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Algerian Rai singer Akil dies in Tangier after a road accident

Morocco World News Rabat, June 13, 2013 The Algerian-born Ray singer Akil, died on Thursday night in Tangier, in northern Morocco as a result of road accident. The Algerian artist was on his way back from a show he celebrated in Tangier. As soon as they heard the news, some Moroccan artists posted it a short while ago on their official pages. The sad news was also shared by the Casablanca-based Radio Aswat ...

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Mubaraks to return Egypt ex-minister’s gifts

CAIRO, June 12, 2013 (AFP) Ousted president Hosni Mubarak, his wife and one of their sons are to return gifts worth a total of $600,000 (450,000 euros) to Egypt's former information minister, a judicial source said on Wednesday. The source, quoted by state news agency MENA, said the prosecutor's office accepted a proposal from the Mubaraks to return the gifts and Gamal Mubarak had signed the necessary paper ...

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New York, a Moroccan’s perspective

By Hassan Abou El Fadel Morocco World News Inezgane, Morocco, June 12, 2013 What do you think this is going to be about? There surely is action almost everywhere in the US. I have experienced, however, that when you compare country life in small boroughs in Mississippi or Tennessee, for instance, to life in urban giant cities such as Chicago or New York the point will appear much clearer. The impact of grea ...

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WEF marks World Ocean Day with ‘ideas for change’

June 8, 2013 The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Agenda Council is collaborating two programs to measure and monitor ocean resources to mark World Oceans Day on Saturday. The programs look into measure and monitor ocean resources across the globe. According to a statement from the WEF, “ocean resources are becoming depleted, just as more and more demand is being placed on them by our growing population, ...

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Morocco: Ministry of health denies detection of Coronavirus infection

By Youssef Sourgo Morocco World News Casablanca, May 31, 2013 The Ministry of Health denied on last Thursday “the detection of any Coronavirus infections in Morocco, contrary to the misinformation disseminated by some media sources a few days days ago.” Coronavirus infects both humans and animals, and usually induces mild to moderate upper-respiratory illness. However, some Coronaviruses, since the virus ra ...

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Saudi king in ‘private visit’ to Morocco

JEDDAH,  Saudi Arabia, May 31, 2013 (AFP) Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah travelled to Morocco on Friday for an "official visit", state news agency SPA reported, refuting rumours that the octogenarian monarch's health was deteriorating. The king, who was born in 1924, has spent time in Morocco recovering after operations in recent years.  But SPA published pictures showing princes and officials greeting the ki ...

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One third of Moroccans are addicted to tobacco

By Omar Bihmidine Morocco World News Sidi Ifni, May 31, 2013 2013's International Smoking Day May 31 reveals that one third of Moroccans are inveterate smokers, reported 2M national channel. The saddening fact, considered by many as alarming, undoubtedly has destructive effects on Moroccans' lives. Whether Moroccans are aware of the fact or not, the bad news is that they cannot escape being affected by smok ...

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Mondelez abuses worker rights in Egypt, Tunisia: unions

GENEVA, May 31, 2013 (AFP) Global food giant Mondelez is seriously violating the right of workers to organise in Egypt and Tunisia, unions said Friday, lamenting that the company's actions were undermining hard-won advances during the Arab Spring uprisings. Mondelez, which until last year was known as Kraft Foods, has cracked down on the rights won by Egyptian and Tunisian workers during the 2011 uprisings ...

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