http://www.mail.com/locations/1352-morocco.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/1352-morocco.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2125394-turkish-pm-president-odds-protests.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish riot police launched round after round of tear gas against protesters on Monday, the fourth day of violent demonstrations, as the president and the prime minister staked competing positions on the unrest. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected the protesters' demands that he resign and dismissed the demonstrations as th... Mon, 03 Jun 2013 21:58:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2125394-turkish-pm-president-odds-protests.html 2013-06-03T21:58:18Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2112626-group-morocco-activist-arrests-up-charter.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Since Morocco's adoption of more democratic constitution during the Arab Spring, the arrest of political activists has increased, the country's main human rights group said Monday. Morocco prided itself for avoiding the turmoil of the Arab Spring by enacting reforms and amending the constitution, but activists say at least 70 members... Mon, 27 May 2013 16:40:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2112626-group-morocco-activist-arrests-up-charter.html 2013-05-27T16:40:15Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100668-2-moroccans-tried-homosexuality-4-months.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A Moroccan court has convicted two men of homosexuality and public indecency, and sentenced each to four months in prison, in the latest case against gays in this North African nation. Prosecutors at the Temara court near Rabat, the capital, said at Monday's trial that the men, aged 28 and 19, were caught having sex in a car and arre... Tue, 21 May 2013 17:55:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2100668-2-moroccans-tried-homosexuality-4-months.html 2013-05-21T17:55:56Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2099690-tunisia-announces-3-cases-coronavirus-1-death.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A 66-year-old Tunisian man has died from the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia and two of his adult children were infected with it, the Tunisian Health Ministry reported. His sons were treated and have since recovered but the rest of the family remains under medical observation, the ministry said in a statement Monday... Tue, 21 May 2013 13:50:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2099690-tunisia-announces-3-cases-coronavirus-1-death.html 2013-05-21T13:50:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080144-partys-withdrawal-threatens-moroccan-govt.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco's second largest political party has announced it is withdrawing from the Islamist-led government elected during the Arab Spring and leaving its fate up to the king, a party spokesman said Sunday. The move by Istiqlal is the first time in Morocco that a party has withdrawn from a ruling coalition. It is now up to King Mohamme... Sun, 12 May 2013 16:16:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080144-partys-withdrawal-threatens-moroccan-govt.html 2013-05-12T16:16:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058388-jet-ski-drug-smugglers-busted-spain.html MADRID (AP) — A gang that allegedly used jet skis and boats to smuggle drugs into Spain through the country's southern coast has been busted, with police making 30 arrests, authorities said Thursday. The smugglers used fishing and recreational boats to carry drugs from Morocco in North Africa to rendezvous points in the Mediterranean Sea. Once there, hash... Thu, 02 May 2013 14:36:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2058388-jet-ski-drug-smugglers-busted-spain.html 2013-05-02T14:36:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2023860-morocco-cancels-war-games-with-us-rights.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco on Tuesday canceled its annual military exercises with the United States after the Obama administration backed having the U.N. monitor human rights in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, U.S. officials said. The 13th annual "African Lion" exercise — involving 1,400 U.S. servicemen and 900 Moroccan troops, as well as for... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:11:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2023860-morocco-cancels-war-games-with-us-rights.html 2013-04-16T22:11:42Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2016114-moroccan-soccer-hooligans-rampage-casablanca.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Moroccan soccer hooligans rampaged through Casablanca, mugging pedestrians and smashing up carriages of the city's new tram system, cars and public buses. Nearly 200 people were arrested, the Interior Ministry said Friday. Fans from Rabat's Armed Forces Club paraded through Casablanca before Thursday's match with local club Raja and ... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:25:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/2016114-moroccan-soccer-hooligans-rampage-casablanca.html 2013-04-12T17:25:20Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2010178-mideast-feminists-reject-europe-topless-protests.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Bewilderment, scorn, resentment. Women's rights activists across the Middle East are reacting with everything but joy to topless demonstrations in Europe by a Ukrainian feminist group held in solidarity with a Tunisian woman who posted topless photos of herself protesting religious oppression. They fear the bare breasts may hurt thei... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:17:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2010178-mideast-feminists-reject-europe-topless-protests.html 2013-04-10T11:17:29Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2007686-morocco-actor-amused-satan-obama-comparisons.html CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Mehdi Ouazzani isn't the devil, but he has played one on TV — only he didn't realize that some thought he looked like President Barack Obama while he was at it. A veteran Moroccan actor with decades of film experience, Ouazzani was bemused to wake up one morning and find that his role in The History Channel's popular five-part m... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:47:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2007686-morocco-actor-amused-satan-obama-comparisons.html 2013-04-09T10:47:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1992966-gender-segregation-mandatory-gaza-schools.html GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Starting with the new school year in September, Gaza boys and girls in middle and high school will be breaking the law if they study side by side. Gaza's Islamic militant Hamas rulers argue that the new legislation, mandating gender separation in schools from age nine, enshrines common practice. But women's activists warned Tu... Tue, 02 Apr 2013 19:28:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1992966-gender-segregation-mandatory-gaza-schools.html 2013-04-02T19:28:09Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1987120-moroccos-rebel-rapper-released-prison.html CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — A Moroccan rapper known for his protest songs said Friday after completing a yearlong prison sentence that he will be concentrating on his studies and improving his music and is unsure about further activism. Mouad Belghouat's angry rap songs excoriating the gaps between rich and poor in Morocco provided the soundtrack to the No... