Arabic News Weekly Edition for Morocco, 11/4/2002
Weekly Edition, Morocco - Week of November 4, 2002
- King Mohammed launches construction of neighbourhood for inhabitants of shanty towns
Morocco's King Mohammed VI launched this Friday afternoon construction works of a neighbourhood in Ouled Zaer locality (near Rabat) to house inhabitants of two shanty towns. Morocco, Local, 11/9/2002 - List of Morocco's new government officials
The new government comprises 39 members (including the prime minister). Morocco, Politics, 11/9/2002 - French mayor indicted for refusing to conclude marriage of Moroccan couple
A French court indicted on Friday representative and mayor of the city of Valencienne, Patrick Labaune, for refusing to conclude the Marriage of two Moroccans. Morocco-France, Local, 11/9/2002 - New government includes twenty two newcomers
The new prime minister said he will be continuing in the same path, in accordance with the King's will to make of Morocco a modern state that is attached to its authenticity and values while being engrained with the values of democracy and social justice and enjoying a strong and open economy. Morocco, Politics, 11/8/2002 - DNA tests confirm morocco's mule miracle
DNA tests have confirmed that a Moroccan mule did give birth to a foal end of August in a small hamlet in the region of Oulmes, 80 kilometers away from Fez. Morocco, Local, 11/8/2002 - Morocco: no take-over bid for the second fixed phone license
No take-over bid has been submitted to purchase the second fixed phone license in Morocco, projected to launch a public network of land telecommunications in the Kingdom. Morocco, Economics, 11/8/2002 - All measures taken to make up for pilots strike, RAM
Morocco's Carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) said Thursday it has taken all measures in anticipation of a pilots strike November 8-11. Morocco, Economics, 11/8/2002 - Sahara issue settlement would be a major asset for integration in the region, US official
Settling the Sahara issue would be a major asset for the Maghreb region, and would help it attract more foreign investments, US undersecretary of state of political affairs, Marc Grossman, said. Morocco-USA, Politics, 11/8/2002 - With political solution for sahara issue, referendum becomes obsolete, king Mohammed
Morocco's King Mohammed VI stressed this Wednesday in a speech delivered on the occasion of the 27th anniversary of the Green March that unanimous support rallied nationwide for regional democracy as a political solution to the Sahara issue has made obsolete the referendum formula, proposed under the initial UN settlement plan. Morocco, Politics, 11/7/2002 - Moroccans excluded from foreign seasonal workers in Spain
Moroccans were excluded from the contingent off 32,000 foreign seasonal workers that Spain intends to recruit in 2002, according to statistics published in Madrid. Morocco-Spain, Politics, 11/7/2002 - President Kumba Yala of Guinea Bissau visits morocco Morocco-Guinea-Bissau, Politics, 11/6/2002
- Moroccan and French Mediterranean Cinema Festivals Twinned
Besides instituting cooperation with the French festival, the Moroccan festival manager also took advantage of his presence in Montpellier to announce that the 12th Tetuan festival will be held from March 28 through April 4. Morocco-France, Economics, 11/6/2002 - France's Air Littoral to Service Weekly Montpellier-Casablanca Flight Morocco-France, Business, 11/6/2002
- Amman Summit: Rise in Women in Parliament, a Moroccan Experience that must be feneralized in Arab states
Participants to the Amman Summit of Arab Women said women's access to parliament, a model experience in Morocco, must be generalized in the Arab states. Regional-Morocco, Culture, 11/5/2002 - Morocco's fm visit to Brussels put off, European commission announces Morocco-European Union, Politics, 11/5/2002
- King Mohammed receives french defence minister Morocco-France, Politics, 11/5/2002
- Moroccan, Mauritanian women heads of enterprises sign partnership convention Morocco-Mauritania, Economics, 11/5/2002
- US rap star 'P. Diddy' celebrates 33rd birthday in Marrakech
Guests, flown to Marrakech from New York and Paris, included Naomi Campbell, Ivana Trump, Gerard Depardieu, Joey Star, Chris Tucker and Nicole Kidman. Morocco, Local, 11/5/2002 - Marrakesh cinema studios to be africa's biggest and among the world's best
Moroccan comic, Jamal Debbouze, sponsor of the Marrakesh cinema studios, said the project will be one of the biggest in Africa and among the best studios in the world. Morocco, Economics, 11/5/2002