A line in the sand

Morocco has been outmanoeuvred in the United Nations. Algeria persuaded the Polisario Front it should accept the plan drawn up by UN Special Envoy James Baker III for a solution to the protracted Western Sahara dispute.

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Morocco, James Baker, United States, France, Spanish, Iraq, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, King Mohammed, Mohamed Bennouna, Mohamed Benaïssa, Hassan, Driss Basri, Abdelaziz Bouteflika

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