42 killed, 24 injured in central Morocco bus accident
September 5th, 2012 - 8:48 pm ICT by BNO News
MARRAKECH, MOROCCO (BNO NEWS) -- More than 40 people were killed Tuesday when an overloaded passenger bus went off a road in central Morocco and plunged into a deep ravine, making it ... Read more...
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Morocco launches institution for social protection
August 13th, 2011 - 12:13 am ICT by IANS
Rabat, Aug 12 (IANS/WAM) Morocco has launched an institution at a whopping cost of $12 million that will provide vulnerable people adequate accommodation, training and education.
King Mohammed VI inaugurated ... Read more...
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Thousands march in Moroccan cities
February 21st, 2011 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
Rabat, Feb 20 (IANS) Thousands of people marched in Moroccan cities Sunday demanding King Mohammed VI give up some of his powers. In Moroccan capital Rabat, police allowed protesters, raising slogans ... Read more...
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24 killed in Morocco bus accident
December 1st, 2010 - 12:54 am ICT by IANS
Rabat, Nov 30 (IANS) At least 24 people were killed in Morocco Tuesday when the bus in which they were travelling swerved off the road and plunged into a ravine amid heavy ... Read more...
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Morocco to close 1,250 mosques
August 11th, 2010 - 11:03 am ICT by IANS
Rabat (Morocco), Aug 11 (IANS) The Moroccan government will close 1,256 mosques found to be "unsafe" to avoid the repeat of a minaret collapse that killed 41 people in February this year.
Mohammed ... Read more...
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At least 36 killed in mosque collapse in Morocco (Lead)
February 20th, 2010 - 7:22 am ICT by IANS
Rabat (Morocco), Feb 20 (DPA) A minaret on a Moroccan mosque collapsed Friday, killing at least 36 worshippers and injuring 70 in the city of Meknes, the official MAP news agency reported.
Authorities ... Read more...
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At least 10 die in Morocco minaret collapse
February 20th, 2010 - 3:22 am ICT by BNO News
MEKNES, MOROCCO (BNO NEWS) -- At least 11 people were killed and dozens more were injured when a 400-year-old minaret collapsed in Meknes, Morocco on Friday, according to the Agence Maghreb Arabe ... Read more...
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At least 55 killed in factory fire in Morocco
April 27th, 2008 - 3:04 am ICT by admin
DPA
Casablanca, April 27 (DPA) At least 55 people were killed and 12 seriously injured when a fire broke out Saturday in a mattress manufacturing factory in an industrial estate here. The cause ... Read more...
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More than 100 Islamists go on trial in Morocco
March 13th, 2008 - 9:47 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Rabat, March 13 (DPA) More than 100 members of a large Moroccan Islamist movement went on trial Thursday in the northern city of Nador, a spokesman for the movement said. The court ... Read more...
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