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MARRAKECH: InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has announced an agreement with Moroccan developer, Groupe Cadex, to open its very first property in Morocco in the beautiful resort destination of Marrakech. via Street Talk

Few years back no woman would dress up like that... and now... just don't understand what happened to morocco... My grandfather used to be Imam but he has never grew beard.. Morocco has been always Muslims but you could see people faces and their shinny smile... We are somehow going backwards. We used to see people with nice white cloths and big wide smile and now all what you see is only woman all covered in black... and scary men with long beard... (Topix.net)

Amnesty International today called on the Moroccan government to immediately open a comprehensive, independent and impartial investigation into claims that ... (Topix.net)

Miss Celerier was sent packing after spinning a web of lies following the Morocco task on the BBC1 hit. But she came out fighting against Sir Alan, ... (Topix.net)

"This discovery shows that the making and use of objects of finery is very anchored in the traditions of Morocco's prehistoric people," said Bouzouggar, ... (Topix.net)

By SHELLY PAZ A new joint tourist project by Israel, Morocco and Spain will trace the footsteps of the Rambam (Maimonedes), the 12th-century Torah scholar ... (Topix.net)

Morocco is still struggling to find a successor to Frenchman Henri Michel, who was sacked after a shocking first round exit at the African Nations Cup ... (Topix.net)

Foreign investments in real estate in Morocco reached 7 billion Moroccan Dirhams (0.91 billion US dollars) last year, up from 245 million dollars in 2002, ... (Topix.net)

About 70 migrants left Morocco on the morning of April 28 in an attempt to reach Spain, the newspaper said. Two hours later, they came across a Moroccan ... (Topix.net)

Held at the beginning of spring, the show reflects the process of modernization and change in Morocco. As stated by Mohammed VI, King of Morocco, ... (Topix.net)

RABAT (Reuters) - A US-based press freedom watchdog called on Morocco on Thursday to lift a ban preventing the Al Jazeera television network from ... (Topix.net)

Reporters Without Borders calls on the Moroccan authorities to reverse their decision to stop the pan-Arab satellite TV news station Al-Jazeera from broadcasting a daily news programme covering the Maghreb countries from its studios in the Moroccan capital Rabat. (AllAfrica)

With the Moroccan government pledging to build hotels and golf courses in Tamuda Bay, property investors are seeking buy-to-let properties to take advantage ... (Topix.net)

The BBC's James Copnall in the capital, Rabat, says the reaction from Morocco is extremely unusual. The authorities do not generally comment on the frequent ... (Topix.net)

Saudi Arabia has decided to give Morocco $500 million to reduce the pressure on the country's economy due to rising oil prices, the state news agency MAP ... (Topix.net)

(New York, May 8, 2008) - Citing "lack of evidence," Moroccan authorities closed an investigation into police abuse allegations made by two human rights ... (Topix.net)

Four children were among those who drowned off the coast of Morocco last month, survivors claimed. Moroccan sailors were said to have stabbed the dinghy ... (Topix.net)

The Thornhill, Ontario native reached the quarter-finals at the € 42500+H Rabat Challenger in Morocco with a second round win over No. ... (Topix.net)

Ten hip-hop and breakdance groups from across Morocco competed at the Ouf du Bled music festival Saturday in Casablanca. Female rappers Flow Tigresses and ... (Topix.net)

The daily program features news and commentary about Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia. The move came less than a week after the network ... (Topix.net)

These sharp contrasts were observed by a peripatetic local couple during their most recent trip - to Morocco. "It is such a country of contrasts it blows ... (Topix.net)

She will research the impact of microfinance -- providing loans to poor women in Morocco -- on reducing poverty and stabilizing the local economy. ... (Topix.net)

... television from broadcasting a news programme focusing on north Africa from its studios in Morocco, the Qatar-based Arabic network said on Tuesday. ... (Topix.net)

RABAT (AFP) - Police in Morocco Tuesday arrested 34 Africans as they boarded an inflatable dinghy to try to cross the Mediterranean secretly to Europe, ... (Topix.net)

The fact that this individual could go that far is not reassuring, especially since Morocco has been for a month now on a heightened security level. ... (Topix.net)

To mark World Press Freedom Day, Moroccan journalist Mustafa Hormatallah began a three-day hunger strike today to protest his imprisonment in Casablanca, while journalists led by the National Syndicate of the Moroccan Press planned to stage a sit-in on Saturday. (AllAfrica)

At least 10 illegal migrants from sub-Saharan Africa drowned on 28 April off Al-Hoceima in the north-east Morocco, security sources told panapress in Rabat on Monday. The tragedy occurred as their makeshift boat, carrying about 200 people attempting to reach the southern region of Spain, capsized. Rescuers managed to save 183 people, the sources said. Meanwhile, Moroccan police on Monday arrested 23 illegal sub-Saharan migrants in Nador in north-eastern Morocco, as they attempted to reach the Spanish enclave of Melilla. (Tuesday 6 May - 01:13) (Topix.net)

After one week of rest, Peter Polansky finds himself back on the Challenger Series Circuit playing in the € 42500+H Rabat Challenger in Morocco. ... (Topix.net)

Morocco is extremely satisfied, since the UN Security Council has called on all parties to engage in a substantial and deep negotiation, to be realistic ... (Topix.net)

Rabat - Saudi Arabia has decided to grant Morocco $500m to mitigate the effects of rising energy prices, Morocco's Foreign Ministry announced on Monday. ... (Topix.net)