Morocco invests $1.2m in training for the meat industry
GLOBAL MEAT By Melodie Michel, 28-Mar-2012 The Moroccan employment and training ministry has teamed up with the country’s top processor Koutoubia Holding to train 3,000 young people to work in the meat slaughtering and processing industry by 2016. The project, costing...
Swiss solar plane will try 48-hour flight to Morocco
The Swiss sun-powered aircraft Solar Impulse will attempt to fly from Switzerland to Morocco in coming weeks, in its longest flight to date, organisers said on Wednesday. "After its inaugural flight to Paris and Brussels in 2011, Bertrand Piccard and Andre...
Mandarin Oriental to open luxury resort in Marrakech
ITCM Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group have announced that it has signed a long-term agreement to manage a luxury resort currently under development in Marrakech, Morocco. Mandarin Oriental, Marrakech, which is scheduled to open in 2014, will be an intimate and exclusive...
Malta Mediterranean folk music festival
The Independent - Malta Article published on 28 March 2012 On 8, 9 and 10 June, The Malta Council for Culture and the Arts is presenting a concert series of Mediterranean folk roots at the Argotti Gardens in Floriana. Maltese għana (folk singing), as well as music...
Islamist to lead key Egypt panel
AFP More photos » 28/03 16h23by Jailan Zayan - CAIRO (AFP) Members of a disputed panel drafting Egypt's new constitution elected an Islamist as its head on Wednesday, intensifying a stand-off with secularists over the country's post-revolution charter. Saad...
Thousands rally for Mali junta, against intervention
* Several thousand supporters of coup protest in Bamako * Mali junta bans self from planned vote * ECOWAS bloc threatens military force to reverse coup * Ivorian leader says Mali's Toure is safe (Recasts with pro-junta rally) By David Lewis BAMAKO, March 28 (Reuters)...
Hike in online bookings offers hope for Thomas Cook
By Matt Scuffham LONDON (Reuters) - Thomas Cook said its performance in Britain had improved as a new advertising campaign and improvements to its website boosted sales, offering some respite for the world's oldest travel company which issued three profit warnings...
Fragmented Syria opposition emboldens Assad
* Opposition quarrelling ahead of vital talks * Assad profiting from opposition disunity * Dissidents criticise Muslim Brotherhood role By Samia Nakhoul LONDON, March 28 (Reuters) - Far from the bloodied streets of Syria and the dungeons of Bashar al-Assad, the...
Clothing options added for women’s beach volleyball
LONDON (Reuters) - Female beach volleyball players have been given the option of wearing long-sleeved tops and shorts instead of bikinis at the London Olympics. "Some countries for religious and cultural reasons required more flexibility," International Volleyball...
Morocco central bank cuts interest rate to aid growth
Business Recorder (blog) RABAT: Morocco's central bank on Tuesday cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points, making its first rate move in three years after a sharp drop in agricultural output and the crisis in the euro zone hit economic growth. Central Bank...