Spain: Moroccan tomatoes cause drop on Canary Islands tomato
Fresh Plaza Fedex has criticized Morocco for the drop in prices in the Canary Islands tomato. In that sense, he explained that "the good track" of the harvest, that had "quite good" prices since February, quoting 7 Euro per 6 kilos, didn't last long for tomato...
MEFranchising(R) Helps Boardwalk Fresh Burgers & Fries Secure Master Franchise Agreement in Riyadh
One of USA's Fastest Growing Burger Chains Is Set to Open in Riyadh LONDON, Mar 26, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- MEFranchising, a leading franchise consultant with operations in London, Kuwait, Riyadh and Morocco, today announced that Boardwalk Fresh Burgers &...
JOINT STATEMENT BY THE UNITED STATES, CHILE, POLAND, NIGERIA, MOROCCO, THAILAND, AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA ON THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT OUTREACH EFFORTS
The White House. President Barack Obama The White House Office of the Press Secretary In order to promote the goals of the 2010 Nuclear Security Communique to secure nuclear material and prevent nuclear terrorism, and specifically its call to strengthen global...
Africa: New European-African Wind Engineering Initiative Launched
SciDev.Net (London) BY LAILA AMZIR, 26 MARCH 2012 Marrakech, Morocco — Renewable energy scientists from Africa and Europe have agreed to set up an initiative to promote collaboration and joint research on wind energy. Supported by the International Association for...
Morocco Launches Building World’s Largest Phosphate Washing Plant
PolicyMic Yassine Imrani | 26 March 2012 Morocco's King Mohammed VI has laid the foundation to build a phosphate washing plant in the country worth around $405 million. The project ,which aims to increase productivity at the local Khouribga mine, will create hundreds...
Morocco: director Benjelloun, guard against extremism
Moroccan director Hassan Benjelloun (ANSAmed) - TETOUAN (MOROCCO) - "Religious extremism?In Morocco we are too tied to our traditions to be truly threatened.But we must be vigilant, with culture, and also film."These are the words of one of Morocco's most celebrated...
Controversy in Morocco over Israeli participation in belly dance festival
Al Arabiya The Mediterranean Delight Festival has been criticized for allowing Israeli belly dancers to attend. (File photo) By MANAL WAHBI RABAT The third annual International Belly Dance Festival in Marrakech, has stirred controversy in Morocco after it was...
Reichle & De-Massari plans Middle East push
ITP.net Swiss cabling specialist will attend Cisco Expo 2012 in Morocco Jean Pierre Labry, executive vice president of R&M Middle East and Africa said that R&M is extremely excited to be a part of the Cisco Expo in Morocco. Published Monday, 26 March 2012 By...
STATISTICS & DATES: Arab Summits
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Since it was first established on March 22, 1945, the Cairo-based Arab League has seen Arab leaders convening 36 summits – 22 regular meetings and 14 extraordinary ones dictated by developments.Aswat al-Iraq news agency is giving some...
Laila Elwi takes blame off Lebanese and Syrian actresses
Al Bawaba Laila Elwi Enlarge Image Prominent Egyptian actress Laila Elwi revealed that the reason behind her taking part in only one project a year is due to the lack of good scripts. Laila stated that many of the offers she receives to star in are not tempting enough...