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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• 'Bombers' die in Casablanca raid – Belgian jailbreak convicts caught
• Cars burnt after Dutch death – Egypt 0-0 Morocco
• Eighteen held over Morocco blast – France urges action for migrants
• Germany releases terror suspect – Kuwait emir to tackle cabinet row
• Language masters – Moroccan bomb plotter jailed
• Moroccan bomber targets tourists – Morocco poll win for nationalists
• Morocco 'blocks' YouTube – Morocco demands activist apology
• Morocco denies drowning migrants – Morocco poll - choice or façade?
• Morocco reporters defend article – Satanic verses?
• Shattered dream – The story-tellers of Marrakesh
• Threats for breaking Morocco fast – YSL's ashes scattered in Morocco

Morocco: news

'Bombers' die in Casablanca raid

Wednesday, April 11th 2007, 0:08
related places: Casablanca

Five people die as police hunt a cell of suspected suicide bombers in the Moroccan city of Casablanca.
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Action against Moroccan preacher

Friday, September 26th 2008, 23:22

Morocco shuts down an association belonging to a religious leader who said girls as young as nine years old could marry.
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Africa border opens for Gaza aid

Saturday, February 21st 2009, 20:21
related countries: Algeria, Gaza Strip

Morocco and Algeria open a long-closed border to allow an aid convoy bound for the Gaza Strip to pass through.
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African migrants dumped in Sahara

Tuesday, August 29th 2006, 8:47
related countries: Mali

A Malian man dies as 50 would-be migrants are dumped by the Moroccan authorities in the Sahara.
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Al-Qaeda suspect held in Germany

Saturday, July 8th 2006, 15:27
related countries: Germany

A German citizen accused of ties to a suspected 9/11 plotter and to Iraq suicide attacks is held.
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Anger at German Koran ruling

Thursday, March 22nd 2007, 17:02
related countries: Germany

German politicians and Muslim groups condemn a German judge who refused a Moroccan woman divorce, citing the Koran.
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Arrest over Spanish king's visit

Tuesday, November 6th 2007, 13:48
related countries: Spain
related places: Melilla

A Moroccan senator protesting about the Spanish king's visit to the enclave of Melilla is briefly held by police.
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Arrests over Morocco factory fire

Sunday, April 27th 2008, 20:58

Moroccan police arrest both the owner and the manager of a factory destroyed in a fire that killed at least 55.
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Athletics: El Guerrouj to retire

Monday, May 22nd 2006, 19:05

Morocco's double Olympian Hicham El Guerrouj announces his retirement.
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Belgian jailbreak convicts caught

Sunday, August 9th 2009, 20:09
related countries: Belgium

The last of three men who escaped from a Belgian jail on a hijacked helicopter is recaptured in Morocco, reports say.
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'Bombers' die in Casablanca raid – Belgian jailbreak convicts caughtCars burnt after Dutch death – Egypt 0-0 MoroccoEighteen held over Morocco blast – France urges action for migrantsGermany releases terror suspect – Kuwait emir to tackle cabinet rowLanguage masters – Moroccan bomb plotter jailedMoroccan bomber targets tourists – Morocco poll win for nationalistsMorocco 'blocks' YouTube – Morocco demands activist apologyMorocco denies drowning migrants – Morocco poll - choice or façade?Morocco reporters defend article – Satanic verses?Shattered dream – The story-tellers of MarrakeshThreats for breaking Morocco fast – YSL's ashes scattered in Morocco