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Morocco to try cage fighter for record British heistMorocco is opting to prosecute the alleged mastermind of Britain's biggest-ever cash robbery, rather than send him back for trial, a judicial source says.
(Topix.net)UN Envoy Wraps Up Regional Visit
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon meets with Christopher Ross, his new Personal Envoy for Western Sahara (file photo) (AllAfrica)
Morocco makes peace with its past.
RABATa 'If you want an antidote to the photographs of policemen beating demonstrators and girls dying on the streets of the Iranian capital, take a drive through the streets of the Moroccan capital.
(Topix.net)Trip to Morocco an eye-opener for Wausau television journalist
A Wausau television journalist says her recent trip to Morocco made her appreciate even more the American press freedoms she enjoys.
(Topix.net)'Militants' charged in Morocco
Four suspected Islamic extremists were remanded in custody by Morocco's anti-terrorist court on Monday, following their arrest last week, the interior ministry said.
(Topix.net)Western Sahara: UN Envoy En Route to Morocco
The Secretary-General's Personal Envoy trying to help broker a political solution regarding the status Western Sahara is on his way to Morocco, following a visit to Algeria, a spokesperson for the United Nations said today.
(Topix.net)The Marrakech express is all very well for gap year students but how would you do Morocco in style?
By richard bath OKAY, maybe you have saved a fortune by buying EasyJet flights. Perhaps Auntie Hilda has left you a wad of cash that's burning a hole in your pocket.
(Topix.net)Travel to Morocco and the City of Fes
Morocco is a little larger than California and home to about 35 million people. Morocco is a constitutional monarchy and more than 98% of the Moroccan population is Muslim.
(Topix.net)UN Envoy En Route to Morocco
The Secretary-General's Personal Envoy trying to help broker a political solution regarding the status Western Sahara is on his way to Morocco, following a visit to Algeria, a spokesperson for the United Nations said today. (AllAfrica)
MOROCCO: Enjoy the magic of Morocco
WHEN the ad campaigns are full of dazzling blue skies and sun-drenched desert, it's not hard to feel a bit cheated when we arrive in rain-soaked Marrakech.
(Topix.net)Reps Move to Repatriate 10,000 Local Girls From Libya, Morocco
The House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora has begun the process to repatriate about 10,000 Nigerian teenage girls held captive by the sex-slave trade in Libya and Morocco. (AllAfrica)
House Seeks Help for 10,000 Girls in Morocco
The House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora is to liaise with relevant government agencies and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to rescue some 10,000 Nigerian teenage girls trapped in Morocco and Libya. (AllAfrica)
Moroccan rights body cites major abuses
RABAT: Morocco's main independent human rights body on Wednesday said major violations were perpetrated last year in the name of justice in the North African kingdom.
(Topix.net)Extradition Request For Briton Rejected
An extradition request for a martial arts expert arrested in connection with Britain's biggest cash robbery has been rejected by Morocco, Sky sources say.
(Topix.net)MOROCCO: African Refugees Targeted
More than 300 African refugees are gathered at the gates of the Moroccan United Nations Refugee Agency , asking to be moved to another country because their rights are not respected in Morocco.
(Topix.net)African Refugees Targeted
More than 300 African refugees are gathered at the gates of the Moroccan United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), asking to be moved to another country because their rights are not respected in Morocco. Several refugees say they have been beaten up by Moroccan UN personnel. (AllAfrica)
Morocco elects woman mayor for Marrakech
" I am honored to lead Marrakech city hall,I hope to be able to measure up to this new challenge " Fatima Zahra Mansouri A 33-year-old lawyer on Monday became the first woman to be elected mayor of Marrakech, one of Morocco's biggest cities and a key tourist destination.
(Topix.net)Travel News: From city to seaside in marvellous Morocco
WHEN the ad campaigns are full of dazzling blue skies and sun-drenched desert, it's hard not to feel a bit cheated when we arrive in rain-soaked Marrakech.
(Topix.net)Made in Morocco: Dacia Sandero
The Dacia Sandero is now being built in Morocco for the North African market. The Sandero, from Renault's Romanian subsidiary, is a hatchback sibling to the globally popular low-cost Logan.
(Topix.net)Morocco plans port expansion with eye to recovery
The extension to Tanger-Med would make it the biggest port in the Mediterranean and enable the north African country to capture a bigger slice of container traffic through the Strait of Gibraltar that links the Mediterranean to the Atlantic.
(Topix.net)Island Oil & Gas and Serica in Moroccan deal
A unit of Island Oil & Gas and Serica Energy have signed two petroleum exploration permits offshore Morocco with ONHYM.
(Topix.net)A Successful Election in Morocco
While the world's attention is focused on the fallout from Iran's election, an election in another Muslim country gave reason for hope: A Muslim Nation's Successful Election .
(Topix.net)Morocco's Miracle Oil: Don't Knock It Till You've Tried It
We've already jumped on the minerals, acai berry, ojon nuts and mega mushroom bandwagons.
(Topix.net)Morocco: Beacon of Freedom of Speech?
Moroccan blogger Badr Al'Hamry on Agora [Ar], expresses his solidarity with Idriss Shahtan, director of Al Mishaal weekly newspaper, and president of the Khenifra branch of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights [Ar] who will stand accused of publishing a dossier that is discourteous to a relative of the king of Morocco in a court trial on June ...
(Topix.net)Nemotek starts wafer level packaging in Morocco
Nemotek Technologie, the Rabat, Morocco-based company readying production of wafer level lenses and cameras , has qualified the first parts at its newly built manufacturing and packaging facility, and expects to start shipping devices in the fourth quarter of this year.
(Topix.net)Can Morocco Save the Middle East?
In Barack Obama's speech to the Muslim world in Egypt, he spoke at great length about the importance of America's role in reaching peace in the Middle East between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
(Topix.net)Morocco reports first flu case; 3 more in Saudi
RIYADH: Morocco has confirmed its first case of the H1N1 flu virus in a 18-year-old woman who had returned home from studying at a university in Canada, the North African country's health ministry said yesterday.
(Topix.net)Two ill after Montreal-Morocco flight
A medical assistant puts on a protective suit next to a A , or swine flu, screening centre at a government-run hospital in Manila on June 13, 2009.
(Topix.net)1st swine flu case in Morocco
The number of children at a Japanese school in Germany who have tested positive for swine flu has risen to 46, in addition to three of their parents, officials say.
(Topix.net)Alcoa Fastening Systems Expands into Casablanca, Morocco
Alcoa Fastening Systems announced today that it is continuing its global growth strategy and has completed the acquisition of assets from Demicron SNC, which will be integrated into the AFS organization as Alcoa Fixations Maroc.
(Topix.net)Morocco's women set for historic power play
EL ARJAT, MOROCCO // Every day, Fatima Azim walks half an hour through the fields to bring water from the nearest well; enough time to think about making history.
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