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	Laayoune, Morocco: Metropolis in the sand
		Laayoune has through less than 25 years risen to legendary status in Morocco- the further north you get in Morocco, the more enthusiastic the accounts of the beauty of Laayoune get.
		Laayoune is not without charm, and even if it appears to be a standard Moroccan town at first, there is enough to sustain the interest of the visitor for a couple of days.
		Laayoune's importance came principally of being the administrative centre of the phosphate industry.
	i-cias.com /morocco/laayoune.htm (230 words)

	Morocco/Western Sahara: Sahrawi human rights defenders under attack - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On 20 June 2005 she was charged by the Crown Public Prosecutor of Laayoune on various counts related to participating in and inciting violent protest activities and belonging to an unauthorized association.
		He states that he was suspended in contorted positions with his hands tied and eyes blindfolded, that he was beaten on sensitive parts of the body, that hairs were pulled from his face and head, that a chemical substance was poured on him and that he was spat on.
		He alleges that he was suspended in contorted positions with his hands tied and eyes blindfolded, that he was beaten on the hands and face, that a chemical substance was sprayed on him, that he was burnt with open flames and that he was spat on.
	web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGMDE290082005 (5296 words)

	LAAYOUNE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The port of Laayoune, the capital of the Saharian provinces, is part of fishing and coastal navigation ports chain.
		The port of Laayoune will develop its activity considering the expansion of the regions fishing and coastal activities and due to the overall growth of the country.
		Such increase confirms the idea that the port of Laayoune is in continuons progresse In medium and long term its extension would be a necessity.
	www.mincom.gov.ma /english/reg_cit/regions/sahara/laayoune/laayoune.htm (217 words)

	Laayoune, Morocco: Practicalities
		Apart from that, Laayoune covers the entire scale from luxury to the most basic, but the main problem in Laayoune is the presence of the UN controllers, who occupies most of the best beds in town.
		Laayoune has no camping, and it is not recommended with individual camping, due to the nervous police in the region.
		Laayoune has what you need from normal banks.
	lexicorient.com /morocco/laayoune_.htm (315 words)

	Laayoune
		City in Western Sahara (occupied by Morocco) with 200,000 inhabitants (2005 estimate).
		Laayoune is from the international society's point of view not a Moroccan city, as Western Sahara, where it is the largest city, was occupied by Morocco in 1975, without taking note of the local population's interests or needs.
		Laayoune is situated 30 km inland from the Atlantic Ocean.
	i-cias.com /e.o/laayoune.htm (75 words)

	Western Sahara - Sahara Occidental -
		Laayoune is situated in the heart of the Sahara region known for its weather characteristics that makes it of moderate temperature degrees throughout the year, with sand cyclones from time to time.
		Another demonstration took place on the 5th of May in Dcheira Square in the centre of Laayoune where slogans relative to self determination principle were brandished, microphones used, and on the air phone calls from people from some European countries and from Laayoune prison were diffused.
		On the 21st of May 2005, a demonstration was organized in front of the Civil Prison of Laayoune to protest on moving Ahmad Mahmoud Haddi, also called Alkaynane, a common law prisoner, sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for international drug trafficking and organizing of illegal immigration.
	www.arso.org /OMDH061005.htm (2553 words)

	Laayoune, Morocco: Urban Saharan architecture
		The climate of Laayoune is hard, and has inspired an architecture that is not found further north in Morocco.
		This is the typical leftover from the Spanish, easier to construct than the "real" thing, these were made for soldiers.
		They are now used by people of Laayoune without the funds to move into a what is normally considered as a proper home.
	lexicorient.com /morocco/laayoune07.htm (114 words)

	TIGblogs - kane
		From the first September 2004, Fabio Miggiano " an italian TIG member " started a trip from Milan with destination South Africa after crossing the borders of 20 African states in 5 months on a total of 25000 Km, Morocco is the first step of this long trip.
		And from the first day he arrived to Laayoune, he started to meet some Local associations leaders, he talked to them about their missions, and their visions, and he filmed that to update it on his Web Site (http://www.africaontheroad.it).
		These days in Laayoune, were good to write, and i promised to write in on my updates, as a memory, and to ispire others to give hand to this trip.
	kane.tigblog.org /post/19471 (182 words)

	UNHCR - Western Saharan refugees to meet long-lost families (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		LAAYOUNE, Western Sahara, March 5 (UNHCR) – Forty Western Saharans joyfully embraced their loved ones for the first time in decades as UN agencies today started family visits through weekly shuttle flights between Algeria and Western Sahara.
		UNHCR had appealed to all refugees to keep their contacts at the family level, to respect the humanitarian framework of the confidence-building effort and to avoid outbursts that could disrupt an operation that has been many years in the making.
		Other measures envisioned by UNHCR to boost contacts among the refugees and residents of the territory include the resumption of telephone links between the camps and Western Sahara in January, as well as the planned start of a mail service with assurances on the confidentiality of the mail and the neutrality of the operating service.
	www.unhcr.ch /cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.htm?tbl=NEWS&id=40489f907&page=home (699 words)

