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  Morocco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Morocco was the first nation to recognize the fledgling United States in 1777 and has the oldest non-broken friendship treaty with the country, the Moroccan-American Treaty of Friendship, which has been in effect since 1783.
Morocco is a constitutional monarchy, with a popularly-elected parliament.
Morocco is a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention and in 1992 Morocco passed legislation designed to implement the Convention.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Morocco   (972 words)

  
 Morocco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Morocco became a French protectorate by the signing of the Treaty of Fez on March 30, 1912.
Morocco was the first nation to recognize the fledging United States in 1777 and has the oldest non-broken friendship treaty with the country, the Moroccan-American Treaty of Friendship, which has been in effect since 1783.
Morocco's capital city is Rabat, and its largest city is the modern port of Casablanca.
www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Morocco   (874 words)

  
 History of Morocco
Morocco's location and resources led to early competition among European powers in Africa, beginning with successful Portuguese efforts to control the Atlantic coast in the 15th century.
In 1860, Spain occupied northern Morocco and ushered in a half century of trade rivalry among European powers that saw Morocco's sovereignty steadily eroded; in 1912, the French imposed a protectorate over the country.
Morocco virtually annexed Western Sahara during the late 1970s, but final resolution on the status of the territory remains unresolved.
infotut.com /geography/Morocco   (520 words)

  
 Morocco. Who is Morocco? What is Morocco? Where is Morocco? Definition of Morocco. Meaning of Morocco.
Morocco is a country of northwest Africa and includes Western Sahara (under dispute).
Morocco was a French protectorate from 1912, remaining a Kingdom, and achieved independence in 1956, and it took control over Tangier, formerly an international city.
Morocco's Ministry of Communication offers a page with mp3s of traditional Moroccan music here.
www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Morocco   (256 words)

  
 Map Zones : Morocco Map
Morocco is primarily an agricultural country, although only 20 percent of the land is cultivated.
Morocco is divided into 16 administrative regions (further broken into provinces and prefectures); the regions are administered by Walis and governors appointed by the King.
Morocco (in Arabic, Al Mamlakah al Maghribiyah), hereditary monarchy, bordered on the north by the Mediterranean Sea, on the east and south-east by Algeria, on the south by Western Sahara, and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean.
kids.mapzones.com /world/morocco   (2301 words)

  
 Morocco (07/05)
Morocco's primary economic challenge is to accelerate growth in order to reduce high levels of unemployment and underemployment.
Morocco was among the first Arab and Islamic states to denounce the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States and declare solidarity with the American people in the war against terrorism On May 16, 2003, Moroccan suicide bombers simultaneously attacked five sites in Casablanca, killing more than 40 people and wounding over 100.
Morocco's claim to sovereignty over the Western Sahara is based largely on an historical argument of traditional loyalty of the Sahrawi tribal leaders to the Moroccan sultan as spiritual leader and ruler.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5431.htm   (3761 words)

  
 Communications in Morocco.html - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Morocco - free-definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Morocco has annexed Western Sahara, but this is not universally recognised.
Morocco annexed Western Sahara in the 1970s (which was a colony under the Spaniards since the 19th century, and previous to that, an area of Moroccan influence), but this has not been recognised by many nations.
Morocco was the first nation to recognize the fledging American republic in 1777, and has the oldest non-broken friendship treaty with this country since 1783: the Moroccan-American Treaty of Friendship.
www.free-definition.com /Morocco.html   (571 words)

  
 miscellaous   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Rabat- Morocco will start broadcasting shortly Tv news bulletins for the deaf and dumb persons to enable them be informed about the political, economic, cultural...events taking place in the country.
Rabat- Morocco counts currently over 100,000 mobile phone subscribers which are expected to reach 114,000 by the end of this year.
Rabat- Morocco plays host next December 9-13 to the 1st International music show to be attended by renowned musicians from the four corners of the world.
www.mincom.gov.ma /news/1998/0911to1411/mis/mis.htm   (413 words)

  
 Morocco Map   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In the early and mid-1990s Morocco was criticized by the Polisario Front for encouraging Moroccans to migrate to Western Sahara in hopes of having them counted as eligible voters.
Morocco's mountains are the highest in northern Africa and occupy more than one-third of the nation's total land area.
Morocco is a hereditary monarchy, governed under a constitution promulgated in 1996.
atlas.freegk.com /world/africa/morocco/morocco.php   (2031 words)

  
 Morocco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Morocco was a French protectorate from 1912, remaining a Kingdom, and achieved independence in 1956.
Morocco was the first nation to recognize the fledging American republic in 1777 and has the oldest non-broken friendship treaty with this country, the Moroccan-American Treaty of Friendship, which has been in effect since 1783.
Algeria borders Morocco to the east and southeast, though the Algerian border is closed http://www.sahara-overland.com/routes/.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/M/Morocco.htm   (598 words)

