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King Mohammed calls for national program to fight handicap
"We urge all the components of our civil society (`) as well as the mass media to join your Foundation to launch a comprehensive national program to foster awareness to the need of prevention and early treatment to halt the handicaps," the king said.
Morocco, Culture, 10/28/2000

Algerians support opening the borders with Morocco
Most of the Algerians showed their support to the idea of reopening the land borders with Morocco while some others expressed their refusal to this procedure.
Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 10/28/2000

Youssoufi calls for Maghreb women-cancer strategies
Breast and uterus cancers are two major threats to Maghreb women requiring a new dynamic for early detection and limitation and Maghreban strategies to fight the diseases, said premier Abderrahmane Youssoufi.
Morocco, Health, 10/28/2000

Morocco, Mali study civil service cooperation
Ways to enhance Moroccan-Malian cooperation in civil service fields topped talks held in Rabat Friday between Moroccan public administration and administrative reform minister, M'Hamed Khalifa and visiting Malian employment and vocational training minister, Makan Moussa Sissoko.
Morocco-Mali, Economics, 10/28/2000

Morocco square dedicated in Granada province
A Morocco square was dedicated Friday in Almunecar, in the province of Granada, (500 KM to the south east of Madrid), on the fringes of the 11th Euro-Arab encounter convened here Oct.25-28.
Morocco, Politics, 10/28/2000

Moroccan premier meets speaker of Romanian senate
Moroccan premier Abderrahmane Youssoufi held a meeting here Friday with Speaker of the Romanian Senate, Mirissia Ianesco, and his accompanying delegation.
Morocco-Romania, Politics, 10/28/2000

30 Moroccan SME projects get 100 million ff financing
Over 30 projects worth 100 million FF have been submitted to the Société Générale Marocaine de Banques in charge of the Small And Medium Enterprise (SME) financing line by the French Development Agency.
Morocco, Economics, 10/28/2000

King Mohammed launches construction works of Mohammadia industrial zone
Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Friday launched construction works of a 117-hectare industrial zone in Mohammadia, near Casablanca.
Morocco, Economics, 10/28/2000

Constitutional union sacks former house speaker
Morocco, Politics, 10/28/2000

Casablanca traditional fishing sector backs government
Morocco-European Union, Economics, 10/28/2000

Oil sector development prospects in Morocco probed
Industry, trade, energy and mining minister Mustapha Mansouri met in Rabat heads of the Moroccan oil industry (GPM) for a thorough scrutiny of development prospects for oil-product distribution in the kingdom.
Morocco, Economics, 10/28/2000

Nigeria cancels decision to open sahrawi republic embassy in Abuja, daily
Nigeria has cancelled its decision to open an embassy of the so-called Sahrawi republic (SADR) in Abuja.
Morocco-Nigeria, Politics, 10/27/2000

Morocco, Mali sign employment cooperation accord
Morocco and Mali signed here Thursday a cooperation accord covering the sectors of employment, labor and vocational training.
Morocco-Mali, Politics, 10/27/2000

Annan echoes Moroccan proposal to settle sahara issue within moroccan kingty, proposes extension of UN Sahara mission mandate
United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, on Thursday echoed Morocco's proposal to settle the Sahara issue within Moroccan sovereign and recommended that the Security Council extends the mandate of the MINURSO (UN mission for the referendum in Sahara), which is set to expire at the end of this month, to February 28, 2001.
Morocco, Politics, 10/27/2000

Morocco,UNICEF health and child-protection cooperation probed
Health minister Thami Khyari met here UNICEF representative to Morocco Olivier Theo Degreef to probe means to enhance bilateral cooperation, says a department release.
Morocco, Culture, 10/27/2000

Morocco presents off-shore oil drill tender to US operators
Morocco launched on Thursday in Houston an international tender for oil prospecting in the Rabat-Safi offshore 31,090 square km zone.
Morocco, Business, 10/27/2000

Moroccan association demand revealing circumstances of Bin Baraka's disappearance
A Moroccan rights orgnization urged the authorities in Rabat to reveal the circumstances of the disappearance of the late Moroccan opposition member El -Mahdi Bin Baraka who was kidnapped and assassinated in Paris in 1965.
Morocco, Culture, 10/27/2000

Agadir maritime chamber says no to fishing agreement with EU
The Agadir-central Atlantic sea-fishery chamber renewed opposition to any new fishing agreement with the European Union saying resources were endangered.
Morocco-European Union, Politics, 10/27/2000

King Mohammed meets Netherlands crown prince
Morocco-Netherlands, Politics, 10/26/2000

Youssoufi hails Paraguay's stand on Moroccan territorial integrity
Morocco's Premier Abderrahmane Youssoufi hailed Wednesday Paraguay's stand on Moroccan territorial integrity while meeting a visiting delegation of MPS led by second vice-chairman of the Paraguayan House of Representatives Juan Carlos Caballero.
Morocco-Paraguay, Politics, 10/26/2000

Arab league welcomes Morocco's decision to shut down Israeli liaison office
The Arab League welcomed Morocco's decision to shut down its liaison office in Tel Aviv and Israel's office in Rabat.
Morocco-Israel, Politics, 10/25/2000

Union calls Moroccan labor class to donate 1-day salary to Palestinians
The Moroccan Democratic Labor Confederation (CDT) has called the Moroccan labor class to donate a one-day salary to the Palestinian people.
Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 10/25/2000

Morocco renews infallible backing to Palestinians
Morocco on Tuesday renewed infallible backing to the Palestinian people until they recover all their inalienable rights, including the establishment of an independent state, with Al-Quds (Jerusalem) as capital.
Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 10/25/2000

