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In the News (Mon 28 Dec 09)

  
  Morocco
The Vandal invasion in the early 5th century largely bypassed Morocco as it headed for the fertile region that is now Tunisia, and Morocco reverted to rule by Berber chieftains.
It was not until Idris I (a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad's daughter Fatima and the Caliph Ali) sought refuge from Baghdad that Morocco was subjugated to a single ruler.
The struggle for independence in Morocco was shorter and less harrowing than in neighbouring French Algeria, where the revolution was well under way by this date; this was partly because Morocco's colonial ties were much looser, and partly because Moroccan independence involved no substantial change in the form of government.
www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0019825.html   (2376 words)

  
  Abderrahmane of Morocco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Moulay Abderrahmane (Arabic: عبد الرحمن) was sultan of Morocco from 1822 to 1859.
In 1856, Moulay Abderrahmane established the souk of Zraqten on the north side of the High Atlas, adding to territory in southern Morocco controlled by the Glaouis, who were caids ruling various southern areas from the 1700's until Moroccan independence in 1956, after originally settling in Telouet to establish a souk.
Abderrahmane was succeeded by Mohammed IV of Morocco.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abderrahmane_of_Morocco   (266 words)

  
 A short history of Morocco
Morocco is the centre of the Almoravid Sultanate from 1063 until 1147.
In 1969 Morocco acquieres the former Spanish enclave of Ifni.
In 1976 Morocco annexes the northern part of the former Spanish territory of Western Sahara, followed in 1979 by the annexation of the Mauritian part of the Sahara.
www.electionworld.org /history/morocco.htm   (731 words)

  
 Comparative Criminology | Africa - Morocco
Morocco is divided into 16 administrative regions; the regions are administered by Walis and governors appointed by the King.
Morocco is a party to the 1961 UN Single Convention and its Protocol, and the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances.
Morocco is also a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention, but Morocco's Parliament has not yet passed implementing legislation.
www-rohan.sdsu.edu /faculty/rwinslow/africa/morocco.html   (10659 words)

  
 MOROCCO IN TRANSITION
Morocco’s attempt to democratize was less a result of Hassan II’s sudden embrace of democratic principles than part of Morocco’s campaign to become a member of the European Union (EU).
Morocco’s economic problems are many and include a huge foreign debt, a growing population, two-thirds of whom are under the age of 25, an unemployment rate conservatively estimated at 25 percent, and years of recurring drought.
Many in Morocco, including academics, religious and political leaders, have tried to dismiss feminism as a Western or imperialist ideology, but as Rabea Naciri notes, this divests the women’s movement of all legitimacy because this discourse implies that the demands made by the movement are not among the preoccupations of the overwhelming majority of women.
web.africa.ufl.edu /asq/v7/v7i1a3.htm   (9057 words)

  
 Morocco Country History - Table - MSN Encarta
Morocco was the centre of the Almohad Empire, which had extended Islamic rule to parts of Spain and Portugal.
Morocco gained independence, with Sultan Muhammad V as head of state.
Morocco adopted its first constitution, thus becoming a constitutional monarchy.
uk.encarta.msn.com /media_121627510/Morocco_Country_History.html   (341 words)

  
 UN Struggles to Find Peace in Forgotten Desert Fight - Security Council - Global Policy Forum
Morocco's claim rests on its historic empire in the area and the oath of allegiance some tribal heads traditionally swore to the Moroccan king.
The region's total population is estimated at 350,000, with immigration from Morocco leaving the Saharawis barely a majority.
Morocco maintains that many are held against their will.
www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/wsahara/2002/0501sahara.htm   (839 words)

  
 Morocco News--The Journal of Maghreb Culture
Solana is visiting Morocco three days after the end of a visit of the EU trade commissioner, Pascal Lamy, and other visits by Foreign relations commissioner, Chris Patten, and president head of the European Commission, Romano Prodi.
Morocco's King Mohammed VI, who was accompanied by prince Moulay Rachid, chaired on Sunday night at the Mohammed V Mausoleum in Rabat a religious ceremony marking the 2nd anniversary of the demise of his father, King Hassan II.
Gabonese president, Haj Omar Bongo, who is paying a private visit to Morocco was among figures attending the ceremony in which the assistance read out the Koran and prayed for the rest of the soul of the late King Hassan II, the late King Mohammed V and the late Prince Moulay Abdallah.
www.jarida.8m.com /Magazine/News.html   (1743 words)