  
 Morocco Map   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The mountainous regions of Morocco contain considerable areas of forest, including large stands of cork oak, evergreen oak, juniper, cedar, fir, and pine.
Morocco is primarily an agricultural nation, although only 20 % of the land is cultivated.
Morocco is separated into 16 administrative regions (further broken into provinces and prefectures); the regions are administered by Walis and governors appointed by the King.
www.map.freegk.com /morocco/morocco.php   (2075 words)

  
 Morocco
Morocco has been the home of the Berbers since the second millennium B.C. In 46, Morocco was annexed by Rome as part of the province of Mauritania until the Vandals overran this portion of the declining empire in the 5th century.
Morocco grew into an even greater object of European rivalry by the turn of the century, almost leading to a European war in 1905 when Germany attempted to gain a foothold in the mineral-rich country.
The Polisario and Morocco agreed in Sept. 1991 to a UN-negotiated cease-fire, which was contingent on a referendum regarding independence.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107800.html   (1054 words)

  
 Morocco Communications Projections Report - Research and Markets - Market Research Reports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Morocco will be the first Arab country to have competition in the fixed services and international long distance service segments.
Morocco's regulator, the Anrt, is in the process of launching a tender for a second Pstn license (that includes a datacomm and international gateway components).
Communications projections reports detail communications operators' profiles, services and strategies and detail opportunities in the market for vendors, investors and new operators.
www.researchandmarkets.com /reports/c4042   (562 words)

  
 miscellaous   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Alliance, which made the proposal to the Paris city hall, said the late king Mohammed V was a defender of tolerance and peace.
He led Morocco to independence and was chosen by General de Gaulle as a liberation companion.
Rabat- Morocco and the United Nations are projecting to create a documentation and training center on human rights.
www.mincom.gov.ma /news/1998/1611to2111/mis/mis.htm   (829 words)

  
 HATIF Telecom News - Morocco
Morocco is selling up to 131 million Maroc Telecom shares, including a "greenshoe" over-allotment option, at a price of 54.6-68.25 dirhams ($6.5-$8.1) a share for local institutional investors and 4.9-6.12 euros for foreign ones.
French media and communications company Vivendi Universal holds 35 percent of Maroc Telecom's shares and is responsible for managing its operations.
’s communications market is the first market in the region to undergo a very clear “fixed to mobile substitution” phenomenon.
www.hatiftelecom.com /news/morocco.html   (4668 words)

  
 An MBendi Profile: Morocco - Computers & Communications: Communications and Information Technology - Information ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
ACCT’s BIEF partners in Morocco are: the Centre africain de formation et de recherche administratives pour le développement (CAFRAD), Université Mohammed V, CND and the Fondation du Roi Abdul-Aziz Al Saoud pour les études islamiques et les sciences humaines.
The Minister of Communication and the Minister of Commerce and Industry, along with the Office of the Secretary of Technology and Information, are organising awareness activities for industrial property.
Morocco has, however, adopted an investment charter which sets up the main objectives regarding the promotion and development of investments in Morocco within the next 10 years.
www.mbendi.co.za /indy/cotl/cotl/af/mo/p0005.htm   (1733 words)

  
 An MBendi Profile: Morocco: Computers & Communications - Telecommunications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Morocco’s telecommunications sector is modern, albeit just emerging from a monopoly in certain sectors.
Morocco is a member of both Intelsat and Arabsat.
Morocco currently has both an analogue cellular network and a digital GSM cellular network, and currently operates three satellite stations providing national and international circuits (the Mohammed V station at Rabat, a station at Laayoune and another one at Dakhla).
www.mbendi.co.za /indy/cotl/af/mo/p0005.htm   (382 words)

  
 Morocco's second GSM operator, MédiTélécom picks up speed - Zawya.com | Middle East Business News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Morocco’s communications market is the first market in the region to undergo a very clear “fixed to mobile substitution” phenomenon.
Neighboring countries closely watched Morocco since it was the first country in the region to try to liberalize its fixed communications market.
A newly released report, “Morocco Communications Projections Report 2003.” was released to the Arab Advisors Group’s (www.arabadvisors.com) Strategic Research Service subscribers on Jan 31, 2003.
www.zawya.com /story.cfm?id=ZAWYA20030204140713   (779 words)

  
 North Africa GeoNet - Morocco
Structural geology and tectonics of the Anti-Atlas Suture Zone, southern Morocco (Duke University).
Geology of Morocco: a geological slide show from the Stockholm University student excursion, autumn 2000, arranged in cooperation with the University of Oslo.
Not Morocco, but as the Nova Scotia margin is the conjugate to Morocco, and the subject is deep-water exploration, this may be of interest to some people.
www.northafrica.de /morocco.htm   (555 words)

  
 The Washington Times - Morocco
Morocco is also striving to liberalize its telecommunications sector.
Relative to Morocco’s population size, this is the highest price ever paid for a mobile license.
Equally impressive is the fact that Morocco does not traditionally appear on the radar screens of foreign investors.
www.internationalspecialreports.com /africa/00/morocco/15.html   (1387 words)

