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NEWS ABOUT: Morocco

Morocco stories: 16 news summaries

(Newser) - When CIA officials decided to build a series of secret prisons, they immediately contacted the chief of the agency's European supply base, a Frankfurt-based logistical whiz. “It was too sensitive to be handled by headquarters,” Kyle “Dusty” Foggo tells the New York Times. He called a... More »

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CIA • Eastern Europe • Morocco • secret prisons • interrogation • Romania • Kyle Foggo • enhanced interrogation techniques

(Newser) - Sick of all the violence in Tehran? Try taking a stroll through the capital of Morocco, suggests Anne Applebaum of the Washington Post. Not long ago, Morocco was a dictatorship, plagued by arbitrary arrests, “disappearances,” and torture. But over the last decade this distinctly Arab, distinctly... More »

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Iran • Morocco • democracy • monarchy • Democratic Constitutional Monarchy

(Newser) - At least 11 people were killed by a fan stampede after a Moroccan concert, reports the BBC. Some 40 others were injured when a wire fence collapsed, causing a mob to surge forward at the event packed with 70,000 spectators. The Rabat event was part of the week-long Mawazine... More »

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Morocco • concert • Stevie Wonder • accidental death • Alicia Keys • stampede • Kylie Minogue • music festival

Christians Secretly Target Converts in North Africa

Islamic leaders oppose 'unethical' tactics

Dec 15, 08 12:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Islamic leaders in north Africa say they are incensed by the tactics of Christians bent on secretly converting their followers, Reuters reports. Religious authorities gripe that missionaries in Morocco and Algeria are using “unethical” methods, such as spreading false information and preying on the weak. “People respond positively... More »

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Christianity • Algeria • Morocco • worshippers • missionary • Christians • convert • conversion

DNA Study: Ancient Phoenicians Still With Us 

Phoenician blood in North Africa, MidEast

Oct 31, 08 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Phoenicians may have disappeared as a distinct society a few thousand years ago, but it turns out their imprint remains very much alive today. Genetic researchers have discovered the DNA of the seafaring civilization in the blood of men—as many as 1 in 17— who live today in... More »

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Lebanon • Syria • Morocco • Tunisia • DNA • Cyprus • Malta • National Geographic Society • Phoenicians • Genographic Project • Y chromosomes

 US Kills 
 al-Qaeda 
 in Iraq's 
 No. 2 

Insurgent leader specialized in recruiting

Oct 15, 08 10:48 AM CDT
(AP) - American troops acting on a tip killed the No. 2 leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq—a Moroccan known for his ability to recruit and motivate foreign fighters—in a raid in the northern city of Mosul, the US military said today. The man, known as Abu Qaswarah, was a charismatic... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • terrorism • Pakistan • Morocco • United States • terrorist • Iraq war • Abu Qaswarah

(AP) - Samuel Wanjiru pulled away over the final few kilometers to become the first Kenyan in the storied running history of that nation to win an Olympic marathon. The 21-year-old negotiated the 26.2-mile course through Beijing streets in bright Sunday morning sunshine in an Olympic record of 2 hours, 6... More »

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China • Kenya • Morocco • Ethiopia • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • marathon • running • Samuel Wanjiru • Jaouad Gharib • Tsegay Kebede

9 Terrorists Escape From Moroccan Prison

Militants were guilty
of 2003 Casablanca bombings

Apr 7, 08 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nine Moroccan terrorists convicted of involvement in the 2003 Casablanca suicide bombings escaped from prison today, AFP reports. The men, Islamist extremists who were serving 20 years to life, tunneled out of Kenitra detention center, near Rabat. They left a note explaining that, having exhausted the appeals process, they resorted... More »

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terrorism • prison • Morocco • suicide bombing • Casablanca • escape • escaped criminal • Islamist extremists • Islamic terrorism

