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Morocco pays final respects to late king
Morocco, Politics, 7/25/1999

Funeral ceremony of Late King of Morocco Starts
The funerals of King Hassan II, who died on Friday of a heat attack at 70, started this Sunday at 1.00 pm (gmt and local time).
Morocco, Local, 7/25/1999

Koutla Parties Underline Mobilization Behind King Mohammed
The four Moroccan parties forming the "Koutla" (Arabic word for bloc/former opposition parties) have voiced mobilization behind King Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan to consolidate the gains achieved by Morocco under the reign of the late king Hassan II and to accomplish more achievements.
Morocco, Politics, 7/25/1999

New king able to consolidate democracy in Morocco
Morocco, Politics, 7/25/1999

King Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan announces demise of King Hassan II
His Majesty the King, Commander of the Faithful, Mohammed Ibn Al-Hassan, announced on Friday in a televised statement, the demise of his father, H.M King Hassan II.
Morocco, People, 7/24/1999

Oath of allegiance to King Mohammed Ibn Al-Hassan
A few hours after the demise of his father, the late King Hassan II, on Friday afternoon, H.M King Mohammed Ibn Al-Hassan was enthroned as Morocco's new king at an allegiance oath ceremony at the Royal Palace of Rabat.
Morocco, Politics, 7/24/1999

Funerals of late King Hassan II Sunday in Rabat
The funerals of the late King Hassan II will take place on Sunday in Rabat after the Al-Asr prayers, a release by the Ministry of the Royal Household, protocol and Chancellery said.
Morocco, People, 7/24/1999

King Hassan II's death elicits widespread sorrow
Morocco-Regional, People, 7/24/1999

World leaders expected in Morocco sunday for funerals of late King Hassan II
Morocco, Politics, 7/24/1999

Algerian president voices affliction over King Hassan II demise
Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 7/24/1999

Biography of Morocco's King Mohammed Ben Al-Hassan
Morocco, Politics, 7/24/1999

King Hassan II: July 9, 1929 - July 23, 1999
Morocco, People, 7/24/1999

Morocco hails positive evolution of ties with Algeria
"We note with satisfaction the new positive climate between Morocco and Algeria and we hail this evolution," spokesman of the Moroccan government, Khalid Alioua, told the press Thursday after the weekly meeting of the Cabinet council, held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi.
Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 7/23/1999

Japan to offer $150 million annually to Morocco
Morocco-Japan, Economics, 7/23/1999

Interior minister urges Sahrawis rejected from referendum identification to lodge appeals
Moroccan Interior Minister Driss Basri on Wednesday urged Sahrawis whose applications to register for the referendum in the Sahara were arbitrarily turned down by the United Nations Identification Commission to introduce appeals in this respect.
Morocco, Politics, 7/23/1999

Venezuela offers Morocco its low-cost power fuel
Venezuela is interested in upgrading partnership with Morocco in matters of energy and offered the kingdom its low-cost fuel developed for the production of electricity.
Morocco-Venezuela, Economics, 7/23/1999

11 percent of jobs in Morocco are provided by tourism
Moroccan Tourism Minister Hassan Sebbar called the new graduates to set up their own enterprises in order to create jobs for others, and announced that new courses of hotel and tourism business management will be taught in the school.
Morocco, Politics, 7/23/1999

Sahrawi shioukh, observers call for vigilance to foil enemy maneuvers
Sahrawi shioukh and observers participating in the identification operation on Wednesday renewed mobilization around King Hassan II and called for more vigilance to foil the maneuvers of the enemies of Morocco's territorial integrity.
Morocco, Politics, 7/23/1999

Morocco-EU fisheries accord will not be renewed, minister
The Morocco-European Union fisheries accord will not be renewed when it expires next november 30 and Spanish fishing boats will no longer have the possibility to operate directly in Moroccan grounds after this date, said spokesman of the Moroccan government, Khalid Alioua.
Morocco-European Union, Politics, 7/23/1999

Moroccan expatriates' remittances to reach $2 billion
The overall 1999 remittances of Moroccan expatriates are expected to reach $2 billion, the Moroccan Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP) said.
Morocco, Economics, 7/23/1999

Yemeni president winds up Maghreb tour
President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen left Rabat on Thursday, winding up a Maghreban tour that also took him to Libya, Algeria and Morocco.
Morocco-Yemen, Politics, 7/23/1999

Egyptian cultural weeks in Morocco
The Egyptian Cultural Center in Rabat has organized a cultural technical week between July 21 and 27 on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the Egyptian July revolt.
Morocco-Egypt, Culture, 7/23/1999

