My Right Word (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The UN's Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had a message to the Jerusalem International Forum, in Rabat, Morocco (28-29 October) ...For Muslims, Jews and Christians, for Israelis and Palestinians, and for peoples around the world, Jerusalem represents a place of faith and longing, a symbol of aspirations for nationhood, and a sacred space that must be open to all ...The international community does not...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, reiterated on Monday the United States' commitment to the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, state news agency MAP quoted her as saying. Clinton made the remarks before attending a meeting with Morocco's minister of foreign affairs and cooperation Taib Fassi Fihri, on the sidelines of the 6th meeting of the Forum for the Future,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Rabat, Morocco - Participants at a forum of the Islamic Conference's al-Quds (Jerusalem) Committee have described Jerusalem as the key to solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Moroccan media reported Thursday. The committee is staging an internat...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Rabat, Morocco - Eighty-two cases of the H1N1 influenza have been diagnosed in Morocco in a single day, press reports said Thursday. The cases were discovered in the cities of Casablanca, Fes, Meknes, Kenintra and Rabat on October 28, Health Minister...
France24 (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
The editor at the Arabic-language Moroccan weekly Al Michaal was sentenced to a year in prison by a Rabat court Thursday for publishing articles suggesting the king (pictured) was in poorer health than the palace admitted, according to a judicial source.
Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
(Rabat) - Morocco should halt the widespread bureaucratic maneuvers that undermine freedom of association, including withholding registration from civic groups in violation of its own laws, Human Rights Watch said in a report issued today. read more
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
Rabat, Morocco - The Moroccan national journalists' trade union SNPM has accused the government of breaking the law in closing the offices of a newspaper that published a caricature of the wedding of a cousin of King Mohammed VI. Such measures were n...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
Rabat - Morocco's King Mohammed VI, who chairs the Islamic Conference's al-Quds (Jerusalem) committee, has condemned the recent clashes between Israeli security forces and Muslims near Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque. Moroccan newspapers Tuesday quoted a ...
Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
"Morocco's Mohammed VI chartered a Hercules transporter from his air force to whisk the DB7 from Rabat to Britain." (thanks Zaki)
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
At least five Moroccan independent journalists will appear before a judge later this month in Rabat, after having published articles challenging the official announcement about King Mohammed VI's health. It is believed the monarch has contracted "a viral, benign disease." Bloggers have been debating this issue, mostly denouncing the attacks on journalists.
Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
"Indeed, the king brooks no criticism. Reporters Without Borders, an international media watchdog, says that in the past ten years Moroccan journalists have been sentenced to more than 25 years in prison and $2.9m in fines, hamstringing what was once the Arab world’s most vibrant media. Most of those punishments were related to somehow offending the monarchy. Most tellingly, Le Journal Hebdomadaire...
Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
An Important Report Wayne Madsen Report (in full) "WMR has learned from two knowledgeable individuals that various Arab governments have been forced to use lobbyists affiliated with the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) because Arabs have no chance of advancing their interests in Washington without the approval of lobbyists connected to Israeli interests. Although the close ties...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
Rabat/Madrid - The Spanish telecommunications giant Telefonica and Portugal Telecom have sold their stakes in Morocco's second wireless operator Meditel to local partners, the two companies announced Tuesday. Telefonica and Portugal Telecom each sold...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
RABAT, Morocco -- The Moroccan royal palace says a doctor has ordered King Mohammed VI placed in convalescence for five days for a digestive infection.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/18/2009
Rabat/Oslo - Diplomatic tension was brewing on Tuesday between Morocco and Norway as Oslo rejected accusations by Rabat that Norwegian diplomats had illegally taken the children of former Olympic champion Khalid Skah out of the country. We reject th...
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