  
 Morocco
Morocco is totally in favor of giving asylum seekers all their human rights and it sees that the governments of the countries should work to guarantee that those people get decent jobs, shelter, medical care and education.
Morocco would like to see the number of people killed by natural disasters each year to be minimized a lot.
Morocco feels that the issue of terrorism should be dealt with very seriously, because its impact on different countries could be disastrous.
www.fruithome.com /teams/modelun/kf99moro.html   (3535 words)

  
 The Hindu : Morocco PM coming
Abderrahmane Youssifi, is arriving in India on a four-day visit from February 21 to give greater economic and political content to the relationship.
Morocco, according to diplomatic sources is asking India to review its decision to recognise the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) taken in 1985.
Morocco is India's largest supplier of phosphates and is an important player in the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC).
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/02/11/stories/0211000b.htm   (106 words)

  
 Amnesty International Report 2002 - Middle East and North Africa - MOROCCO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
He was unable to attend a September hearing after he was sentenced in Morocco to one year's imprisonment, reduced on appeal to three months, for writing bad cheques.
Morocco's longest serving prisoner of conscience was released.
AI delegates visited Morocco in April and June and were granted an audience with King Mohamed VI in June.
web.amnesty.org /web/ar2002.nsf/mde/morocco!Open   (1612 words)

  
 Telegraph | News | EU calls on Morocco to end island invasion
Madrid increased the pressure on Morocco to pull back from the rocky islet of Perejil - Spanish for parsley - by sending a fourth naval warship to its enclaves in the area as four military helicopters patrolled the air.
Morocco, enjoying the last day of public festivities to celebrate the wedding of King Mohammed, ignored the protests over the occupation.
After four days, Morocco refused to move its small detachment of soldiers and insisted that it had set up an "observation post" on the island to counter illegal immigration and terrorism.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/07/15/wperej15.xml   (563 words)

  
 Transcript: Ambassador Gabriel's Remarks on Morocco September 15
Morocco is also an integral part of the greater Arab -Islamic world to the east and draws from the south its deep African identity.
Morocco will be unable to escape its budgetary woes until its debt service requirements, which eat up one third of the national budget, are lessened.
Morocco's open and warm reception of Israeli Prime Minister Barak at King Hassan's funeral and the third -country talks the new King arranged for the Israeli delegation, show already that Morocco will continue to play an active and positive role in the Middle East Peace Process.
www.usembassy-israel.org.il /publish/peace/archives/1999/september/me0917a.html   (2674 words)

  
 moroccoarticle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Morocco already conducts 65 percent of its trade with Europe, and the bulk of foreign investment comes from the north.
The roots of this ability to be both Eastern and Western, African and European, Arab and Mediterranean, and the origins of the intellectual and emotional tolerance that characterizes Moroccan culture are surely to be found in the country's historical connection to the Muslim Spain of the beginning of the past millennium.
Morocco enters the new millennium with a greater degree of pluralism, a stronger civil society, more space for free policy debate, and a more diversified economy than most countries in the region.
www.uncg.edu /bae/cgb/moroccoarticle.htm   (2918 words)

  
 The Morocco of Muhammad VI, The Estimate, July 30, 1999
The Morocco of Muhammad VI For the third time in six months, an Arab monarch has passed from the scene after decades on the throne.
For years, Morocco has come under fire from abroad for its human rights record, for its slowness in implementing the UN Referendum in Western Sahara, and for its lack of greater democratization.
Morocco is a constitutional monarchy, but the constitution does little to limit the King’s power.
www.theestimate.com /public/073099.html   (2101 words)

