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Moroccan burglar's sentence cut
BBC News, UK - 6 hours ago
A Moroccan man who broke into a house in search of food after being left in a west Wales village by people smugglers has had his jail term for burglary cut. ...

Customs seize over 10 Tons of Hashish, arrest Moroccan, Dutch ...
Maghreb Arabe Presse, Morocco - Dec 21, 2006
... Police. According to the police, the drug was destined to the French market. The Truck driver, a Moroccan, was arrested. Few hours ...

Credibility problem dogs Moroccan reform push
Reuters - Dec 19, 2006
By Lamine Ghanmi. RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco is struggling to decide what kind of democracy it should become after years of cautious ...

Moroccan symposium heaps praise on the Kuwaiti Babtain Foundation
Kuwait News Agency, Kuwait - Dec 15, 2006
... of Kuwait, being run here, underlined on Friday that the Kuwaiti Abdulaziz Saud Al-Babtain Foundation is a model for interaction among the Moroccan and Kuwaiti ...

Moroccan figures praise the Kuwait-Morocco leaders' meeting
Kuwait News Agency, Kuwait - Dec 16, 2006
(With Photos) RABAT, Dec 16 (KUNA) -- Moroccan prominent figures lauded the distinctive status of the joint "Marrakech Declaration" that was issued by wrap up ...

RealCapita's Moroccan venture planning IPO
Gulf Daily News, Bahrain - Dec 16, 2006
CASABLANCA: A company formed on Friday by Gulf and Moroccan investors to oversee the building of 22,000 homes for low-income families in Morocco may float on ...

Jean Michel Jarre performs in Moroccan desert
magharebia.com - Dec 18, 2006
French musician and UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Goodwill Ambassador Jean Michel Jarre performed on Saturday (December 16th ...

Moroccan artists' medical coverage reinstated
magharebia.com - Dec 19, 2006
Moroccan artists have gained medical insurance under a new deal that envisages extending the benefit to the entire sector. By Sarah ...

Moroccan overseas remittances reach 9% of GDP
Middle East Online, UK - Dec 19, 2006
... The lion's share, or 43 percent, were from France's one-million strong Moroccan community who repatriated 10.6 billion dirhams. ...

Gulf investors, Moroccan venture
AME Info, United Arab Emirates - Dec 16, 2006
Bahrain's Real Capita and Morocco's Jet Asset Management have formed House Invest, which is to spend $400m on social housing projects in Casablanca, Tangier ...

Moroccan PM, ministers commend Kuwaiti-Moroccan relations
Kuwait News Agency, Kuwait - Dec 14, 2006
By Abdulwahid Al-Talbi MARRAKECH, Dec 15 (KUNA) -- Moroccan Prime Minister Driss Jettou commended late Thursday the strong bilateral relations between his ...

HH Amir, Moroccan King issue joint statement
Kuwait News Agency, Kuwait - Dec 15, 2006
... Kuwait also reaffirmed its support for unity of Moroccan territories, and the two sides reviewed the progress of international efforts and the UN in reaching a ...

Open letter of gratitude to His Majesty King Mohamed VI
Fog City Journal, CA - Dec 18, 2006
... of Morocco, Mr. Ahmed Merghich, Governor of Tan-Tan; Mr. Theodore Smith, President-Moroccan American Trade and Investment Council; Mr. Ambassador Edward Gabriel ...

Arab cinema shakes up the stereotypes
The Australian, Australia - 6 hours ago
... as Indigenes (Days of Glory), the French-Algerian-Belgian-Moroccan World War ... a positive light, and the more recent series Sleeper Cell: American Terror, from

Go Daddy ordered to pay former employee
East Valley Tribune, AZ - 7 hours ago
... The jury also agreed that Bouamama, a Muslim of Moroccan national origin who speaks Arabic, should receive $5,000 in ... I believe in the American justice system ...

New Moroccan Comedy Upsets Historians!
Asharq Alawsat, UK - Dec 16, 2006
... and ‘Black Knight’, an American production featuring Martin Lawrence. The cast of ‘Abdou Ind Almohadeen’ brings together a cast of Moroccan actors such ...

American Moroccan Institute Conference on Moroccan Reforms...
U.S. Newswire (press release), DC - Dec 12, 2006
... relations; the US-Morocco alliance in the fight against global terrorism; the Moroccan proposal for Sahara autonomy in relation to the American Federal and ...

Tension at the borders
Scotsman, United Kingdom - Dec 15, 2006
... project. Arriaga came up with five stories, two of which - about Moroccan children, and an American couple - survived. Iñáritu ...

Credibility problem dogs Moroccan reform push
Reuters - 7 hours ago
By Lamine Ghanmi. RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco is struggling to decide what kind of democracy it should become after years of cautious ...

