Recovery and Discovery Mark Potash Markets
By James Wellstead — Exclusive to Potash Investing News Following months of sluggish potash and phosphate fertilizer prices, signs of a renewal in US potash demand means potash prices may soon recover. After continued European and US macroeconomic uncertainty saw crop...
European Cities and Regions of the Future 2012/13
Rachel Craig In a more competitive climate than ever, with total foreign direct investment in Europe falling by more than 7% in 2011, London has maintained its title as fDi Magazine’s European City of the Future 2012/13. The Greater Stockholm region has overtaken the...
Suspect in Capitol Bomb Sting Waives Court Hearing
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press A Virginia man charged with plotting a suicide bombing inside the U.S. Capitol as part of an FBI sting will remain in jail while he awaits trial after he waived his right to a detention hearing Wednesday. Amine El Khalifi, 29, of...
Stop TGV Campaign Challenges
This graphic shows other ways to spend the $2.4 billion planned for what critics call Morocco’s luxury high speed rail project A group of Moroccan Non-Government Organizations have launched the Stop TGV campaign in protest of Morocco’s $2.4 billion high speed rail...
THE MOROCCAN “PAPER TERRORIST”
Source: THE MOROCCAN “PAPER TERRORIST” AHMED TAIBI Amine El Khalifi as the Moroccan community in D.C. knows him. (Photo: glittarazzi ) Washington / Morocco Board News-- When the news that a Moroccan was arrested in Washington, D.C. on charges of terrorism, a friend...
US turning to emerging economies in foreign investment push
Michal Kaczmarski As the US economy continues to splutter along, representatives from its states and counties are looking beyond national boundaries for would-be investors, with emerging markets proving to be an increasingly popular port of call. The US Federal...
Morocco responds to cold snap distress
The Moroccan government is promising to look into the needs of isolated communities hard hit by an unusually severe winter. By Siham Ali for Magharebia in Rabat – 22/02/12 [AFP/NASA Earth Observatory] Residents of Morocco's remote Atlas Mountains (pictured) could...
EU Parliament Approves Morocco Ag Trade Deal
An EU-Morocco trade deal that will significantly extend duty-free sales of agricultural and fisheries products between the two sides was approved by European lawmakers on Thursday 16 February, amid concerns that the pact could threaten the livelihoods of small-scale...
Western Sahara and the Prospects for Security
by ATFWS Editorial Team H. Saad Boutayeb is a Junior studying for a joint degree in International Relations with The University of London and The London School of Economics via distance education. A Moroccan native, Saad lived in Paris for several years where he...
Behind the Google Goggles, Virtual Reality
By NICK BILTON SAN FRANCISCO — It wasn’t so long ago that legions of people began walking the streets, talking to themselves. On closer inspection, many of them turned out to be wearing tiny earpieces that connected wirelessly to their smartphones. What’s next?...