  
 CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
In the western region of Oran, the sultan of Morocco, Abderrahmane, Commander of the Believers, could not remain much longer indifferent to the massacres committed by the French Christian troops and to belligerent calls to enter jihad from the marabouts.
Despite the diplomatic rupture between Morocco and the Two Sicilies in 1830, and the naval warfare engaged against the Austrian-Hungarian Empire as well as with Spain, then headed by Ferdinand VII, Abderrahmane lent his support to the Algerian insurgency triggered by Abd El-Kader.
Abderrahmane thus named nephew, prince Moulay Ali, as Caliph of Tlemcen, charged of the protection of the city.
encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=French_rule_in_Algeria   (6062 words)

  
 InternationalReports.net : Morocco 2003
The Kingdom of Morocco is officially a constitutional monarchy, with His Majesty King Mohammed VI the Head of State.
The dramatic increase in the number of female elected members and the introduction of proportional representation into the voting process were two dramatic firsts in the history of Morocco’s democratic evolution.
As the Kingdom of Morocco continues to make its way down the path towards an ever more participatory government, it is imperative that the development and reform efforts of His Majesty and the democratically elected Moroccan government are embraced and supported by nations such as the United States.
www.internationalreports.net /africa/morocco/2003/18morocco.html   (567 words)

  
 Slimane of Morocco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mulay Slimane or Suleiman (1760 - 1822) (Arabic: مولاي سليمان) was the Sultan of Morocco from 1792 to 1822.
Slimane was one of five sons of Mohammed III who fought a civil war for control of the kingdom.
Slimane continued his father's centralization and expansion of the kingdom, and most notably ended the piracy that had long operated from Morocco's coast.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Slimane_of_Morocco   (168 words)

  
 The Magic Morocco - History of morocco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Vandals and Goths who were sweeping through Spain may have touched the northern tip of Morocco on their way eastwards to Carthage but there are no traces that they have stayed.
It was very largely as a result of the of these people, with their refinements and skills, that Fez became a great spiritual and intellectual center whose influence very much reached to the far north of the country and, later, beyond.
Arrival of Moulay Idriss I in Morocco and emergence of the Idrisside Dynasty.
www.magicmorocco.com /history_of_morocco.html   (3051 words)

  
 Morocco News
Morocco says it has set up an observation post to help ward off illegal immigrants and aid in the war on terrorism.
Morocco sent a dozen soldiers to the uninhabited island last week, in what it said was an effort to crack down on terrorism and illegal immigrants.
Morocco has also frequently called on Spain to turn over control the two city enclave, which Spain maintains were Spanish for centuries before Morocco existed as a country.
www.newprophecy.net /morocco.htm   (2866 words)

  
 S/1998/534
Abderrahmane Youssoufi, at Rabat on 1 and 2 June, and with the POLISARIO Coordinator with MINURSO, Mr.
The status-of-forces agreements, the drafts of which were submitted to Morocco on 31 March 1998, and to Algeria and Mauritania on 3 April 1998, have yet to be concluded.
I urge the three Governments, in particular Morocco, to conclude these agreements as soon as possible, since they would facilitate the conduct of operations to be undertaken by the MINURSO military personnel, pursuant to Security Council resolution 1148 (1998).
www.hri.ca /fortherecord1998/documentation/security/s-1998-534.htm   (2090 words)

  
 Human Rights Watch World Report 2002: Middle East & North Africa: Morocco
Morocco's private print media enjoyed considerable freedom, but mostly avoided criticism of the military, as well as direct criticism of the king, his predecessors, and the monarchy.
Morocco had more than 2,150 cybercafes and between 300,000 and 400,000 Internet users, according to a September 13 letter from the Moroccan embassy in Washington to Human Rights Watch.
Morocco was not believed to be holding any, although it held in prison a small number of Sahraouis civilians convicted of pro-independence activities, and continued to provide no information on the whereabouts of Sahraoui civilians who had been forcibly "disappeared" during the years of conflict.
www.hrw.org /wr2k2/mena6.html   (2554 words)

  
 Art work Paintings from Morocco, Images of Eyes Gallery
Latrache Abderrahmane was born in Taza, Morocco, in 1954.
Abderrahmane prefers pastels as his medium of expression because they offer the same aesthetic possibilities as paint and combine the immediacy of drawing with the sensuality of painting.
If you're planning a trip to Morocco, there are about more ten more travel articles in the New York Times Travel Guide--go to http://travel2.nytimes.com/top/features/travel/destinations/africa/morocco/?inline=nyt-geo.
www.imagesofeyes.com /abderrahmane.htm   (250 words)