Jean Michel Jarre performs in Moroccan desert
magharebia.com - 23 hours ago
French musician and UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Goodwill Ambassador Jean Michel Jarre performed on Saturday (December 16th ...

Moroccans turn to tradition in uncertain times
Reuters Canada, Canada - Dec 18, 2006
... A visit to an average Moroccan town suggests the scarves worn by some young women are inspired by fashions further east, fitting tightly to the head and ...

Moroccan overseas remittances reach 9% of GDP
Middle East Online, UK - 7 hours ago
... The lion's share, or 43 percent, were from France's one-million strong Moroccan community who repatriated 10.6 billion dirhams. ...

Axa to take full control of Moroccan affiliate
Business Insurance, Chicago - Dec 18, 2006
RABAT, Morocco (Reuters)—French insurer Axa SA will take full control of its Moroccan affiliate Axa Assurance Maroc by acquiring local partner ONA's stake in ...

Al Maghreb Resort to recreate Moroccan magic
Gulf News, United Arab Emirates - Dec 17, 2006
... Arif Mubarak said, "Al Maghreb Resort and Spa will further enhance the Bawadi experience in its reflection of authentic Moroccan heritage. ...

Mediated Talks between Morocco and Algeria

... Minister Zapatero managed to normalize positive relations with the Moroccan capital, Rabat ... war dilemma, the Middle East crisis, and the American's ambitions in ...

Capsule reviews from recently released movies

... mishap has far-reaching repercussions that affect the lives of a pair of American tourists (Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett), two young Moroccan shepherds, a ...

CHRONOLOGY-Nigerian militants' attacks on oil, gas industries

... Aug 10 - Two contractors, a Belgian and a Moroccan, are kidnapped in Port Harcourt. Both are released on Aug. 14. ... An American is also kidnapped. ...

In theaters

... a rifle shot rings out--detonating a chain of events that will link an American tourist couple's frantic struggle to survive, two Moroccan boys involved in an ...

Churchill painting fetches record price

A painting by British wartime leader Winston Churchill sold for 612 800 at auction on Monday, a new record for the part-time artist and about three times the pre-sale estimate.

Churchill painting fetches record price

A painting by wartime leader Winston Churchill sold for 612,800 pounds at auction on Monday, a new record for the part-time artist and around three times the pre-sale estimate.

American Moroccan Institute Conference on Moroccan Reforms...

... relations; the US-Morocco alliance in the fight against global terrorism; the Moroccan proposal for Sahara autonomy in relation to the American Federal and ...

Veber's new film turns farce into art

... For The Valet he chose Moroccan-born stand-up comedian Gad Elmaleh, a huge star in ... In an American film you have to be a smart-ass, because the worst thing an ...

Bernal's Mexican base Bernal's Mexican base

... When a rifle is shot into a tourist bus in the Moroccan desert, a ripple ... I hardly have any role at all," said a modest Bernal, who dates American actor Natalie ...

India's reform path a role model for Morocco

Development of human capital essential for sustained growth An incentive for Indian corporates is that Morocco presents itself as an export gateway PHOTO PIB BUILDING BRIDGES: A Moroccan Parliamentary ...

TCS plans Morocco foray with 500-strong offshoring unit

Business TCS plans Morocco foray with 500-strong offshoring unit Rabat, Dec 11. : India's largest software exporter Tata Consultancy Services has signed an agreement with Morocco to set up a 500-employee unit, ...

Love story cinches top Moroccan film award

A love story set in bleak communist-era East Germany scooped the top Gold Star award late Saturday at the sixth Marrakesh International Film Festival studded with international luminaries.

Iran ready to transfer scientific expertise to Islamic states

Iran's Minister of Education Mahmoud Farshidi in Rabat today expressed the country's readiness to transfer its scientific and technological achievements and experiences to Islamic states.

Marrakech Film Festival pays tribute to Susan Sarandon

Marrakech, Dec. 04 - The ongoing sixth edition of the Marrakech International Film Festival on Sunday paid tribute to American actress Susan Sarandon.

During the ceremony, director John Boorman hailed the "wisdom and audacity" of the 1996-Oscar winner, underlining her commitment to human rights issues, notably in her masterpiece "Dead Man Walking". Brandishing a trophy handed by the festival organizers, Susan Sarandon said she was happy and honored by this tribute, underlining that such festivals encourages spirit openness and understanding. Susan Sar...

Rare Japanese plants introduced to Morocco

Rabat, Nov. 24 - Some 100 varieties of rare Japanese ornamental plants, were brought to Morocco on Wednesday. Offered by "the Sakura Organization for cultural exchange," these plants, which belong to the Prunus Kazakura variety, were planted in the Experimental Garden of Rabat, to enrich this botanic space. The Experimental Garden,which was created in the 1930's, gathers more than 250 varieties of fruit trees and rare ornament plants, coming from all over the world.