	Laayoune (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The former is the preferred nomenclature of Saharawis, the traditional inhabitants of the land.
		The court of first instance of Laayoune condemned Thursday persons involved in vandalism acts in the city of Laaoyune to sentences up to five years in jail.
		A May 21 attempt to transfer a Saharawi prisoner from Laayoune, in Western Sahara, to Moroccoâs north has sparked a wave of protest.
	www.infothis.com /find/Laayoune (344 words)

	In Morocco, A Week in the Desert
		We offer the opportunity to plunge into the reality of desert life - sleep under a "jaima", ride a camel, roast your meat over a charcoal fire, climb a dune and walk shoulder-to-shoulder with the sons of nomads in their souks.
		If they come by air they are met at the airport at the time of flight arrival and they will be accompanied to the airport and assisted with their departure.
		There are hotels and pensions available in Laayoune; however, the hotels are typically expensive and the pensions are minimally acceptable.
	www.earthfoot.org /places/ma001.htm (1012 words)

	Western Sahara. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The territory is divided into four districts: Laayoune, Essemara, Boujdour, and Oued Essemara.
		The main towns are Laayoune (formerly El Aaiún), the capital; Dakhla (formerly Villa Cisneros); Boujdour; and Essemara.
		Large deposits of phosphates at Boukra (near Laayoune) were first exploited by a Spanish-controlled firm in the early 1970s; Morocco has since taken primary control of the firm.
	www.aol.bartleby.com /65/we/WestrnSah.html (665 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - Morocco sends Spain delegation home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The official Moroccan news agency said on Monday that the group was barred from Western Sahara's capital, Laayoune, due to its separatist support - a reference to the Polisario Front that has sought independence for decades.
		Members of the group were well-known for their "biased, subjective and unconditional support for Polisario", the agency said.
		The government news agency said she had first claimed to be a pharmacist on holidays but later confirmed that she worked for the Berria website and that she came to Morocco to cover the Laayoune riots.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/E0B51379-E3C1-472B-9150-16DCE9A97DEF.htm (405 words)

	The Dualsport Riders Club UK
		Last year it ran in November '99 and was planned to run in tandem with the Shamrock Rally in Laayoune, southern Morocco.
		Laayoune is in a pretty remote part of the country and as we got closer, police roadblocks, which are common in the south, became more frequent.
		The organisers had chartered a freighter From Cette in France to Laayoune-Plage to transport the competition vehicles as well as the organisation vehicles but due to storms in the Mediterranean and outside of Laayoune-Plage it had been badly delayed.
	website.lineone.net /~dualsport.uk/shamrock.htm (2689 words)

	Deadly Voyage to Europe's Back Door
		Laayoune is a windswept desert town that lies 12 miles from the sea.
		Those who know the trafficking routes say that in among the rolling dunes to the north, immigrant transit camps are run by Saharan tribesmen working for paymasters in the Moroccan capital, Rabat.
		The temporary camps are set up just inland along a 60-mile stretch of wild coastline dotted with wrecked ships that stretches from the fishing town of Tarfaya south to Laayoune.
	www.buzzle.com /editorials/5-27-2002-19188.asp?viewPage=2 (625 words)

	Aljazeera.Net - Rabat questions Polisario POW release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Tamek was arrested on Monday on suspicion of encouraging riots in the disputed territory, a Moroccan government source said.
		The Arab Maghreb News Agency (MAP) carried a statement issued by the Moroccan Communications Ministry saying the decision came after the correspondent dispatched reports the ministry said were not true and violated "professional press ethics".
		This is what was circulated by the Moroccan Foreign Ministry which seeks to cover up acts of repression in the occupied towns and in Laayoune in particular.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/FDE4CC15-6E5C-4B4D-A0B8-B7C696395997.htm (588 words)

	Letter to King Mohammed VI on the Trial of Sahrawi Human Rights Defenders in the Western Sahara (Human Rights Watch, ...
		On December 13, the Court of Appeal in Laayoune is scheduled to resume hearings in the inter-related trials of fourteen persons, including seven human rights activists: Aminatou Haidar, H’mad Hammad, Ali Salem Tamek, El-Houcine Lidri, Brahim Noumria, Larbi Messaoud, and Mohamed El-Moutaouakil.
		Having visited Laayoune earlier this month and examined the materials contained in the case files for these seven defendants, Human Rights Watch is concerned that little if any of the evidence implicating them in inciting, directing or participating in the violence appears to be credible.
		The customary practice in Laayoune, when parties or observers to a trial have traveled a long distance in order to attend, is to schedule the proceedings for early in the day, a practice that allows those parties to depart the city the same evening.
	hrw.org /english/docs/2005/12/09/morocc12181.htm (2207 words)

	Operation Smile - Mission Reports - Morocco
		This was the first medical mission Operation Smile has conducted in Laayoune in the Hospital Hassan II.
		This site was added to help children and young adults in southern Morocco in need of surgery to repair facial deformities.
		Several speeches praising Operation Smile’s work in Laayoune, were made on the part of regional dignitaries.
	www.operationsmile.org /missions/reports?country=MA (708 words)