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:54:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1987120-moroccos-rebel-rapper-released-prison.html 2013-03-29T19:54:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1974898-morocco-islamists-struggle-with-coalition-rule.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — After just over a year in power, Morocco's Islamist-led government is struggling to fulfill the high hopes brought on by its election in 2011 on promises to fight corruption, provide for the needy and reform the country. Working within a coalition of often reluctant allies, the moderate Islamists of the Justice and Development Party ... Sat, 23 Mar 2013 08:02:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1974898-morocco-islamists-struggle-with-coalition-rule.html 2013-03-23T08:02:11Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1915764-morocco-film-searches-jews-who-left-israel.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Hundreds of members of Islamist and left wing political groups demonstrated outside the Tangiers Film Festival earlier this month against a documentary about Moroccan Jews living in Israel. They claimed that director Kamal Hachkar was promoting "normalization" with the Jewish state. But Hachkar was not expelled from the artists' unio... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:33:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1915764-morocco-film-searches-jews-who-left-israel.html 2013-02-26T11:33:19Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1903408-tunisia-falling-apart-heres-whats-going.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Tunisia now has no prime minister and is facing its worst crisis since it kicked off the Arab Spring. Here's a look at the turmoil rocking this Mediterranean country of 10 million that many still think has the best chance of becoming a true democracy in the Arab world. THE CRISIS Prime Minister ... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:39:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1903408-tunisia-falling-apart-heres-whats-going.html 2013-02-20T16:39:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1897892-24-convicted-killing-moroccan-soldiers.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A Moroccan military court convicted 24 Western Saharan activists on Sunday for their roles in the killing of 11 soldiers at a protest camp in 2010, and gave nine of the defendants life sentences. The long delayed trial revolves around the sensitive issue of Morocco's annexation of the mineral rich Western Sahara region in 1975. In Oc... Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:31:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1897892-24-convicted-killing-moroccan-soldiers.html 2013-02-17T16:31:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1891590-tunisians-head-abroad-to-perform-jihad.html TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The cradle of the Arab Spring is increasingly looking like the birthplace of jihadists. Long before Tunisia ousted its dictator and inspired the North African pro-democracy movement, the small, relatively prosperous country had the more dubious distinction of exporting Islamic militants. Now, as the country wrestles with the creation... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:13:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1891590-tunisians-head-abroad-to-perform-jihad.html 2013-02-14T13:13:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1869146-ap-interview-morocco-islamists-warn-unrest.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco likes to project itself as unique in the Middle East in finding a third way between revolution and repression amid the uprisings of the Arab Spring. The nation's largest opposition Islamist group is challenging that view. In an interview with The Associated Press, Fathallah Arsalane, political leader of Al Adl wal Ihsan, or t... Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1869146-ap-interview-morocco-islamists-warn-unrest.html 2013-02-05T07:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1841120-algeria-militants-played-shrewd-media-game.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — As wildly contradictory accounts trickled out about a terror attack at an Algerian gas plant, one source of information proved to be the most reliable: announcements by the al-Qaida-linked militants themselves. The hostage-takers phoned in regularly with up-to-the-minute reports, offered eerily accurate numbers of hostages taken and ... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1841120-algeria-militants-played-shrewd-media-game.html 2013-01-23T19:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839880-morocco-to-change-law-allowing-rape-marriage.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Nearly a year after Morocco was shocked by the suicide of a 16-year-old girl who was forced to marry her alleged rapist, the government has announced plans to change the penal code to outlaw the traditional practice. Women's rights activists on Tuesday welcomed Justice Minister Mustapha Ramid's announcement, but said it was only a fi... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1839880-morocco-to-change-law-allowing-rape-marriage.html 2013-01-23T13:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1833606-al-qaida-flourishes-sahara-emerges-stronger.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The Islamists are back as a force in Algeria. The terrorist attack on an Algerian natural gas plant that left dozens of hostages and militants dead has demonstrated how a failing Algerian insurgency transformed itself into a regional threat, partly by exploiting the turmoil unleashed by the Arab Spring revolts. Al... Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1833606-al-qaida-flourishes-sahara-emerges-stronger.html 2013-01-20T19:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1801250-family-5-dies-plane-crash-french-alps.html PARIS (AP) — A Moroccan family of five returning home died Saturday when their plane crashed shortly after takeoff from an airport near the French Alps, officials said. The twin-engine plane hit a hill and crashed in a forest in an uninhabited area outside Grenoble, a city that is the gateway to the Alpine resorts in southeastern France. Bruno Charlot, a ... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 14:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1801250-family-5-dies-plane-crash-french-alps.html 2013-01-05T14:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1792786-north-african-nations-take-reform-routes.html RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Two years after an itinerant Tunisian fruit-seller set himself on fire to protest government injustice and ignited uprisings across the Middle East, the three nations of the Maghreb — the former French colonies of North Africa — have taken vastly different paths. Tunisia has seen wholesale political change. In oil-rich Algeria, it's business as usual. S... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 07:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1792786-north-african-nations-take-reform-routes.html 2012-12-31T07:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1777428-final-goodbye-roll-call-who-died-2012.html Neil Armstrong would always be taking that first step onto the moon, and Dick Clark was forever "the world's oldest teenager." Some of the notables who died in 2012 created images in our minds that remained unchanged over decades. Sadly, for others an established image was shattered by a fall from grace. Whitney Houston ruled as a queen of pop music, but ... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1777428-final-goodbye-roll-call-who-died-2012.html 2012-12-19T20:43:00Z