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Tan Tan Accident: Truck Driver Used Hidden Container to Smuggle Fuel
Rabat - The investigation into the head-on collision between a bus and a semi-trailer which resulted in the deaths of 33 people last week near the city of Tan Tan has revealed that the truck driver...
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The Quest – Poem
By Nouha Habouria - Tunis The world of its colors is bereft Nobody is here. Everybody has left **** I must start The Quest But where’s the rest? Nobody Neither in the East nor in the West **** I...
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Morocco Ranks 78 in the 2015 Global Information Technology Report
Rabat - Morocco has been ranked 78th in the 2015 Global Information Technology Report. It is the country that has improved the most (up 21 places) over the past year. The report, co-published on...
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Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Its Understanding of Jihad
Tokyo - In the last decades, many Islamic movements have claimed Jihad as the basis of their doctrine. This article strives to deal with the issue of Jihad particularly. It focuses specifically on the...
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Qatar to fine shops opening during Friday prayers
Rabat - Qatar passed a law on Tuesday forcing all cafes, restaurants, offices, malls and clinics, to close for 90 minutes during Friday prayers or face QR10,000 about $2746. According to Qatari...
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Death of 2 Cavers: Spanish Minister Defends Morocco Before Parliament
Rabat - Spain's Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said Tuesday in Parliament that Morocco is not to be held responsible for the deaths of the two cavers in the High Atlas Mountains earlier this...
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Blind Man Completes Morocco’s ‘Marathon des Sables’
Rabat - A blind man, known as "Blind Dave", has accomplished the tough challenge of the Moroccan 'Marathon des Sables,' becoming the first blind athlete to complete this Marathon. Dave Heeley, from...
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UNSG Personal Envoy to brief Security Council on Western Sahara
Rabat - The United Nations Personal Envoy to the Western Sahara, Christopher Ross, will brief the UN Security Council on Western Sahara on Thursday. This comes after the United Nations Secretary...
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Morocco to Take Part in Saudi-Led Ground Operation in Yemen
Rabat - Moroccan troops are expected to take part in a large-scale ground operation of Yemen led by Saudi Arabia and its Sunni allies. Morocco had already joined Saudi Arabia in its aerial campaign in...
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In a Letter to Security Council, Morocco Calls for Census in Tindouf
New York- Omar Hilale, Morocco’s Ambassador to the United Nations, addressed on Monday a letter to the Security Council on the embezzlement of humanitarian aid by the Polisario and Algeria. In the...
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Morocco’s Jamal Benomar Steps Down as UN Envoy to Yemen
New York- According to a note sent to UN correspondents, Jamal Benomar, the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Yemen, has expressed an interest in moving to another assignment after spending...
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Events in MENA Increase Importance of Strategic Dialogue With Morocco: US...
Rabat - The U.S. ambassador to Morocco Mr. Dwight L. Bush said that the unfortunate events taking place in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) increase the importance of the strategic dialogue...
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Polisario Militiamen Behind Attack on Moroccan Embassy in Libya: Newspaper
Rabat - Polisario militiamen who fought alongside Muamar Gaddafi during the latter's government crackdown on protestors in 2011 are believed to be responsible for the bombing attack at the Moroccan...
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Closing the Shrine of Bouya Omar
By Badreddine Khammali Rabat - The shrine of Bouya Omar is what we can call an extreme case of Sufism in the deeper layers of Moroccan society, where social misery is mixed with religious interest,...
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Dieudonné’s Performance in Casablanca Canceled
Rabat - A Performance by controversial French comedian Dieudonné M'bala M'bala scheduled for April 29th in Casablanca has been canceled. The organizers of Dieudonné's act " La Bête immonde " (The...
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Turkish Airlines Makes Emergency Landing Over Bomb Threat
Rabat - A Turkish Airlines flight en route to Basel in Switzerland on Tuesday forced to make an emergency landing in Ataturk Airport in Istanbul due to a bomb threat, the Dogan News Agency reported....
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Video: Marrakesh as Seen by an American Journalist
In a report recently aired on NBC, journalist Cat Greenleaf discovered with amazement Marrakesh souks, riads, its squares, grills, fresh orange juice and other mysteries of the ocher city. The post...
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Morocco’s Omnidor to Invest MAD 3 Billion in Five Years
Rabat - Omnidior has unveiled its strategy for 2020. The real estate subsidiary of Omnipar plans 3 billion Dirhams of investments in five years to build 8,000 residential units (60 per cent average...
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Bahraini Shiites Should Want Freedom for Everyone
Istanbul - Wherever you look in the Arab world today you see political turmoil, conflict and internal feud. Bahrain is one such country. Readers will remember that the winds of change caused by the...
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Delivery of Public Services in MENA Fails to Meet Citizens’ Needs: WB
Rabat - A new report released Thursday by the World Bank has shown that the delivery of essential public services in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) "is failing to meet the...
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