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Morocco Celebrates Thursday 43rd Birthday of Hrh Prince Moulay Rachid
Rabat - The Royal Family and the Moroccan people will celebrate, on Thursday, the 43rd birthday of HRH Prince Moulay Rachid. Born on June 20, 1970 in Rabat, Prince Moulay Rachid has been committed, since his young age, to various actions by taking part in different royal activities and presiding over official and major events at the national and international levels in social, sports and ...
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Morocco athlete Khalid Skah arrested
French police have arrested Moroccan Olympic champion Khalid Skah over an extradition request linked to a fierce custody battle between the athlete and the Norwegian mother of his two children.A source requesting anonymity says the 46-year-old athlete, who won the 10,000 metres at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, was arrested at the Orly airport in Paris on Wednesday.Skah and his ex-wife Anne ...
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First university for Western Sahara refugees being built
The Sahrawi exile government, located in refugee camps in Algeria, has announced the construction of the first university of Western Sahara. The education unit will be built in the small liberated zone of the ...
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Moroccos ex-Olympic champ Khalid Skah arrested in France
French police on Wednesday arrested Morocco's former Olympic champion Khalid Skah over an extradition request linked to a fierce custody battle between the athlete and the Norwegian mother of his two children. A source requesting anonymity said the 46-year-old athlete, who won the 10,000 metres at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, was arrested at the Orly airport in Paris. Skah and his ex-wife ...
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Mali government rebels sign peace accord
Rebels in northern Mali signed a peace agreement with the Malian government, resolving a stumbling block to the West African country's reconstruction. The peace accord calls for the deployment of the army to Kidal, a Saharan outpost near the Algerian border held by the ethnic Tuareg group. It follows an intervention by the French military in early 2013 that help swing the momentum in the ...
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Bodour Al Qasimi participates in WIPO diplomatic conference in Morocco
WAM SHARJAH, June 19th 2013 (WAM) -- Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi has highlighted the importance of providing all means of intellectual support to people with special needs across the world and facilitating their access to books as they form an essential part of the community and must be afforded every right to develop themselves and their cognitive abilities. Sheikha Bodour made ...
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Morocco a road trip out of the Atlas
Five days, two walled cities, many mountains and the open road: Annabelle Thorpe takes a dazzling drive off the beaten track and into the Atlas in ...
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Event 2010 World Economic Forum to be held in Marrakech
The 2010 World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa will be held in Morocco's red city Marrakech on 26-28 October, in partnership with the Moroccan ...
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Tourism Morocco to achieve 9 million tourists minister
The Moroccan Kingdom is able to receive more than 9 million tourists by the end of the year 2010 despite the difficult global economic situation, said on Wednesday, Moroccan Tourism Minister Yassir ...
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Economy The crisis is far from over
The crisis is far from over. Contrary to what the international financial institutions have projected, mainly towards the end of 2009, recovery will not take place in the foreseeable ...
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Morocco-EU New phase in relations
This summit will contribute to enhancing the psychological perception, behaviours and vision of both parties' economic players, thereby laying the foundations for a new partnership culture. Thus, regular political dialogue between Moroccan and European heads of states and governments will be held alternately between the two sides of the Mediterranean. This summit represents a concrete ...
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Moroccan economy most dynamic in North Africa
The recently issued report underlines that Morocco's economy, which boasts promising potentials, is way ahead the economies of the North African region (Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Algeria) thanks to the partnership between the kingdom and the EU.The report, published online by the German TV channel Deutsche Welle, puts Egypt and Tunisia second, and Algeria and Libya fourth and fifth ...
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Information technology Morocco determined to protect personal data
Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi presided over the nomination of the members of the new National Commission for the Protection of Personal Data (CNDP). Ph. ...
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Turkey supports Moroccos candidacy for non-permanent seat in UNSC
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister, Ali Babacan, expressed his country's support to Morocco's candidacy for a non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council ...
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Harvest at 7.46 million tonnes
The government had earlier expected a crop of 8 million tonnes, down from 10 million last season, said Reuters' source, blaming bad weather for this fall.This situation seems to be the reason behind Morocco's decision last week to cancel customs duty on imports of soft wheat for over three months.In June, the government raised soft wheat imports tariffs by 90% to ...
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Maroc Telecoms turnover rises 6 in 2010 first-half
Moroccan main telecommunication company Maroc Telecom's turnover rose by 6% year-on-year in the 2010 first-half, reaching 15.5 billion dirhams ($1.8 ...
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Morocco hub of stability and development French official
Morocco is a hub of stability and development in a problem-laden region, French State Secretary for European Affairs Pierre Lellouche said on ...
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Some 136849 successful students
Success rate has reached 49.08% this year, an increase of 31.44% compared the previous academic year, said the Ministry of Education in a statement.A total of 51.6% of successful students are female, explained the ministry, adding that the number of independent candidates who obtained the baccalaureate this year reached 6809. In the first, regular, session, some 118,052 students earned high ...
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AMF grants Morocco MAD 2 billion
Morocco and the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) signed on Tuesday in Rabat, a financing agreement of about MAD 2 billion for the development of the country's financial and banking ...
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Morocco S. Korea agree to strengthen trade relations
The program, adopted at a meeting between Moroccan Foreign Trade Minister Abdellatif Maazouz and his South Korean counterpart Kim Jong-Hoon, aims at reinforcing commercial ties on a win-win basis. It is also meant to give new momentum to the Moroccan-Korean business council. The two sides agreed to hold joint conferences to bring the two countries' businessmen ...
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Morocco and Spain sign partnership agreement
The two-year agreement mainly aims at providing social services and urgent medical assistance on behalf of children in difficult situations, especially in such cities as Tetouan, Oujda, Agadir and ...
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World Policy Conference to be held in Marrakech
This conference is dedicated to the discussion of problems related to global governance from different angles: global and regional, political (security), economic and financial.The agenda includes such subjects ...
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Former Attijariwafa Bank CEO sentenced to 15-year prison term
Casablanca's Court of Appeal sentenced on Wednesday Oudghiri Khalid, former Attijariwafa Bank CEO, to 15 years of prison and a fine of MAD 5,000 in absentia for complicity in forgery and ...
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Crisis in not over growth at 2.8 CMC
After the Ministry of Finance and the High Commission for Planning, it is the turn of Centre Marocain de Conjoncture to have its say. The diagnosis is clear: the crisis will continue in Morocco, and may even worsen, in 2010 with a growth rate not exceeding 2.8%, against 4.9% in 2009. These forecasts are revised down from what was announced a few months ago, mainly because of a change in some ...
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Regional development key to overall development
The region is very important for the country's overall development, said ...
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Morocco recieves aid as part of EU ties
Morocco has taken another step forward in its several years long pursuit of closer ties with the EU, receiving a vote of confidence from the continent’s organizing body in the form of aid, which will be used to pursue areas of development needed to modernize and reform the country.
Morocco is to receive Euro 580 million (roughly MAD 6 billion) from the European Union over the next four years, according to a joint agreement that was signed between Morocco and the EU recently, which it is hoped will provide the country with the means to further integrate itself with the European economy. Read more
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