Witness Says 'Creepy Man' Kidnapped Maddy

New sketch sparks worldwide manhunt

Jan 20, 08 9:19 PM CST
(Newser) - A second sketch of Madeline McCann's alleged kidnapper sparked a worldwide manhunt yesterday, the Daily Mail reports. Maddy's parents revealed the drawing, based on a UK witness' account of a "creepy man" she saw after Maddy vanished in Portugal last May. She reported him to Portuguese police, but the... More »

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Morocco • Tunisia • Madeleine McCann • Portugal • Gerry McCann • Kate McCann • Britain

Face of Jihad Ever More Youthful

Teens as young as 15 turn to web to connect with extremists

Dec 28, 07 3:03 PM CST
(Newser) - They’re young, impressionable, disillusioned, and they’re seeking out al-Qaeda: Muslims as young as 15 are connecting with Islamic extremists over the web and becoming radicalized through jihadist videos and literature, the Christian Science Monitor reports. In Morocco and elsewhere, teenagers reinforce an increasingly decentralized al-Qaeda. They have “... More »

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terrorism • Morocco • jihad • Muslims • Islamic extremists • North Africa • terrorist • Casablanca • Osama bin Laden • al-Qaeda

French Prez & First Lady to Split

Cécilia Sarkozy reported living in Switzerland

Oct 16, 07 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his controversial first lady are on the brink of divorce, according to French media. Cécilia Sarkozy will not accompany her husband on a state visit to Morocco, and some reports say the fiercely independent 49-year-old former model is already living in Switzerland. She hasn't... More »

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divorce • Morocco • Nicolas Sarkozy • Cecilia Sarkozy • David Martinon • La Tribune • L'Est Republicain • Elysee • Jacques Martin

Go Where the $ Is Still Good

Planning to travel?  Head to a country where flashing a few dead presidents still means something

Oct 6, 07 6:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - It hurts when even a dollar-friendly country like Canada is giving your green the cold shoulder. Get your money's worth in these countries from foXnoMad:
  1. Morocco
  2. Thailand
  3. Mexico
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China • travel • Jordan • Venezuela • Thailand • Mexico • Morocco • currency • currency exchange • list • Micronesia • Armenia • international currency

Morocco Lead
Is False Alarm
in Maddy Search

Photographed local girl is not missing 4-year-old Madeleine McCann

Sep 26, 07 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The resemblance between missing 4-year-old Madeleine McCann and the girl in a photograph taken by vacationers in Morocco is just that: a resemblance. Journalist Rashid Razaq flew to Morocco and tracked down the girl, Sky News reports. “She has got a resemblance to Madeleine," Razaq said, “but... More »

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Morocco • Madeleine McCann

Possible Maddy Photo Surfaces

Tourist in Morocco snapped pic of blonde girl resembling the missing child

Sep 26, 07 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Spaniard on holiday in Morocco has introduced the latest twist in the Madeleine McCann case: A blurry photo in which a similar-looking blond girl peeks around the woman carrying her on her back, almost as if to say "Help me." The photo, snapped at about 200 meters... More »

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tourism • Morocco • Madeleine McCann • Gerry McCann • Kate McCann • missing child

Bombers Hit Algerian Capital

Apr 11, 07 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two bombs, including one targeting the prime minister's office, killed at least 23 people in Algiers today, in the latest in a round of suspected Al-Qaeda-affiliated terror attacks that have rocked North Africa in recent weeks, the New York Times reports. More »

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terrorism • Algeria • Morocco • Tunisia • bombing • Algiers • North Africa • Salafist • Maghreb • al-Qaeda Islamic Maghreb • al-Qaeda

Fossil Proves
We're All African

Moroccan find sets human origins
back 100,000 years

Mar 14, 07 7:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - An ancient jawbone found in Morocco suggests that modern human ancestry emerged 100,000 years earlier than previously believed—and in Africa, rather than Europe. Until now, scientists believed that modern humans didn't emerge until 20,000 to 30,000 years ago. But the Moroccan bone is 160,000 years... More »

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Africa • evolution • Morocco • origins of humanity • fossil • jawbone • modern man • homo sapien

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