rule must be measured against the cost society was asked to bear for his accomplishments.
	web.africa.ufl.edu /asq/v7/v7i1a3.htm (9057 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Hassan II of Morocco
		King Hassan II (Arabic: الحسن الثاني; July 9, 1929–July 23, 1999) was King of Morocco from 1961 until his death in 1999.
		In Morocco's first constitution of 1963, Hassan II reaffirmed Morocco's choice of a multi-party political system, the only one in the Maghreb.
		King Hassan II had extended many parliamentary functions by the early '90s and released hundreds of political prisoners in 1991, and allowed the Alternance, where the opposition assumed power, for the first time in the Arab World.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Hassan_II_of_Morocco (732 words)

	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		King Hassan was educated at the Imperial College at Rabat and earned a law degree from the University of Bordeaux.
		Hassan was proclaimed Crown Prince on 19 July 1957, and became King on 3 March 1961, after his father's death.
		King Hassan II had extended many parliamentary functions by the early '90s and released hundreds of political prisoners in 1991, and allowed the Alternance, where the opposition assumed power, for the first time in the Arab World.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Hassan_II_of_Morocco (687 words)

	King Hassan II of Morocco
		Morocco's King Hassan II, who played a pivotal role in the Middle East peace process, died July 23 at a hospital in the Moroccan capital Rabat, after suffering a heart attack.
		Hassan came to the throne in 1961 and ruled for more than 38 years -- surviving military coups, leftist plots and Islamic-based opposition.
		Hassan was also a discreet but key mediator in the Middle East peace process whose contacts with Israeli leaders helped lead to the 1978 peace accord between Egypt and Israel.
	www.cnn.com /interactive/specials/9912/yearinreview.passages/content/politics/hassan.html (119 words)

	Middle East Our Man in Morocco
		The death of King Hassan II of Morocco on July 24 was a case in point.
		But Morocco's 29 million people benefited little from Hassan's "moderation" and his "commitment to shared ideals." While Hassan ruled with an iron fist and accumulated vast wealth, one-third of his subjects lived in poverty, about one-quarter were unemployed and about half could not read or write.
		When Hassan emerged from the bathroom, he is reputed to have confronted a rebel leader and recited the first verse of the Koran.
	www.thirdworldtraveler.com /Middle_East/OurManMorocco.html (2263 words)

	King Hassan of Morocco: world leaders mourn a ruthless despot
		King Hassan II of Morocco, who died at the age of 70 last Friday after 38 years on the throne, was the second Middle Eastern puppet of US and European imperialism to die in the last six months.
		Born Moulay Hassan in 1929, he was the oldest of the six children of Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Youssef—who claimed descent from the Prophet Mohammed.
		Hassan dissolved Parliament and instituted a state of emergency, wielding absolute power until a new constitution was adopted in 1970.
	www.wsws.org /articles/1999/jul1999/hass-j28.shtml (2801 words)

	Whither Morocco?, by Ignacio Ramonet
		Hassan II died on 23 July leaving his successor, Mohamed VI, with a country in urgent need of transformation.
		Admittedly, in February 1998 Hassan II appointed a socialist prime minister, Abderrahman Youssoufi, but he kept control of major decision-making in the areas of security, defence, justice and foreign policy.
		One observer sums up the situation as follows: Hassan II was "like a juggler keeping a dozen balls in the air at the same time.
	mondediplo.com /1999/08/01leader (785 words)

	King Hassan II
		King Hassan II The Late King Hassan II Morocco's King Hassan II, whose health had been fragile in recent years, died Friday (23/7/99) at a hospital in the capital of Rabat.
		Hassan was also a discreet but key mediator in the Middle East peace process, whose contacts with Israeli leaders helped lead to the 1978 peace accord between Egypt and Israel.
		Hassan is not only a skillful actor in domestic politics and society but is a powerful, behind-the-scenes politician on the world stage.
	www.angelfire.com /al/horizons/kinghassan.html (526 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Morocco's King Hassan II Dead at 70
		King Hassan II of Morocco, a sage and worldly Muslim leader who played a peacemaker's role in the Middle East and outfoxed plotters in several coup attempts while ruling his North African realm with an iron fist, died yesterday after entering a Rabat hospital suffering from pneumonia.
		Hassan, 17th in an Alawite dynasty stretching back 400 years, was the Arab world's longest-ruling monarch, having succeeded his father, Mohammed V, in March 1961.
		The best-known contrast, perhaps, was Hassan's claim to have special responsibility for preserving the Islamic character of Jerusalem — commander of the faithful was one of his titles — while at the same time maintaining discreet relations with Israel and cultivating Morocco's own Jewish inhabitants throughout his reign.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/inatl/daily/july99/hassan24.htm (972 words)