	Reporters sans frontières - Morocco
		Journalist Miguel Ángel Idígoras Urrezola and his cameraman from Spanish television TVE arrived in Laayoune on 28 May. On that day they were prevented from freely filming demonstrations and could not send their report from Moroccan television studios because of "technical problems".
		Journalist on the Basque-language daily Berria, Maria Cristina Berasain, was refused entry to Laayoune on 2 June.
		Since she had not given her reasons for her visit to the south of the country, she was expelled and police frog-marched her to a plane headed for Agadir some 649 kilometres from Laayoune.
	www.rsf.org /article.php3?id_article=14119 (980 words)

	Western Sahara
		Demonstrations broke out again in Laayoune in late October, initially in support of the independence of the Western Sahara, and later to draw attention to the thirtieth anniversary of the Green March.
		HRW visited Laayoune, examined case files of the defendants, and concluded that "little if any of the evidence implicating them in inciting, directing or participating in the violence (that is, the earlier demonstrations) appears to be credible."
		AI reported that the proceedings lasted only a few hours and that the defendants were not given the opportunity to challenge alleged verbal confessions that police provided to the court.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61702.htm (2849 words)

	Laayoune
		Nach dem Abzug der Spanier 1976 investierten die Marokkaner in grossem Stil in Laayoune und liessen südlich des alten Zentrums auf einem Plateau eine neue Stadt entstehen.
		Laayoune besitzt zwar keine nennenswerten Sehenswürdigkeiten, seine Umgebung dafür aber einladende lange Sandstrände.
		Das 25 km westlich der Stadt gelegene Laayoune Plage soll in den nächsten Jahren zum Badeort ausgebaut werden.
	www.g26.ch /marokko_guide_laayoune.html (204 words)

	Gulf Times â€“ Qatarâ€™s top-selling English daily newspaper - Opinion
		When Moussa was still living in Laayoune, he and his friends used to display Saharawi flags and to stone police patrols, he recalls.
		The police and army are highly visible in Laayoune, and people attending weddings or other ceremonies often find that some family member is absent - in jail or exile, according to local sources.
		Moroccan officials in Laayoune dismiss such allegations, stressing Rabatâ€™s commitment to the fight against illegal emigration.
	www.gulf-times.com /site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=123107&version=1&template_id=46&parent_id=26 (1391 words)

	The Daily Star - Politics - Morocco relocates Sahara prisoners (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bouzoubaa told the daily Aujourd'hui Le Maroc the prisoners would be moved from Casablanca in northern Morocco and Ait Melloul in the south to be grouped in the main Western Sahara town of Laayoune and put on trial.
		The detainees were arrested in Laayoune last May during clashes between the security forces and protesters demonstrating for the independence of the Western Sahara, which was annexed by Morocco after Spain pulled out in 1975.
		The case of the prisoners has been taken up by several foreign human rights organizations, but the minister said while they would go to Laayoune, their demand for better jail conditions had otherwise been "entirely satisfied" and any request for immediate release without trial was unacceptable.
	www.dailystar.com.lb /article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=18653 (484 words)

	Prisoner release gives hope for W. Sahara peace \| csmonitor.com
		Laayoune councilman Moulay Ould Errachid backs a federalist approach to the problem, one that would allow greater autonomy to Western Sahara.
		In the Western Sahara's capital, Laayoune, the mood is anxious.
		Laayoune's officials call these actions reasonable measures by a government concerned with its citizens' security.
	www.csmonitor.com /2005/0822/p07s01-woaf.html (1137 words)

	oneweekinenglish
		Early breakfast under the palms before a visit to Laayoune Port and beach, where you can swim.
		Visit to the city of Laayoune, its markets, and artisan center and take tea at the famous Hotel Parador, built during the Spanish reign.
		Choose between shopping in the souks of Laayoune, ride camels, paint with henna designs or just enjoy the tranquility of the Oasis.
	www.ctv.es /USERS/bergeron/oneweekinenglish.htm (498 words)

	Wsahara
		A U.N. rule limits the presence of representatives of non-governmental organizations and journalists in the MINURSO identification center in Laayoune to thirty minutes, a period that is too brief to permit meaningful observation of a complex process.
		What was happening in Laayoune is that Sahrawis returning from the identification centers on those same vans that I was talking about before were being forced to turn in their receipts to the Moroccans before they can leave the vans.
		When visiting the identification center in Laayoune, the Human Rights Watch representative had to be accompanied at all times by Sophie Jacquin, the press officer for MINURSO, and her time in the identification center was limited to half an hour.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1995/Wsahara.htm (17155 words)

	Western Sahara Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		Laayoune's place is built by the Moroccans as the town's showpiece, made up with four towers and the Palais de Justice as the central point.
		Laayoune (or Al-'Uyun, Aaiún, Aiun) lies in the Wadi Hamra region, in the northern part of Western Sahara.
		From 1940 to 1975 Laayoune was the capital of Western Sahara or Spanish Sahara, an African overseas province of Spain.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Africa/Western_Sahara/Things_To_Do-Western_Sahara-BR-1.html (1094 words)

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