Arabic News Weekly Edition for Morocco, 8/17/1998
Weekly Edition, Morocco - Week of August 17, 1998
- Morrocan King: Education reform is crucial for the future generations and employment
"Education is the basis of any action while employment ensures dignity to the children of this blessed land," the king said, noting that the moves to be made in this regard will not be easy but they "will have tangible impacts on the future of our children, on our prosperity and dignity and on our entry in the next century." Morocco, Education, 8/21/1998 - Sahara identification process will be completed in August
UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan said in his latest report on the Sahara issue "there are excellent prospects for completing in August 1998 the identification of applicants from all tribal groups and sub-factions, with the exception of (contested) groupings H41, H61 and J51/52." Morocco-West Sahara, Politics, 8/21/1998 - Italy seeks to increase legal immigration in cooperation with Morocco
Italian Minister of Interior Giorgio Napolitano said in Rabat on Wednesday that his country wishes to increase the flow of legal immigrants in cooperation with Morocco and other south Mediterranean countries. Morocco-Italy, Politics, 8/21/1998 - Morocco's Hicham Arazi In Quarter Final of Indianapolis Open Morocco, Sports, 8/21/1998
- US administration adopts new regulation to liberate Moroccan tomato imports
The US Department of Agriculture has announced an amendment of the regulation on Moroccan tomato exports that will liberate their trading on American markets. Morocco-USA, Economics, 8/21/1998 - No meeting held between Moroccan premier and Algerian counterpart
Morocco denied on Wednesday that Moroccan premier, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, had met lately in Oran his Algerian peer, Ahmed Ouayahia, as reported by an Algerian daily. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 8/20/1998 - Morocco hosts 5th international agriculture fair Morocco, Business, 8/20/1998
- King Hassan grants pardon to 984 prisoners
King Hassan II of Morocco granted free pardon to 984 prisoners on the occasion of the Revolution of the King and the People, which marks the forced exile by French colonial authorities of the late King Mohammed V. Morocco, Politics, 8/19/1998 - 15.3 percent of working women are self-employed, study says
Less than 1% of working women (0.8%) in Morocco are heading an enterprise and 15.3% of this population are self-employed, says a study by a demographic studies center. Morocco, Culture, 8/19/1998 - Moroccan singers win prizes in Tunisian song festival Morocco-Tunisia, Entertainment, 8/19/1998
- Moroccan MPs welcomed by Niger's prime minister
Niger's prime minister, Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki, received in Niamey on Monday, the Moroccan MP delegation to the 21st congress of the African Parliamentary Union to open today in the Nigerien capital. Morocco, Politics, 8/18/1998 - 23 Moroccan illegal immigrants saved by Spanish boat
Twenty-three Moroccan illegal immigrants were rescued lately by a Spanish ferry-boat after the wreckage of their patera (a small boat) off Almeria (Southern Spain). Morocco, Local, 8/18/1998 - Finance bill submitted to second legislative house
The Moroccan government presented Monday at the chamber of advisors, Morocco's second legislative body, the 1998-1999 finance bill after it was adopted by the House of Representatives following amendments. Morocco, Economics, 8/18/1998 - Tribe protests exclusion from Saharan identification process
A Sahrawi tribe, Rguibat Sahel Ouled Bourhim, protested in a letter to the chairman of the UN identification center in Rabat, their denial of the right to be identified as would-be voters in the projected UN referendum. Morocco, Politics, 8/17/1998