Paraguay hails royal address to Cairo summit
Visiting delegation of Paraguayan MPS hailed the speech by King Mohammed VI at the Cairo emergency Arab Summit and moves by the king in favor of peaceful and lasting outcome to the Middle-East conflict.
Morocco-Paraguay, Politics, 10/25/2000

Dental-care roving unit for needy children
A dental-care roving unit will be touring, as of this week, orphanages and associations in charge of needy children throughout the kingdom.
Morocco, Health, 10/25/2000

New Headquarters in Morocco for Japan's Suzuki
Morocco-Japan, Business, 10/25/2000

Qatari foreign minister meets Moroccan ambassador
Qatari foreign minister, Ahmed Ben Abdellah Al-Mahmoud, met this Tuesday with Morocco's ambassador to Doha, Mohamed Larbi Dilai, who has just resumed his office in the Arab capital.
Morocco-Qatar, Politics, 10/24/2000

Mali's employment minister visits Morocco
Morocco-Mali, Economics, 10/24/2000

Moroccan - Canadian parliamentary group set up
Morocco-Canada, Politics, 10/24/2000

Morocco, Turkey hold joint economic commission
Morocco and Turkey opened on Monday works of their 7th joint commission to try to increase bilateral trade exchanges from $ 156 Mln posted in 1999.
Morocco-Turkey, Economics, 10/24/2000

Spain's national ballet makes first appearance in Rabat
Morocco, Culture, 10/24/2000

Morocco ready for dialog on a solution to Sahara issue, says ambassador
Morocco which initiated the Sahara referendum in 1982 to put an end to the artificial dispute kindled around its territorial integrity is "still ready to take part in a dialog in search for a solution," said Morocco's permanent representative to UN, Ambassador Ahmed Snoussi.
Morocco, Politics, 10/24/2000

European free-trade association delegation in parliament
The visiting delegation of the European Free-trade association held in Rabat Monday a work session with Moroccan MPS on means to consolidate cooperation between the kingdom and member countries.
Morocco-European Union, Economics, 10/24/2000

Floods send 123 households out in the cold
Morocco, Local, 10/24/2000

US ambassador calls for reducing deadlines for investment files handling
US ambassador to Morocco, Edward Gabriel, called for reducing the deadlines for handling investment requests in Morocco.
Morocco-USA, Economics, 10/24/2000

Two international groups vie for power plant project in Morocco
Morocco, Business, 10/24/2000

Morocco acts to protect historic manuscripts
Moroccan culture and communication minister, Mohamed Achaari, announced on Monday his department will allocate part of the culture-support fund budget to purchase old manuscripts.
Morocco, History, 10/24/2000

Morocco sees $ 14.99 bln in receipts in 2001
Morocco said Monday the state receipts will reach $ 14.99 billion (164.9 billion DH) under the 2001 appropriation bill, representing a 10 % jump compared to 2000.
Morocco, Economics, 10/24/2000

International gold keys union holds 2004 congress in Morocco
The World congress of the International Gold-Keys Union will convene in 2004 in Morocco, announced in Erfoud the chairman of the hotel concierge association of Morocco and head of the union's Africa zone Abdelkader Quenni.
Morocco, Local, 10/24/2000

Morocco closes liaison bureaus in Rabat and Tel Aviv
Morocco decided to close down the Israeli liaison bureau in Rabat and the Moroccan liaison bureau in Tel Aviv, it was officially announced here Monday afternoon.
Morocco-Israel, Politics, 10/23/2000

Morocco's ambassador to Qatar resumes mission in Doha
Morocco's King Mohammed VI gave instructions that Morocco's ambassador to Qatar resumes his mission in the Qatari capital, Doha.
Morocco-Qatar, Politics, 10/23/2000

Sahara issue purely Moroccan, Canary front says
Secretary-General of the Front for the Liberation of the Canary Islands, Thomas Cantana, criticized "Spain's involvement" in the Sahara issue and stressed the issue is purely Moroccan.
Morocco, Politics, 10/23/2000

Princess Lalla Meryem urges UNICEF to end violence against Palestinian children
Morocco's Princess Lalla Meryem urged director general of the UNICEF to endeavor for the end of violence against Palestinian children and to make "an assessment of the situation" in the Palestinian territories.
Morocco-Palestine, Politics, 10/23/2000

Phosphate and byproducts exports drop 4.4 pc end of august
Moroccan exports of phosphates and by-products posted a 4.4 PC drop in the first eight months of this year, standing at 843 million USD against 883 million USD for the same period in 1999.
Morocco, Economics, 10/23/2000

Morocco launches international tender for oil prospecting
Morocco launched on Monday in London the first international tender for oil prospecting in the Rabat-Safi offshore 31,090 square km zone.
Morocco, Economics, 10/23/2000

Morocco expects foreign debt downsizing to $ 15.3 bln
Morocco said it will downsize its foreign debt to $ 15.3 billion at the end of the year.
Morocco, Economics, 10/23/2000

Moroccan born racer wins Chicago marathon
Morocco, Sports, 10/23/2000

Textile, leather items exports up by 5.9 %
Morocco's exports of textile and leather items progressed by 5.9 % during the first eight months of the current year totaling some 19.28 billion DH ($1.75 billion) compared to 18.2 billion DH ($1.65 billion) a year before.
Morocco, Economics, 10/23/2000

Investment Opportunities in Morocco Presented to US Businessmen
Morocco, Politics, 10/23/2000


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