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GHC launches mega project in Morocco (AME Info)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:42:40 GMT
The foundation stone of a $1.3bn real estate project was laid in Tangiers, Morocco on Monday.

GHC lays foundations of EUR1b mixed use project in Morocco (MENAFN)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:07:02 GMT
GHC lays foundations of EUR1b mixed use project in Morocco

International talks to save overfished tuna start in Morocco (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:03:38 GMT
Morocco on Monday called for stronger action against illegal fishing at the opening of international negotiations here aimed at saving Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna.

Ex-Gitmo detainee sentenced in Morocco (UPI)
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:15:08 GMT
RABAT, Morocco, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- A former Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainee has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by a court in his native Morocco, officials said Monday.

Sigourney Weaver takes in Morocco's not-so-alien culture (USA Today)
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:08:50 GMT
Sigourney Weaver is in Marrakech, Morocco, where she is being honored for her career and her role in zapping gender stereotypes as Lt. Ellen Ripley.

Morocco launches campaign to lift blockade on Gaza (People's Daily)
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:32:19 GMT
Morocco has kicked off a campaign in a bid to lift the embargo imposed on the Gaza strip, local MAP news agency reported on Monday. The campaign will collect tons of medicine and paramedical equipment and ship them on Tuesday from the Casablanca airport to Gaza, Khalid Sefiani, secretary of the General Congress of Arab Parties, was quoted as saying. The shipment will be transported on Wednesday ...

Morocco Launches Campaign to Lift Gaza Blockade (Palestine Media Center)
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:25:20 GMT
Morocco has kicked off a campaign in a bid to lift the embargo Israel imposed on the Gaza strip, local MAP news agency reported on Monday, quoted by Xinhua.

New international student organization works to support ties between ISU and Morocco (Indiana Statesman)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:21:13 GMT
The Student Government Association recently approved the Moroccan Student Organization to unite Moroccan culture with the Indiana State community. The organization was inducted Friday, Nov. 7. Imane Lahlou, a senior marketing major and treasurer of the Moroccan Student Organization, said the organization wants to create awareness of the Moroccan culture.

Ex-Gitmo detainee sentenced in Morocco (Moldova.org)
Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:21:43 GMT
A former Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainee has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by a court in his native Morocco, officials said Monday.Said Boujadia, 39, who spent seven years in the U.S. prison camp as a suspected terrorist and was returned to Morocco, was found guilty of plotting to sabotage foreign interests in Morocco, the Med Basin Newsline reported. Med Basin quoted the official Moroccan ...

Ronaldo considering early retirement (RTÉ News)
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:14:24 GMT
Brazilian striker Ronaldo may retire from football following his latest serious knee injury. Ronaldo ruptured a tendon in his left knee playing for AC Milan in February and made his return earlier this week when he appeared for just 22 minutes in a charity match in Morocco.

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