21.   The king can make general comments on affairs of state but is not allowed to take sides in politics.

22.   The king recently made a similar tour of neighboring Gulf and Arab countries including Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Syria.

23.   The young king made it clear that the collapsed talks with Syria and the troubled Palestinian track were making it harder for him to maintain warm ties.

24.   But the king made no specific reference to any country or any authority.

25.   But the same employees had to dismantle their work as soon as the king made his feelings known, labouring overnight and finishing at dawn Thursday.

26.   The official stressed that the king had not made any concessions.

27.   The king made no mention of whether his heart condition and cancerous tumor, reported to be in remission, were also still troubling him.

28.   The late king Baudouin made him a baron for defending the rights of the former detainees and preserving the memory of the victims.

29.   The king made exactly that point before meeting with Powell in an interview with CBS television.

30.   The king made a similar appeal in January.