News: Morocco

We have started to collect the most important news related to Morocco in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Morocco – overview

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• April 17th 2013 – August 15th 2012
• August 9th 2012 – February 9th 2012
• February 5th 2012 – November 26th 2011
• November 26th 2011 – July 4th 2011
• July 4th 2011 – April 28th 2011
• April 28th 2011 – November 12th 2010
• November 11th 2010 – February 3rd 2010
• January 19th 2010 – June 12th 2009
• May 24th 2009 – October 27th 2008
• October 24th 2008 – June 11th 2008
• May 23rd 2008 – November 7th 2007
• November 6th 2007 – April 6th 2007
• March 22nd 2007 – November 16th 2006
• November 6th 2006 – February 16th 2006
• February 7th 2006 – December 16th 2005

Morocco: news

US and Morocco in W Sahara spat

Wednesday, April 17th 2013, 16:36
related countries: United States, Western Sahara

The US is redeploying forces that were due to take part in joint military exercises in Morocco amid a disagreement over Western Sahara.
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U-17s players fail age-test scans

Monday, April 15th 2013, 13:37

Nine players have been kicked out of the African Under-17 Championship in Morocco after wrist scans showed them to be over the age limit.
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VIDEO: 'We slept in the sewers with rats'

Wednesday, February 20th 2013, 0:05
related countries: Greece

Newsnight's Paul Mason reports on one man, 26-year-old Mohamed Lamhoud from Morocco, who has spent more than a year on the road trying to claim asylum in Greece.
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Morocco plan to change rape law

Wednesday, January 23rd 2013, 16:18

Women's rights activists in Morocco have welcomed plans to change a law allowing rapists of minors to avoid prosecution by marrying their victims.
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Berlusconi trial request rejected

Monday, January 14th 2013, 17:44
related countries: Italy

An Italian court denies ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi's request to postpone his trial on sex and abuse of power charges until after elections.
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'Black Beauty' new meteorite type

Thursday, January 3rd 2013, 19:06

A 2.1-billion year-old lump of rock that fell to Earth in Morocco is a new type of Martian meteorite, say scientists.
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Morocco 'dismantles terror cell'

Thursday, November 1st 2012, 22:26

Morocco says it has dismantled a terrorist cell planning to set up a training camp in the northern Rif mountains.
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Casablanca bombing suspect held

Tuesday, October 30th 2012, 22:23
related countries: France, Germany
related places: Casablanca

German police arrest a French-Moroccan man in connection with the deadly suicide bombings that hit Casablanca in March 2003.
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'Migrants' die off Morocco coast

Thursday, October 25th 2012, 21:09

At least 14 people have drowned and another 17 are rescued after a boat believed to be carrying African migrants starts sinking off Morocco.
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Morocco 'blocks' abortion ship

Thursday, October 4th 2012, 14:15
related countries: Netherlands

A Dutch ship offering abortions is blocked from entering the Moroccan port of Smir by the authorities, the campaign group which owns it says.
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VIDEO: Iraq's female weightlifting hopefuls

Thursday, September 27th 2012, 17:55
related countries: Iraq
related places: Rabat

Iraq's first ever female national weightlifting team is training for the upcoming Arab weightlifting championships in the Moroccan capital Rabat
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Deadly bus crash in south Morocco

Tuesday, September 4th 2012, 16:42

At least 42 people have been killed and more than 20 injured after a bus plunged into a ravine in southern Morocco, officials say.
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Migrants forced off Spanish islet

Tuesday, September 4th 2012, 14:56
related countries: Spain

At least 80 African migrants are evicted from a Spanish islet off Morocco in an effort to stop mafia-led human trafficking to Europe, police say.
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VIDEO: Spain scorched by widespead wildfires

Wednesday, August 15th 2012, 5:39

Firefighters on the Canary Islands are hoping that a drop in temperature might give them a chance of containing raging wildfires, as Morocco sends firefighting planes to help.
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April 17th 2013 – August 15th 2012August 9th 2012 – February 9th 2012February 5th 2012 – November 26th 2011November 26th 2011 – July 4th 2011July 4th 2011 – April 28th 2011April 28th 2011 – November 12th 2010November 11th 2010 – February 3rd 2010January 19th 2010 – June 12th 2009May 24th 2009 – October 27th 2008October 24th 2008 – June 11th 2008May 23rd 2008 – November 7th 2007November 6th 2007 – April 6th 2007March 22nd 2007 – November 16th 2006November 6th 2006 – February 16th 2006February 7th 2006 – December 16th 2005