Arabic News Weekly Edition for Local, 7/17/2000
Weekly Edition, Local - Week of July 17, 2000
- 20% of foreign schooled children in Spain are Moroccans
More than 70,000 children of immigrants in Spain, including 20% of Moroccan-born kids, are studying in Spanish schools, accounting for 1% of all schooled children, says Spanish trade union "CC.OO." Morocco-Spain, Education, 7/21/2000 - Madrid opens investigation on ferry boats collision in Gibraltar strait
Spanish authorities have opened an investigation to determine responsibilities in the tragic collision last Sunday off the southern port of Algesiras wherein five Moroccans living in Europe died and 17 others, including a Spaniard, were injured. Morocco, Local, 7/21/2000 - National colloquy on agriculture calls for long-term development strategy
Participants in the national colloquy on agriculture and development held in July 19-20, called for drawing up a long-term, well-defined and transparent agricultural policy to ensure a lasting food security, combat poverty and exclusion and secure the growth of this sector which constitutes the engine of the national economy. Morocco, Agriculture, 7/21/2000 - French trucker arrested with 19 tons of chira in Moroccan port
Customs and police agents at the northern port of Tangiers arrested this week an Algerian-born French teamster who was trying to smuggle out of Morocco 19 tons of chira. Morocco-Algeria, Local, 7/21/2000 - Word from the publisher Regional, Editorial, 7/20/2000
- Human rights abuses victims compensation stems from consolidation of rule of law and democratic institutions, dahhak
Following the release of results, relatives of some victims expressed satisfaction that the issue is beginning to be settled. For Sanae, daughter of the late Mohamed Aidi who spent 28 years in prison, this is all owed to king Mohammed VI who, as soon as he was enthroned, thought of indemnifying the victims who suffered a lot. She added that this is an indication to an acknowledgement that there was an error and injustice. For her sister, Hind, nothing can compensate the loss of a father. Morocco, Culture, 7/19/2000 - Oman's military plane crashed Oman, Local, 7/19/2000
- Qatar to host first international women's tennis tournament Qatar, Culture, 7/18/2000
- Highest temperatures in Kuwait
Temperatures registered in Kuwait on Sunday broke the record as it reached 51 degrees in shadow, representing a three degrees increase from the annual average. Kuwait, Local, 7/18/2000 - Toledo summer course highlights Moroccan transition
Bernabe Garcia Lopez, said that change is tangible in Morocco as evidenced by efforts to reinforce the rule of law, to set up a transparent society and an administration at the service of the citizen. Morocco, Culture, 7/17/2000 - Agadir to host seminar on Amazigh history Morocco-Algeria, Culture, 7/17/2000
- Mohamed El Fassi 1999 prize shared by Moroccan and French searchers Morocco-France, People, 7/17/2000
- Two ferry boats collide in gibraltar strait: 5 Moroccans killed, 17 injured
Five Moroccans living in Europe died and 17 others, including a Spaniard, were injured when two ferry boats collided early Sunday in the Strait of Gibraltar, off the southern port of Algesiras. Morocco, Local, 7/17/2000