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High School Students Shout ‘Trump, Trump’ to Latino Team
By Jonathan Walsh Rabat - High school students in Indiana and Iowa in the United States have been accused of racism after their fans hurled abuse at their Latino opponents. The two separate incidents...
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ISIS Executes, Imprisons 75 Moroccan, Dutch Defectors
Rabat - A group of approximately 75 fighters of Dutch and Moroccan origin was punished by the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) for being defectors, according to Akhbar Al Yaoum. The newspaper’s...
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Moroccan Telecom Providers Lift Ban on Skype, FaceTime, WhatsApp on Wifi
Rabat - Moroccan Telecom providers have lifted on Wednesday their ban on calls made through VoIP services with WiFi connection, after the service was blocked last week. Mobile calls through the free...
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INWI Withdraws from Maroc Web Awards After ANRT Banned Skype, FaceTime
Rabat - INWI, Morocco’s third telecom provider has decided on Wednesday to withdraw as sponsor of Maroc Web Awards. The decision comes amid the uproar caused after Morocco’s telecom providers decided...
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Cristiano Ronaldo ‘to Build Hotel for International Celebrities in Marrakech’
Rabat - Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo is said to be planning to build the first first-class African hotel for international celebrities in Marrakech. Amid speculation about Ronaldo’s...
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60% of Southern Republicans Support Donald Trump’s Ban on Muslims
By Jonathan Walsh Rabat - Sixty percent of Republican voters in five ‘Super Tuesday’ states in the US south support Donald Trump’s controversial policy to ban all Muslims from entering the United...
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Danish Princess Refuses to Wear Headscarf During Visit to Saudi Arabia
By Jonathan Walsh Rabat - Princess Mary of Denmark has refused to wear a headscarf during an official visit to Saudi Arabia this week, despite it being mandatory for all women in the country. The...
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Parliamentary Democracy, Driving Force of Moroccan-British Relations: Ambassador
London - Parliamentary democracy has become the driving force of Moroccan-British relations, Morocco's Ambassador to the United Kingdom Lalla Joumala said. Speaking at a reception, held Tuesday night...
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5.4-magnitude Earthquake Strikes off Morocco’s Mediterranean Coast
Rabat - A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck Thursday off the coast of the cities of Nador and Al Hoceima and Nador, the National Geophysics Institute (CNRST) said, according to Maghreb Arab Press....
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British-Moroccan 4-year-old Asks King Mohammed VI to Lift Ban on VoIP Services
Rabat - A picture depicting a British-Moroccan girl named Layla is making its rounds on social media. In the image, she asks King Mohammed VI to lift Morocco’s ban on Skype so that she can talk to her...
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Forbes: Net Worth of Saudi Owner of Morocco’s Oil Refinery SAMIR is $8.4 billion
Rabat - Saudi businessman Mohammed Al Amoudi, the majority stakeholder in the debt-ridden Moroccan oil company Société Anonyme Marocaine de l'Industrie du Raffinage (SAMIR), has a net worth of $8.4...
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Egyptian Student Faces US Deportation Over Facebook Post Against Donald Trump
Jonathan Walsh Rabat - A student from Egypt is facing deportation from the United States over posts he made on Facebook about Republican frontrunner Donald Trump. Elmadeldin Esayed, a 23 year-old...
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Mustafa Salma Ould Sidi Moloud’s Son Writes a Poignant Letter to Ban Ki Moon
Fez- Doomed to a plight that lasted longer than he and his family could bear, Mustafa Salma Ould Sidi Moloud continues his forced exile in Mauritania while his family is stuck in the Sahraoui Camps in...
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Morocco’s Richest Businessman Wants to Build Africa’s Tallest Tower in Rabat
Rabat - Morocco’s richest businessman, Othman Benjelloune, is said to be planning to build the highest tower in Africa in the heart of Rabat. French-speaking magazine Economie & Entreprises...
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Israel Hosts Morocco’s Second Largest Community Abroad: Official Report
Rabat - In an unprecedented move, the Moroccan government has included Israel on its list of foreign countries that host the largest Moroccan communities abroad. A new report released by the Ministry...
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Children in the Diaspora Urge King Mohammed VI to Lift Skype, WhatsApp,...
Rabat - More Moroccan children in the diaspora, unable to talk to their loved ones in Morocco, are sending King Mohammed VI a message: lift the ban on VoIP-enabled services put in place by the...
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Moroccan Scientist Rachid Yazami Nominated for Prestigious Engineering Award
Rabat - Moroccan scientists Rachid Yazami was chosen to be among the three semifinalists for the 15th edition of the prestigious Marius Lavet engineering award for his innovations in lithium...
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HRW Urges Ban Ki-moon to Intervene to Free Sahrawi Women Held in Tindouf Camps
Rabat - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called upon UN’s chief Ban Ki-moon to intervene in order to free the three Sahrawi women held against their will in Tindouf camps, during his upcoming visit to the...
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Russian Tourists Spent Over MAD 28 Million in Morocco in 2015
Rabat - Spending of Russian tourists in Morocco has hit just over MAD 28 million last year, according to the latest data disclosed by the Moroccan Observatory of Tourism. A report by the observatory...
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Morocco Blocks VoIP Services to Shore Up Telecom Companies: Oxford Business...
Rabat - In a push to stimulate an increase in voice revenues for local operators, in early January Morocco moved to limit access to select Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services such as Viber,...
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