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Campaign for Belgian local elections goes through Tangiers
Tangiers is poised to become an essential stop over for next October's local elections in Belgium as a large number of Moroccan-born electors are presently spending their summer holidays in this Moroccan northern city.
Morocco, Politics, 7/15/2000

Royal messages on sahara delivered worldwide
Ministers and royal emissaries are touring several capitals to hand messages from King Mohammed VI to heads of states shedding light on latest developments in the Maghreb region and reviewing bilateral cooperation.
Morocco, Politics, 7/15/2000

EU's youth projects in Morocco reviewed in Morocco
Moroccan youth and sports minister, Ahmed Moussaoui, met in Rabat Wednesday with Lucio Guerrato, head of the European delegation in Morocco.
Morocco-European Union, Culture, 7/15/2000

Energy and mining minister meets Spanish official
Energy and mining minister Youssef Tahiri met in Rabat Friday visiting Spanish secretary of state to foreign affairs.
Morocco-Spain, Economics, 7/15/2000

UN secretary general recommends extension of UN mission in sahara
UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, has recommended, in a report he submitted Friday to the security council, a three-month extension of the mandate of MINURSO (French acronym for the UN mission in charge of supervising a referendum in the Sahara).
Morocco, Politics, 7/15/2000

Moroccan textile enterprises to be upgraded as of next September
Moroccan textile and garments enterprises will be restructured as of next September under a $ one million-worth three-year project, reported the Moroccan weekly "La Vie Economique."
Morocco, Economics, 7/15/2000

Seventeen US volunteers to promote Moroccan handicraft enterprises
A team of 17 US volunteers will be contributing assistance and consulting for the creation of handicraft enterprises in Morocco.
Morocco-USA, Economics, 7/15/2000

Morocco's participation in 1st Arab Common Market fair
Morocco-Syria, Economics, 7/14/2000

NATO's Mediterranean dialogue objectives ought to be explained
Morocco's Foreign affairs secretary of state Taieb Fassi Fihri said the Kingdom wished more explicit objectives for NATO's Mediterranean dialogue and called for joint definition of these objectives.
Morocco, Military, 7/14/2000

Tangier and Gibraltar economic operators convene July 20
Morocco, Economics, 7/14/2000

Moroccan - french relations poised for large prospects of cooperation
Morocco's King Mohammed VI sent President Jacques Chirac of France a message of congratulations on the occasion of his country's National Day stating that Moroccan-French relations are promised for large prospects of cooperation, solidarity and understanding.
Morocco-France, Politics, 7/14/2000

King Mohammed meets US delegation over Middle East university project
Morocco's King Mohammed VI received Thursday in Rabat a US delegation in charge of the project to set up a Middle East University, Morocco having been picked as one of the host countries.
Morocco, Education, 7/14/2000

Youssoufi meets president of the Spanish autonomous Valencia community
Morocco's Premier Abderrahmane Youssoufi Met in Rabat Thursday M. Edouardo Zaplana, President of the Spanish autonomous Valencia community and ambassador Jorge Dezcallar, says a release from the prime minister department.
Morocco-Valencia, Politics, 7/14/2000

Benaissa to hand in royal message to Clinton
Morocco's foreign affairs and cooperation minister Mohamed Benaissa arrived in Washington Thursday bearing a message from King Mohammed VI to President Bill Clinton.
Morocco-USA, Politics, 7/14/2000

Morocco, Guinea sign cooperation agreement in public administration
Morocco and Guinea signed Thursday an agreement of cooperation in the field of public administration.
Morocco-Guinea, Politics, 7/14/2000

Arab scouts summer camp in Saudi Arabia
The Moroccan National Scouts Federation will be taking part in the 24th Arab scouts summer camp slated for this July 19-30 in Taef, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia-Morocco, Culture, 7/14/2000

Seaside tourism yields 50% of tourism returns in Morocco
Morocco-Iraq, Economics, 7/14/2000

Moroccan surgeons stage cataract surgery campaign in Kosovo
A cataract surgery campaign was launched in Mitrovica Wednesday, part of cultural, social and medical activities held by the Moroccan committee of support to Kosovo.
Morocco, Culture, 7/14/2000

Morocco's Moudrik gets gold in long jump in Algiers' African athletics championship
Morocco-Algeria, Sports, 7/14/2000

Three persons killed in road accident
Three persons were killed Wednesday in a road accident between Tangier and Asilah (northern Morocco).
Morocco, Local, 7/14/2000

Partial elections for renewal of one third of chamber of advisors next september 15
Partial elections to renew one third of the chamber of advisors (upper chamber of the Moroccan parliament) will be held next September 15, a reliable source told MAP.
Morocco, Politics, 7/13/2000

Belgian mothers demonstrate over displacement of their children by Moroccan husbands
A group of Belgian mothers Tuesday demonstrated in front of the Moroccan embassy in Brussels to claim their right to custody and visit of their children who were displaced by their former Moroccan husbands.
Morocco, Culture, 7/13/2000