Morocco gets ecologic buses
The Moroccan state-owned bus company of Rabat received this week the first batch of buses operating with the environment-friendly Liquified Gas Petroleum (LGP) fuel.
Morocco, Environment, 7/23/1999

Morocco, Andorra sign convention of assistance to prisoners and transfer of convicts
Morocco and the principality of Andorra signed in Rabat on Thursday a convention on assistance to prisoners and the transfer of convicts to serve their sentences in their home country.
Morocco-Andorra, Politics, 7/23/1999

Spanish political parties, NGOs hold anti-racist rally after events against Moroccans
A group of Spanish non-governmental organizations in Terrassa, suburbs of the Spanish northern city of Barcelona, will hold on Tuesday an anti-racism rally after last week's xenophobe events against Moroccans in which a Moroccan 26-year-old man was injured.
Morocco-Spain, Politics, 7/23/1999

Victims of road accidents down 16% past weeks
The victims of road accidents were 16% lower between June 17 and July 1 than those recorded in the same period of last year.
Morocco, Politics, 7/23/1999

King Hassan meets Yemeni president
King Hassan II, accompanied by Crown Prince Sidi Mohamed and Prince Moulay Rachid, received Wednesday evening at the royal place of Skhirat (40 km south of Rabat) visiting Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Morocco-Yemen, Politics, 7/22/1999

Visits expected between Algerian president, Moroccan monarch at end of July
Algerian official sources stated yesterday that there would be a summit soon between Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Morocco's King Hassan II at the end of this month in a border city in western Algeria.
Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 7/22/1999

Morocco and Venezuela sign cooperation accords
Morocco and Venezuela signed Wednesday in Rabat several cooperation accords destined to enhance partnership between the two countries in the economic, scientific, political, educational and cultural fields.
Morocco-Venezuela, Economics, 7/22/1999

Moroccan diplomat awarded Colombian prestigious distinction
Morocco-Colombia, Politics, 7/22/1999

Moroccan official party visits UN identification center in Laayoune
A Moroccan ministerial delegation visited on Wednesday A UN identification center in Laayoune (major city of Moroccan southern provinces) to enquire about the unfolding of the appeals procedure lodged by persons who were excluded from the lists of voters to the UN-projected referendum.
Morocco, Politics, 7/22/1999

Yemen renews backing to Morocco's territorial integrity
The speaker of the Yemeni Parliament, Abdelaziz Abdelghani, renewed Wednesday his country's full backing for Morocco's territorial integrity.
Morocco-Yemen, Politics, 7/22/1999

Morocco's Nazha Bedouane wins women's 400-m hurdle race of paris
Morocco, Sports, 7/22/1999

Sugar-beet seeds developed by Morocco will be marketed in 2002
The sugar-beet seeds developed by Morocco will be launched in the local market by year 2002.
Morocco, Agriculture, 7/22/1999

Morocco attracts $500 million in foreign investment in 1998
Out of the $3.1 billion foreign direct investment (FDI) injected in the Arab world, Morocco drained $500 million, ranking 2nd behind Egypt which got $834 million.
Morocco-Regional, Economics, 7/22/1999

Breast cancer in morocco on the rise, medical magazine says
Breast cancer, the first cancer affecting women in Morocco, has a continually increasing prevalence ranging between 1 to 2%
Morocco, Health, 7/22/1999

Morocco hosts international young scout meeting
Around 400 young scouts from several Arab and foreign countries are taking part in an international solidarity youth rally which opened Wednesday in Moroccan city of Sale (near Rabat).
Regional-Morocco, Culture, 7/22/1999

King Hassan receives presidents of Gabon and Congo
Morocco, Politics, 7/21/1999

EU-Morocco negotiations on fisheries to start in september
Negotiations between Morocco and the European Union on fisheries will start during the second half of September, Spanish minister of agriculture and fisheries, Jesus Posada, said on Tuesday.
Morocco-European Union, Economics, 7/21/1999

Some 25,000 people celebrate Morocco's success after publishing of MINURSO's provisional lists
Some 25,000 people celebrated on Tuesday the success won by Morocco following the publishing last week by the MINURSO of the provisional lists of persons entitled to vote in the self-determination referendum the United Nations plans to hold in the Sahara.
Morocco, Politics, 7/21/1999

Tangier free zone firm set up
Four Moroccan private enterprises set up a firm dubbed "Tangier Free Zone" (TFZ) to manage and promote the Tangier free trade area.
Morocco, Economics, 7/21/1999

