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Article: The king congratulates himself. (King Hassan of Morocco)(includes related arti cle)
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- The Middle East
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- February 1, 1993
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MOROCCO BELIEVES IT has a great deal to offer the world in 1993. It sees itself as a bulwark against the rising tide of Islamic fundamentalism in North Africa, a pillar of the Arab Maghreb Union and the wider Arab world, a keen advocate of improved cooperation between the Maghreb and Europe, and a promising pupil under the tutelage of the IMF and World Bank.
Morocco would like to believe it is all this and more. The contrast with neighbouring Algeria is there for all to see, according to Rabat. While the embattled regime of Algeria's head of state, Ali Kafi, is faltering in its attempts to haul Algeria out of the mess resulting from a botched transition to a ...