	Moroccan Warns U.S. About Iraq
		Hassan met Rabin as early as 1976 and was a key mediator in negotiations that led to the 1979 Camp David agreement between Egypt and Israel.
		Hassan also spoke of the conflict in the Balkans, calling the suffering of Muslims in Bosnia a "flagrant injustice." He said that the difference in the West's reactions to the crises in Kuwait last year and the Balkans this year is due to economics.
		With the passing of the Cold War and the East-West ideological struggle, Hassan said the outlines of the emerging global conflict -- pitting the haves of the North against the have-nots of the South -- are already becoming strikingly clear.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/28/AR2006072800839_pf.html (1111 words)

	In Scenes of Tumult, Moroccans Bury King (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hassan II of Morocco Dies at 70; A Monarch Oriented to the West (July 24)
		ABAT, Morocco -- Marching under a merciless sun through streets thronged by hundreds of thousands of mourners, President Clinton and President Jacques Chirac of France led an assemblage of dozens of kings and princes, presidents and prime ministers for the burial of King Hassan II of Morocco Sunday.
		King Hassan was the Arab world's longest-serving monarch, having ruled for 38 years that were marked by half a dozen coup attempts, social upheaval and economic progress for many of Morocco's 29 million citizens.
	www.library.cornell.edu /colldev/mideast/hsn2.htm (1344 words)

	Fact sheet: Moroccan king visits Washington, D.C - Hassan II - includes profile of Morocco US Department of State ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Morocco's strategic location on the Strait of Gibraltar, its agreement to regular US Navy ship visits, its persistent efforts to seek accommodation on Middle East issues, and its religious tolerance are factors contributing to harmonious bilateral relations.
		Morocco's responsible debt management performance has been reflected in the willingness of the country's official and commercial creditors to agree to successive rescheduling on increasingly less restrictive terms.
		Morocco's heavy debt burden, high debt service ratios, and policies to limit further increases in indebtedness continue to limit prospects for a significant increase of imports of consumer and capital goods from the United States.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1584/is_n39_v2/ai_11500683 (871 words)

	Moroccan Jews mourn the passing of King Hassan II (July 30, 1999)
		Hassan took power in 1961 after the death of his father, Mohammed V. When Hassan ascended to the throne, he was an unknown quantity with a reputation as a playboy.
		When tens of thousands of Jews left Morocco in a massive aliyah that began after Morocco gained its independence in 1956 -- and accelerated after Hassan II gained power -- it was due as much to Zionism and a desire for economic opportunity as it was to a fear of anti-Semitism.
		Hassan also played a role in preparing for the 1991 Madrid peace conference and welcomed Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in September 1993, making Morocco the first Arab nation outside of Egypt to officially host an Israeli leader.
	www.jewishsf.com /bk990730/ihassan.shtml (931 words)

	"Morocco After Hassan II" (September 2000)
		Morocco badly needs economic reforms to defuse the ticking social time-bomb created by unemployment and wretched living conditions for millions of people, as well as laws that improve the level of foreign investment, decrease the influence of bureaucracy, and improve the deficient educational system, etc.
		King Hassan II once said that Morocco was "a tree with its roots in Africa and its branches in Europe." Geographically speaking, Morocco sits on the fringes of Africa, Europe and the Arab World.
		King Hassan II spent a long part of his time in power trying to foster a Moroccan identity out of the mosaic of tribal and ethnic identities that divided the country.
	www.meib.org /articles/0009_me1.htm (2956 words)

	Casablanca Mosque (Hassan II Mosque), Morocco
		The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca was completed in 1993 after great expense and artistic labor, and the result is one of the largest and most beautiful mosques in the world.
		Designed by French architect Michel Pinseau, construction of the Hassan II Mosque began in July 1986 on land reclaimed (without compensation to the former residents) from a run-down area near the sea.
		Nearly all the materials of the Hassan II Mosque are from Morocco, with the sole exceptions of the imported white granite columns and glass chandeliers (from Murano, near Venice).
	www.sacred-destinations.com /morocco/casablanca-hassan-ii-mosque.htm (1259 words)

