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'Emerging Markets' nominates Nizar Baraka Finance Minister of the Year 2013 for Middle East and North Africa

Washington - "Emerging Markets", a reference magazine of the WB and the IMF, awarded to former economy and finance minister Nizar Baraka, the prize of Finance Minister of the Year 2013 for Middle...

Senegal: Moroccan autonomy plan decisive to settle Sahara issue

New York (UN) - Senegal said, Friday in NY before the UN 4th committee, that the Moroccan autonomy initiative for the Sahara is a balanced solution of compromise that will contribute decisively in...

Program contract of 3,4 bln dirhams for the promotion of tourism in Laayoune-Boujdour-Saguia El Hamra

Laayoune - A regional program contract for the promotion of tourism in the region of Laayoune-Boujdour-Saguia El Hamra through the implementation of 21 projects with an overall cost of 3.41 billion...

Laayoune : 411 millions de dollars d’investissements touristiques

Lemag : 21 projets touristiques, d’un investissement consolidé de 4.3 milliards de DH (411 millions de dollars) ont été signé pour la région de Laayoune Boujdour Sakia El Hamra. Cette vaste région...

Venezuelan beauty contest bridges political divide

Caracas, Venezuela - Venezuelans have trouble agreeing on anything these days, whether it's who really won the election to replace Hugo Chavez or who to blame for this South American nation's...

Lebanese filmmaker says risked jail to film in Israel

Lebanese-US director Ziad Doueiri said Friday he was willing to face jail to film his award-winning movie "The Attack" in Israel, flouting Lebanon's laws against entering the neighbouring Jewish...

Wadih al-Safi, giant of Lebanese music, dead at 92

Wadih al-Safi, a Lebanese music legend renowned throughout the Arab world for his singing talent, has died at the age of 92, the official National News Agency reported....

Dozens dead in new Mediterranean migrant tragedy

More than 140 survivors, plucked from the sea after their overloaded boat sank in the latest deadly migrant tragedy to hit the Mediterranean, arrived in Malta on Saturday....

Libya PM says his abduction was attempted 'coup'

Tripoli, Libya - Libya's Western-backed prime minister on Friday said his brief abduction by gunmen this week was an attempted coup by his Islamist political rivals, using militias which he warned...

Interception off Oued Lau of cormorant having onboard drug traffickers

Tetouan - The coast guards intercepted Thursday off the Mediterranean coast of Oued Lau (Tetouan region), after a long chase and the use of their weapons, a cormorant having on board five drug...

German KfW grants loan of 271 million US dollars to OCP

Casablanca - The OCP group and KfW, a German development bank, signed, on Friday in Casablanca, a loan agreement of 271 million U.S. dollars....

Thousand colors' Morocco, an exceptional happening in Paris

Paris - "Thousand colors' Morocco" is an exceptional happening hosted by the Paris Institute of the Arab World (IMA) from September 23 through January 11. The event, fruit of the will of HM King...

Your guide to the 2013 Nobel Prizes

Stockholm - Here's a look at the achievements being honored by this year's Nobel Prizes, the $1.2 million awards handed out since 1901 by committees in Stockholm and Oslo:...

Lawyer of Rachidi family denounces before UN 4th committee polisario's base manipulations

New York - Pierre Legros, lawyer of the Rachidi family, denounced, on Thursday before the UN 4th committee in New York, the base manipulations by the polisario which did not hesitate to use a...

Lawyer of Rachidi family denounces before UN 4th committee polisario's base manipulations

New York - Pierre Legros, lawyer of the Rachidi family, denounced, on Thursday before the UN 4th committee in New York, the base manipulations by the polisario which did not hesitate to use a...

Miss Universe apologises to India over Taj photoshoot

Organisers of Miss Universe extended their "deepest apologies" to India over a photo shoot at the Taj Mahal that triggered a police case and accusations that she disrespected the famed monument to...

Online video use surges: US survey

Americans are using the Internet more for video, both to post their own snippets and to view videos of others, a survey showed Thursday. The...

Morocco gets new Islamist govt after 3-month drift

After months of negotiations, Morocco's ruling Islamist party on Thursday formed a new government, ending a crisis triggered by the defection of a key ally but faced with pressing economic problems....

'Grandmaster' leads Golden Horse film nominees

Taipei, Taiwan - Wong Kar-wai's martial-arts epic "The Grandmaster" received a leading 11 nominations for Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, including best picture. Other contenders include Jia...

Sahara: Erik Jensen souligne l'importance accordée par le CS de l'ONU au plan marocain d'autonomie

New York (Nations Unies) - L'ancien représentant spécial du Secrétaire général de l'ONU, Erik Jensen, a souligné, mercredi à New York, l'importance accordée par le Conseil de Sécurité des Nations...