Swiss insurance company increases stake in morocco's La Marocaine Vie
Morocco, Business, 7/21/1999

Morocco loses one rank on World Football standings
Morocco went down from 18th to 19th on the monthly standing of World teams, published by the World football governing body, FIFA.
Morocco, Sports, 7/21/1999

Two moroccan cement firms to merge shortly
Morocco, Business, 7/21/1999

Morocco in Group 1 of African Basketball Championships
Morocco, Sports, 7/21/1999

Moroccan Ouaziz eyes 5,000 meters world record
Moroccan Zahra Ouaziz is to run for a new women's 5,000 meters world record at the British Grand Prix at Crystal Palace on August 7, said event organizers Tuesday.
Morocco, Sports, 7/21/1999

Spanish political parties, NGOs decry xenophobe events
Several Spanish political parties, pro-immigrant associations and NGOs have denounced the recent xenophobe events in Terrassa, near Barcelona, last week describing them as "extremely serious."
Morocco, Politics, 7/21/1999

Moroccan government very worried by racist wave in Spain
Morocco expressed on Monday "worries over the unfortunate events" that targeted last week the Moroccan community living in the Spanish town of Terrassa (Barcelona suburbs).
Morocco-Spain, Politics, 7/20/1999

Morocco's football team warms up for Olympic games final preliminary heats
The Moroccan football team will start this its training in Rabat to warm up for the final preliminary heats for the football tournament of the 2000 Olympic games of Sydney, Australia.
Morocco, Sports, 7/20/1999

Light tremor in northern Morocco
Morocco, Local, 7/20/1999

Morocco's trade with Maghreb states is less than $300 million
Morocco's trade exchanges with the four other states of the Arab Maghreb Union did not exceed in 1998 $300 million, accounting for 1.8% of its overall external trade exchange.
Morocco-Maghreb, Economics, 7/20/1999

Belghazi Museum: jewel of Moroccan traditional art
The Belghazi Museum of Sale (Rabat's twin city) no longer needs to show its credentials, as it already gleaned the laudatory title of Africa's first private museum.
Morocco-USA, Culture, 7/20/1999

Morocco dedicates $31.1 million dredger boat
Morocco launched Monday a new dredger boat used for scooping or sucking mud, stones or sand from the bottom of a river, canal or port.
Morocco, Environment, 7/20/1999

Fruit trees cultivated area on the rise
The area of fruit trees cultivated area in Morocco has been recording a steady rise during the past two decades.
Morocco, Agriculture, 7/20/1999

African amateur theater companies must create regional bodies to attract UNESCO financial backing
African amateur companies must organize themselves and group in regional bodies to benefit from the UNESCO financial assistance granted to cultural activities, said last weekend the new chairman of the International Federation of Amateur Theater, which is convening its 24th congress in Morocco
Regional-Morocco-International, Culture, 7/20/1999

Moroccan psychiatrist wins Tunisian president's prize
Morocco-Tunisia, People, 7/19/1999

Morocco, Algeria share interests, Bouteflika says
"Morocco and Algeria have shared interests and there is a new context between the two brotherly countries," Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika said on Sunday.
Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 7/19/1999

Spanish government, public opinion and civil society castigate anti-Moroccan racist wave
The Spanish public opinion, authorities and civil society castigated on Friday and Saturday the racist wave against Moroccan residents of Terrasa, Barcelona suburbs, and insisted on the need to defend their rights.
Morocco-Spain, Local, 7/19/1999

Moroccan company shows ecological vehicles
The Moroccan gas distribution company "Tissir Primagaz" has developed environment-friendly engines fueled with low-emission Liquified Gas Petroleum (LGP).
Morocco, Business, 7/19/1999

Morocco qualifies for final match for accession to world tennis Davis Cup group 1
Morocco on Sunday qualified for the final match for accession to the World Davis Cup group 1.
Morocco, Sports, 7/19/1999

Morocco builds $8.3 million village for fishermen
Morocco is building a $8.3 million village for fishermen of the Atlantic coastal city of Safi.
Morocco, Economics, 7/19/1999

Six people killed in road accident
Six people were killed in a recent road accident near the atlas mountain town of Azilal, central Morocco, the Moroccan press reported.
Morocco, Politics, 7/19/1999

Moroccan Ouaziz wins 3000 m at Nice athletics meeting
Moroccan athlete Zahra Ouaziz won on Saturday the women's 3000 m race of the Nikai meeting of Nice, France.
Morocco, Sports, 7/19/1999


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