Arabic News Weekly Edition for Morocco, 8/23/2004
Weekly Edition, Morocco - Week of August 23, 2004
- UN family visits exchange between southern Morocco and Polisario camps comes to end
The United nations held this Thursday the last family visit exchange operations between Moroccans in the southern provinces and their relatives sequestered in the Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps, in southern Algeria. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 8/27/2004 - Morocco sends aid to Mauritania to fight locusts
Morocco sent Wednesday to Mauritania 50,000 litres of pesticide, 10 individual sprayers and three airplanes to help the west African country fight locust swarms that have been wrecking havoc on the vegetation and crops for several weeks. Mauritania-Morocco, Local, 8/27/2004 - El Guerrouj elected to IOC panel
Moroccan Olympic champion Hicham El Guerrouj was elected Thursday member of the Athletes' Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for a term of eight years. Morocco, Sports, 8/27/2004 - Canadian Mohawk dancers to perform at Imilchil Music festival in Morocco
Canadian Mohawk dancers and singers of the Quebec Saint Laurent River Kahnawake tribe will perform at the music festival of Imilchil, 500 km south-east of the Moroccan Capital, scheduled on August 26 through 28. Morocco-Canada, Local, 8/27/2004 - Morocco, Mauritania have similar views on security and development issues, Official
Visiting Moroccan minister-delegate for foreign affairs and cooperation, Taieb Fassi Fihri, told the press, in Nouakchott Wednesday, Morocco and Mauritania have similar views on security and development issues. Mauritania-Morocco, Politics, 8/27/2004 - Morocco's El Guerrouj Olympic champion
Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj won in Athens Tuesday an Olympic title in the 1500m race after two failed attempts in Sydney and Atlanta. Morocco, Sports, 8/26/2004 - Bouteflika voices resolve to normalize relations with Morocco
Algerian president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has reiterated determination to pursue with Morocco's King Mohammed VI sincere action to overcome all that is likely to hinder the normalization of relations between the two states. Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 8/26/2004 - Morocco, US officials ponder latest developments of Sahara issue
The latest developments of the Sahara issue were discussed, in Laayoune Tuesday, by Moroccan officials and a US delegation led by Chuck Casper, programs analyst in the Department of State's bureau of international organizations affairs. Morocco-USA, Politics, 8/26/2004 - New method to improve analysis quality of radioactive elements invented by Moroccan scientists
A new method to improve the analysis quality of radioactive elements in various types of samples, by using solid state nuclear tracks detectors (SSNTD) was invented in Morocco by Abdeslam El Harti and Hicham Maaouni of the "Centre d'etude de recherche et d'analyses des radioelements (CERDAR). Morocco, Science, 8/26/2004 - Moroccan couple arrested in Spain after relative suffocated to death in their car trunk
A couple of Moroccan nationals, living in Germany, was sent to prison Tuesday in Algesiras, Southern Spain, after a relative was found dead in their car trunk last weekend, Spanish police said. Morocco-Spain, Local, 8/26/2004 - Morocco foils attempt of 53 Sub-Saharans to illegally immigrate to Europe
Authorities in the southern Moroccan city of Laayoune foiled Monday the attempt of 53 Sub-Saharan illegal immigrants to cross over to the Canary Islands, local authorities said. Morocco, Local, 8/26/2004 - Gas prices rise in Morocco as of Wednesday Morocco, Economics, 8/26/2004
- King Mohammed VI chairs children and youth ceremony
Morocco's King Mohammed VI, who was accompanied by Prince Moulay Rachid, chaired this Tuesday at the sports compound of Ifrane (Middle Atlas Mountains) the national "youth and childhood" ceremony that crowns the "2004 holidays for all" national program. Morocco, Culture, 8/25/2004 - Over 30 ha of forests destroyed by fire near Tangier
Some 35 hectares of forests were burnt by a violent fire that broke out Monday night in the rural locality of Maslawa (15 km from). Morocco, Local, 8/25/2004 - Morocco's Benhassi makes it to semi finals of 1,500 women in Athens
Moroccan athlete Hasna Benhassi made it on Tuesday to the semi finals of the 1,500 women race at the Olympic stadium of Athens. Morocco, Sports, 8/25/2004 - Athens 2004: Morocco's El Guerrouj in finals
Quadruple 1,500m world champion, Hicham El Guerrouj, moved Sunday to the finals of the 1500m race. Morocco, Sports, 8/24/2004 - Women 800m : Benhassi gives Morocco first medal at Athens Morocco, Sports, 8/24/2004
- Mercosur eyes signing draft agreement on trade with Morocco before April 2005
The south American economic grouping Mercosur will propose to Morocco the signing, before April 2005, of a draft agreement similar to the accord signed with Egypt last July 7, Brazilian agency "ANBA" reported on Friday. Morocco-Brazil, Economics, 8/23/2004 - Caravan in Morocco to inform on investment opportunities offered by FTA with US
A caravan will tour Moroccan cities to inform on investment opportunities offered by Morocco-US Free Trade Agreement, Thomas Riley, American ambassador in Rabat has announced. Morocco-USA, Economics, 8/23/2004 - Athens 2004: Three Moroccan women athletes make it through to 800m race semis Morocco, Sports, 8/23/2004