Arabic News Weekly Edition for Morocco, 6/3/2002
Weekly Edition, Morocco - Week of June 3, 2002
- Morocco, Iraq to set up business council Morocco-Iraq, Economics, 6/8/2002
- Moroccan premier meets Ethiopian FM Morocco-Ethiopia, Politics, 6/8/2002
- Qatari - Morocco relations stronger because of King's visit
Qatari foreign minister, Sheikh Hamad Ben Jassem Ben Jaber Al-Thani, said the friendship visit paid by King Mohammed VI to Qatar this June 5-6 will have a direct impact on development and consolidation of relations between the two countries in various fields. Qatar-Morocco, Politics, 6/8/2002 - Canary Islands party criticizes government's policy towards Morocco
The Independents of Lanzarote Party (PIL) accused Wednesday the Canary Islands local Government of following an "ambiguous" and "erroneous" foreign policy towards Morocco, and of adopting an "unfriendly," if not "openly hostile" attitude vis-a-vis the African neighbor. Morocco-Canary Islands, Politics, 6/8/2002 - Program to deal with unhealthy housing standards; cost 30 billion dirhams
The Moroccan anti-unhealthy housing program needs a budget of 28.8 billion DH (US$ 2.5 billion), including 17.21 billions (US$ 1.5 billion) for unauthorized housing and 11.6 billion DH (US$ 1 billion) for shanty towns. Morocco, Economics, 6/8/2002 - Morocco extends humanitarian assistance to Syria following dam collapse
Morocco has extended humanitarian assistance to Syria following the collapse of the Zeyzoun dam that killed twenty-two persons, left hundreds homeless and caused serious material damage. Morocco-Syria, Local, 6/8/2002 - US peace corps general manager in Morocco next week
The first peace corps volunteers came to Morocco in 1963, in accordance with a Morocco-US agreement. Since then, over 4,000 volunteers served in Morocco teaching English, giving various vocational training courses and extending other social services. Morocco-USA, Culture, 6/8/2002