  
 Arabic News Weekly Edition for Morocco, 7/23/2001
Morocco's minister in charge of women condition, family and children protection and integration of handicapped persons, Nouzha Chekrouni, handed on Friday to 47 associations active in issues of disabled persons, three million DH (US$ 272,700) in assistance to their training and employment activities.
Morocco and Spain agreed in Madrid on Wednesday to regulate the flow of Moroccan workers, in a bid to reduce illegal immigration and fight the exploitation of workers.
Morocco's King Mohammed VI said in an interview published this Tuesday by London based daily "Asharq Al Awsat" his role as king of Morocco is to be watchful to Moroccans' expectations and cater to their affairs.
www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Weekly/Morocco/20010723.html   (1085 words)

  
 Morocco
Foreign Minister of Morocco Abdellatif Filali met Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the margins of the NAM Summit at Durban in August, 1998.
Minister of External Affairs Shri Jaswant Singh met the Foreign Minister of Morocco Mohammed Benaissa on the margins of UNGA in New York.
The Kingdom of Morocco has supported the candidature of Mr.Yashwant Sinha, Minister of Finance, at the Presidency of the Committee of Development, which is a Joint Committee of the World Bank and the International Monetary Funds.
meaindia.nic.in /foreignrelation/morocco.htm   (1596 words)

  
 Morocco_GKIndia
Morocco is located on the westernmost tip of north Africa, bordering Algeria to the east and Mauritania to the south and southeast, the Atlantic ocean to the west and the Mediterranean to the north.
Running through the middle of the country is the Atlas mountain range, which leads to the fertile plains and sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast.
Morocco's population and culture stems from a cross section of origins, including Berbers, Arabs, Moors and Jews.
www.gkindia.com /Flags/Morocco.htm   (205 words)

  
 Itinerance Plus - Your gateway to Morocco
The Galouis constitute a "dynasty" of Caids that ruled a swathe of south Morocco (which varied in size) from the XVIII century (2) to the Iindependence of Morocco in 1956 (3).
His junior, Thami, was pasha of Marrakech (sort of vice-king for the southern half of Morocco) from 1912 to Independence.
In 1856, the sultan Moulay Abderrahmane added a new tribe’s territory to the Glaouis' "fiefdom" where he established another souk (Zraqten, on the northern side of the High Atlas).
www.itineranceplus.com /english/culturalmemo2.asp?culturalID=8   (537 words)

  
 Young King Pursues Own Vision For Morocco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The degree to which the new king succeeds in making Morocco's system more representative politically, and more responsive to a difficult economic situation, will go a long way in determining the long-term stability of one of the United States' oldest allies and a longtime force for understanding in the Arab world.
Morocco's prospects as it struggles to modernize and democratize may strike many in the West as a paradox: A new, pluralistic, egalitarian, educated and employed Morocco may well be possible.
Morocco's economy is better off than many in the Third World, with modest growth and low inflation.
www.library.cornell.edu /colldev/mideast/moh62.htm   (1063 words)

  
 Morocco News--The Journal of Maghreb Culture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The measures are part of efforts to alleviate effects of drought which has become a structural phenomenon and affected 90% of the territory as rain deficit ranged between 30 and 90%, he added, the state will support the transfer of water from regions with surplus to other which suffer water shortage.
Morocco's King Mohammed VI, who was accompanied by prince Moulay Rachid, chaired on Sunday night at the Mohammed V Mausoleum in Rabat a religious ceremony marking the 2nd anniversary of the demise of his father, King Hassan II.
Gabonese president, Haj Omar Bongo, who is paying a private visit to Morocco was among figures attending the ceremony in which the assistance read out the Koran and prayed for the rest of the soul of the late King Hassan II, the late King Mohammed V and the late Prince Moulay Abdallah.
jarida.8m.com /Magazine/News.html   (1743 words)

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