Moroccan minister calls northern countries to adopt new immigration policy
Moroccan minister of social development, solidarity, employment and vocational training, Khalid Alioua, called developed countries of the North to craft a new immigration policy and consider possibilities to relocate their industries to the south to create new job opportunities and reduce the immigration flows.
Morocco, Politics, 7/13/2000

Algeria's president sends message of thanks to King Mohammed
"We are ineluctably doomed to a shared destiny, which will, if we fail to shape it with our reason, consciousness and capacities, be molded at our expenses and at the expenses of our two sisterly nations," the message reads
Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 7/12/2000

Moroccan-Iranian Joint Commission to Meet in November
Morocco has proposed that the Moroccan-Iranian joint commission convenes next November to ponder on means to enhance bilateral cooperation.
Morocco-Iran, Politics, 7/12/2000

Association of victims of toxic gas in rif to sue four European countries
The association of victims of toxic gas, set up recently in the Moroccan northern city of Al-Hoceima, is projecting legal action against four European governments for having used prohibited toxic gases to quell the anti-colonization revolution of Mohammed Khattabi in the Rif region, reported Tuesday Moroccan daily "Bayane Al Youm."
Morocco, Politics, 7/12/2000

Austrian President Hails Morocco's role in the Maghreb
President of Austria, Thomas Klestil, hailed as "paramount important" the political and economic role played by Morocco in the Maghreb region and said Morocco is among the most active partners in the Barcelona process.
Morocco-Austria, Politics, 7/12/2000

Morocco, Spain Probe Bilateral Cooperation
Morocco, Politics, 7/12/2000

Moroccan legal immigrants in Spain can take driving test in Arabic
Morocco-Spain, Politics, 7/11/2000

Minister decries Spanish presence in two occupied Moroccan cities abnormal
Moroccan minister in charge of territory development, environment, town planning and housing, Mohamed El Yazghi, lashed out at the Spanish presence in Sebta and Melilia (two Moroccan cities still occupied by Spain) as an abnormal situation.
Morocco-Spain, Politics, 7/11/2000

King Mohammed chairs meeting on investments promotion
Morocco, Economics, 7/11/2000

Moroccan pharmaceutical sector posts over $ 400 ml turnover
The Moroccan pharmaceutical sector posted between 1995 and 2000 a sale of over $ 400 million and investments worth $120 million, said the latest bulletin of the Moroccan employers association (CGEM).
Morocco, Economics, 7/11/2000

Marrakech gets university hospital
Marrakech will soon get its own school hospital, extending over 70,000 m2 with a capacity of 870 beds for all medical specialties.
Morocco, Education, 7/11/2000

The mummy sequel shoot in Morocco and Jordan
Jordan-Morocco, Economics, 7/11/2000

Euro-Mediterranean seminar on competitiveness
A Euro-Mediterranean seminar on "competitiveness law and policies" will be held this July 18-19 in Casablanca.
Regional-Morocco, Economics, 7/11/2000

Moroccan - Italian talks over Moroccan expatriates
Morocco and Italy will sign next October an agreement on the integration of Moroccan immigrant children, says a release issued at the end of a meeting Monday between visiting Moroccan minister of social development, solidarity, employment and vocational training, Khalid Alioua, and Italian social solidarity minister, Livua Turco.
Morocco-Italy, Politics, 7/11/2000

Moroccan judo team tops Tunis african junior championships
Tunisia-Morocco, Sports, 7/11/2000

Algeria beats Morocco in 5,000m race
Morocco, Sports, 7/11/2000

Casablanca RAJA takes on paris PSG in friendly
Casablanca's "RAJA" football club takes on Wednesday at home Paris' "PSG" in a friendly game, one of the last practice-matches of "PSG" before the French Season opening end of July.
Morocco, Sports, 7/11/2000

Talks to hold a Maghreb Union summit in Algeria
The Leadership in the Arab Maghreb Union is making communications for convening a summit in Algeria in the fall that will vote on accepting Egypt as member of the union. The Union has not held a meeting in 6 years.
Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 7/10/2000

World Bank to finance development projects in Morocco worth $ 212 million
The World Bank has just completed the feasibility study of five Moroccan development projects worth $ 212 million.
Morocco, Economics, 7/10/2000

Former sahrawi ambassador describes India's decision on SADR as severe blow
Former ambassador of the so-called Sahrawi Republic (SADR) to India, Abba Maa-El-Ainine, described India's decision to withdraw recognition of the SADR as a "severe blow."
Morocco, Politics, 7/10/2000

Fire destroys hundreds of hectares of alfa and oak trees in north-eastern Morocco
Morocco, Environment, 7/10/2000

Morocco's Boulami wins 3000M Steeplechase in Nice meeting
Moroccan athlete Brahim Boulami won on Saturday the 3000-m steeplechase race at the meeting of Nice (France) which is part of the IAAF grand prix.
Morocco, Sports, 7/10/2000

Football: Morocco defeats Algeria in world cup preliminary heats
Algeria-Morocco, Sports, 7/10/2000


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