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Skyfall Official Trailer

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International Symposium on artistic production in North Africa and the Middle East

Dar al-Ma'mun, International Centre for residencies for artists and literary translators in Marrakesh is organising an international symposium (conference, symposium, workshop, projection) on the...

Morocco child workers frequently abused: HRW

Moroccan children as young as eight, recruited as domestic workers, are frequently beaten, verbally abused and sometimes refused adequate food by their employers, Human Rights Watch said on...

Can the jihadists be stopped? The Economist

Hectic diplomacy and preparations for a UN-backed war against a branch of al-Qaeda in the Sahara desert are both proceeding a pace says The Economist....

How Austerity Plans Failed the European Union

The austerity programmes being rolled out in virtually every member state of the European Union (EU) – particularly in Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy – have failed to reach their stated objective...

EU group debates training force for Mali

Foreign and defence ministers from five EU states met in Paris on Thursday to discuss a proposed training force for the war-torn African state of Mali.The five states - Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland...

Tunisian held over US embassy attack dies in hunger strike

Béchir El Golli, 23, held over the attack of the US Embassy in Tunis, died on thursday of a heart failure after 57 days of hunger strike over prison conditions, his lawyer Adelbasset Ben Mbarek...

Egypt PM Hisham Qandil decries Gaza disaster as Hamas missile fired at Jerusalem.

Hisham Qandil, who visited a hospital and talked to Palestinian politicians during his three-hour visit, said Israeli "aggression" must stop.Israel struck at more than 130 targets overnight and...

War Clouds Over Gaza Again

As Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip enters its second day, Palestinians fear that this is only the beginning of another widespread Israeli offensive into the besieged Palestinian territory that...

Nine dead in a helicopter crash in southern Morocco

Nine people died Wednesday in the crash of a military helicopter which also caused two serious injuries in the region of Guelmim (southwest of Morocco), hospital sources told AFP....

Challenge of high unemployment facing Arab Spring economies -IMF

International Monetary Fund (IMF) First Deputy Managing Director, David Lipton, said that his visit to Tunisia was an opportunity to exchange views with Tunisian participants during a conference on...

Réunion à Marrakech des directeurs de l’AC 135 de l’OTAN

Marrakech : Les travaux de la 102e réunion des directeurs des bureaux nationaux de codification «AC 135» de l’Organisation du Traité Atlantique Nord (OTAN) ont démarré, mardi à Marrakech, avec la...

Attijariwafa Bank and Invest AD launch asset management fund in Africa

Moroccan Attijariwafa Bank and Abu Dhabi Invest AD sovereign wealth fund are bound by a cooperation and investment agreement in the financial market in Africa....

Seminar on “Enhancing Employability of Higher Education Graduates.

The British Council and the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Training of Officers are organising, in collaboration with the Abdelmalek Essaadi University of Tetouan, a seminar...

Salafists Face-to-Face With Police and Ennahda on the Fence

“It was an emotional reaction by one of the brothers,” said Ahmad, a follower of Jihadist Salafism in Tunisia, about the statements made by the Imam of al-Noor Mosque in the town of Douar Hicher in...

Radical Clerics Seek to Legalise Child Brides

An ultraconservative Salafi cleric recently sparked outrage among Egypt’s liberal circles when he attempted to justify his opposition to a proposed constitutional article that would outlaw the...

Israel Ranked World’s Most Militarised Nation

Israel tops the list of the world’s most militarised nations, according to the latest Global Militarisation Index released Tuesday by the Bonn International Centre for Conversion (BICC)....

Morocco's Budget Buoys Fitch Rating

Morocco’s Finance Minister Nizar Baraka welcomed the decision by Fitch to maintain Morocco’s sovereign debt rating, at BBB with a stable outlook, insisting that this is primarily due to the fiscal...

Major tourism projects under way in Algiers to be ready in late 2013 or early 2014

Minister of Tourism and Craft Industry Mohamed Benmeradi said on Tuesday that the major tourist projects under way in Algiers, and which are expected to create more than 8,000 jobs and ensure over...

Le Club Rotary Marrakech Espoir organise ‘Clair et Net’

Marrakech : ‘Clair et Net’ est une action caritative consistant en la distribution de pairs de lunettes au profit des personnes âgées nécessiteux. Le Club Rotary Marrakech Espoir a annoncé organiser...