  
 Center for International Studies
Thompson, a master’s student in Visual Communications, traveled to Morocco as part of the U.S. Student Fulbright Program’s Islamic Civilization Initiative and is studying the education of girls in Moroccan society through documentary photography with the support of a Fulbright grant.
Thompson hopes to display her photographs in Morocco and in the United States to help educate people about the lives of Moroccan women and to help overcome stereotypes and misconceptions about Muslim women.
Working in Morocco requires a very flexible, resilient, adventurous, persistent and patient approach according to Thompson who said that she has faced many challenges in her work there.
www.ohiou.edu /internationalstudies/newsletter/7-04/thompson.htm   (674 words)

  
 Introduction   Geography   People   Government   Economy   ...
Morocco's long struggle for independence from France ended in 1956.
Droughts depressed activity in the key agricultural sector and contributed to a stagnant economy in 2002.
Morocco reported large foreign exchange inflows from the sale of a mobile telephone license, and partial privatization of the state-owned telecommunications company and the state tobacco company.
www.moroccoembassy.com /morocco.htm   (1048 words)

  
 Casablanca, Morocco: Practicalities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
But prices are higher than in the rest of Morocco, but hotels are often full, but you will always find a hotel with vacancy.
For restaurants, prices in the centre are often double of the rest of Morocco, and if you head out to the sea side parts of Casablanca, prices are even higher.
This article, with its images, its photos, its music, may not be reproduced or stored in any form, without the consent of the publishers.
i-cias.com /morocco/casablanca_.htm   (180 words)

  
 Communications Of Morocco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
If you would like to use this flag of Morocco or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
If you would like to use this map of Morocco or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
If you would like to use this information for Morocco or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
www.appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/morocco_country_communications.shtml   (174 words)

  
 CPJ News Alert 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Al-Jazeera's correspondent in Morocco, Iqbal Ilhami, told CPJ that on March 30, she and her crew had completed a report on demonstrations in the capital, Rabat, opposing the U.S.-led war in Iraq and went to TVM's facilities to feed the tape to Doha.
Ilhami contacted Morocco's communications minister, Nabil Bin Abdallah, who, she said, told her that Al-Jazeera should refrain from transmitting reports that endangered the general security of Morocco.
Boushra Bourara, a spokeswoman at the Communications Ministry, told CPJ that the decision not to allow Al-Jazeera to use TVM's facilities had nothing to do with the station's report on the Rabat demonstrations.
www.cpj.org /news/2003/Morocco03apr03na.html   (241 words)

  
 Communications In Morocco - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
MOROCCO: INVITATION TO BID ON CONSTRUCTION OF 450 MW PUMPED STORAGE PROJECT IS SCHEDULED FOR CLOSURE JULY 27, 1999, OFFICE NATIONAL DE L'ELECTRICITE (ONE)...
MOROCCO: CONTRACT AWARD FOR PLANNED $56,000,000 BUILD-OPERATE (BO) WIND FARM PROJECT, LA COMPAGNIE EOLIENNE DU DETROIT (CED) [FRANCE] - Order #: 112998.
Literacy, Culture and Development : Becoming Literate in Morocco
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /communications_in_morocco.htm   (64 words)

  
 Siemens to supply GPRS technology for mobile network in North Africa - News from Mobile Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
After South Africa, Morocco is the country with the continent's highest mobile communication market penetration — 31 percent of the population use a mobile phone to communicate, with the majority consisting of prepaid users.
Siemens Communications is one of the largest players in the global telecommunications industry.
Siemens Communications is the world's innovation leader in convergent technologies, products and ser­vices for wireless, fixed and enterprise networks.
mobile.web4africa.net /news-africa.php?id=193   (467 words)

  
 Morocco Telephone system - Communications
coaxial cable - a multichannel communication cable consisting of a central conducting wire, surrounded by and insulated from a cylindrical conducting shell; a large number of telephone channels can be made available within the insulated space by the use of a large number of carrier frequencies.
fiber-optic cable - a multichannel communications cable using a thread of optical glass fibers as a transmission medium in which the signal (voice, video, etc.) is in the form of a coded pulse of light.
landline - communication wire or cable of any sort that is installed on poles or buried in the ground.
www.indexmundi.com /morocco/telephone_system.html   (641 words)

  
 Arab communications markets on the threshold of unprecedented competition | Research and Studies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
A GSM tender will be underway in Lebanon before the end of the year and Liban Telecom is expected to launch the country's 3rd GSM network in 2002.
Arab Advisors Group's communications projections reports detail communications operators' profiles, services and strategies and detail opportunities in the market for vendors, investors and new operators.
With the eight projections and landscape reports on Morocco, Oman, Lebanon and Saudi, Arab Advisors Group's raises to more than 50 the number of research reports and notes published to date on its Arab communications markets coverage area.
www.ameinfo.com /877.html   (1490 words)

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