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Advanced Status 'ambitious road map' to boost EU-Moroccan relations, ABCC

The Advanced Status granted to Morocco by the European Union (EU) represents an "ambitious road map" to reinforce partnership relations between the two parties, said the Arab-British Chamber of Commerce (ABCC).
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King seeks compromise solution to Sahara issue, former US ambassador

King Mohammed VI of Morocco is seeking a solution to the Sahara dispute based on common ground rather than conflict, former assistant secretary of state for Near East and South Asia affairs, Frederick Vreeland, underlined on Sunday....
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King calls upon Int'l community to pressure Israel to stop construction schemes near Al Aqsa Mosque

King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, on Sunday, called upon the international community to intercede to bring the Israeli Government to give up its construction schemes near Al Aqsa Mosque and "to renounce any measure which does not serve peace in the region of the Middle East."...
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Morocco signs Protocol on Preferential Tariff Scheme among OIC member states

Foreign Trade minister, Abdellatif Maazouzi, signed, here Friday, the Protocol on the preferential Tariffs Scheme for TPS-OIC (PRETAS) and the agreement on rules of origin of the protocol instituting a system of trade preferences among Member States of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)....
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over 9k people suffer from kidney failure in Morocco, Minister

Some 9114 people suffer from kidney failure in Morocco, out of whom 6114 patients are receiving medical care at 160 centers, said on Wednesday, Health Minister, Yasmina Baddou....
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Morocco set to improve foreign investment, Foreign trade minister

In a bid to promote foreign investments, Morocco adopted a series of measures and legal provisions to simplify procedures and secure appropriate conditions for projects launching and completion, said, here Thursday, the Foreign trade minister, Abdellatif Maazouz....
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Judaeo-Moroccan component on the beam

The Judaeo-Moroccan dimension was at the heart of a symposium on "contemporary Moroccan Judaism and Morocco of the future"....
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Morocco's autonomy plan 'most substantial initiative for some time now', Welch says

The United States consider that the autonomy plan for the Sahara, presented by Morocco, has been "the most substantial initiative for some time now" to solve the Sahara conflict, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs said here Thursday....
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Morocco, France seal 'declaration of intent' on video-surveillance and crime stats

Morocco and France inked, here Thursday, a "declaration of intent" to boost cooperation in the fields of video-surveillance and crime statistics....
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Spanish mea culpa over use of chemical weapons in Northern Morocco is 'necessary', Spanish historian

Spanish historian Maria Rosa de Madariaga deemed it "necessary" that Spain recognizes that the Spanish army used chemical weapons against civilians in the Moroccan northern region of the Rif in the beginning of the 20th century....
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