	1stmaroc, history morocco, independant morocco, hassan II, mohammed IV
		King Hassan II escaped two attacks in 1970 and 1971, which were prepared by the military who intended to overthrow the government.
		Morocco was led therefore to make a Structural Adjustment Program, which lasted 10 years and increased poverty but nevertheless strengthened the economy.
		In 1988, Hassan II suggested to hold an auto-determination referendum on the Sahara, which was approved by the UNO and the AUO and then by the Polisario who agreed to the cease-fire.
	www.1stmaroc.com /cultureuk/history5.html (995 words)

	Eric Margolis \| Foreign Correspondent : FUNERAL IN MOROCCO
		The western and Arab leaders who flocked last week to the funeral of King Hassan II of Morocco produced the same outpouring of fulsome adulation, cloying hypocrisy and general unreality that marked the internment of the late King Hussein of Jordan.
		Hassan was ‘a great democratic leader,’ a man whose ‘firm grip led his people to prosperity and security,’ who ‘worked incessantly for Mideast pace,’ and maintained a ‘stable, moderate Islamic nation.’ There were tears aplenty as western democratic leaders, including Emoter-in-Chief, Bill Clinton, vied to laud their dear friend, the good and kindly King Hassan.
		Morocco guarded the northern flank of France’s neocolonial possessions in fl Africa and was a bastion against the spread of militant political Islam.
	www.ericmargolis.com /archives/1999/07/funeral_in_moro.php (825 words)

	Hassan II - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hassan II, full name Moulay Hassan (1929-1999), King of Morocco (1961-1999), born in Rabat on July 9, 1929, the son of Mohammed V. Hassan received...
		Mosque Hassan II, Casablanca, mosque commemorating the reign of King Hassan II of Morocco, and completed in 1993 for his 60th birthday.
		Casablanca (city), city in western Morocco, largest city and chief seaport of the country, on the Atlantic Ocean near Rabat.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Hassan_II.html (107 words)

	[28 Jul 1999] GA/9579 : ASSEMBLY AUTHORIZES SECRETARY-GENERAL TO ENTER INTO COMMITMENTS NOT EXCEEDING $200 MILLION TO ...
		Speaking at the tribute, the Secretary-General said King Hassan's devotion to peace, both in his country and within the wider region, was known all over the world.
		Morocco had lost a leader who consolidated the independence of his country, ensured the political stability of his reign and established the basis for Morocco's economic and social development.
		Morocco had lost a great and subtle statesman who, with skilled adroitness, had prepared Morocco to face a new millennium.
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/1999/19990728.ga9579.html (4737 words)

	Funeral In Morocco
		The western and Arab leaders who flocked last week to the funeral of King Hassan II of Morocco produced the same outpouring of fulsome adulation, cloying hypocrisy and general unreality that marked the internment of the late King Hussein of Jordan.
		Hassan was 'a great democratic leader,' a man whose 'firm grip led his people to prosperity and security,' who 'worked incessantly for Mideast pace,' and maintained a 'stable, moderate Islamic nation.' There were tears aplenty as western democratic leaders, including Emoter-in-Chief, Bill Clinton, vied to laud their dear friend, the good and kindly King Hassan.
		Morocco guarded the northern flank of France's neocolonial possessions in fl Africa and was a bastion against the spread of militant political Islam.
	www.twf.org /News/Y1999/0801-KingHassan.html (832 words)

	Hassan II of Morocco Dies at 70; A Monarch Oriented to the West (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hassan II of Morocco Dies at 70; A Monarch Oriented to the West
		By JOSEPH R. ing Hassan II, who ruled Morocco for 38 years, acted as a go-between in Egyptian-Israeli efforts to make peace and prolonged the life of his 300-year-old dynasty in an era when monarchies in Libya, Egypt, Iraq and Iran fell to socialist revolutions or the force of militant Islam, died Friday in Rabat.
		Most of Morocco was then a protectorate of France, except for sections governed by Spain in the northwest and southern coast and the city of Tangier, an international zone.
	www.library.cornell.edu /colldev/mideast/hasn2.htm (2741 words)

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