Globe-Trekking Couple Sets Sail With Princess Cruises on a Mission to Reach 50 Countries on Six Continents in 424 Days
SANTA CLARITA, Calif., Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For the next 14 months the globetrotting team of Darren and Sandy Van Soye will be trekking the planet on a global adventure to raise awareness about world geography and make the subject more accessible to children...
Memory meets imagination in Mourad Lahlou’s ‘New Moroccan’
FOOD & RESTAURANTS By Bob Townsend For the AJC Though Mourad Lahlou was born in Casablanca and grew up in Marrakesh, the acclaimed chef of Aziza in San Francisco taught himself how to cook Moroccan food in America. While studying economics at San Francisco State...
Insight: Arabs open way for arming Syrians, civil war feared
By Edmund Blair and Ayman Samir | Reuters CAIRO (Reuters) - After a bruising meeting in a five-star Cairo hotel, Arab foreign ministers led by Gulf states hinted to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that unless he halts his violent crackdown, some Arab League members...
15 couples marry in Valentine’s group wedding in Kissimmee
Myriam Mueller and Daniel Simoes say "I do" on the steps of the historic courthouse in Kissimmee on February 14, 2012, during a mass wedding ceremony to celebrate Valentine's Day. (Jacob Langston/Orlando Sentinel) (Jacob Langston, Orlando Sentinel /February 14, 2012...
Night in Morocco
Chicago Sun Times (from left) Candi Carter, Gupreet Singh of Clarendon Hills, Aspire Vice President for Advancement Erik Johnson and Amrit Singh of Clarendon Hills at the 2011 Aspire gala. | Photo courtesy of New Vintage. The folks at Aspire are already tapping their...
EU to begin talks with Morocco on fisheries partnership
BRUSSELS, Feb 14 (KUNA) -- The EU Council of Ministers Tuesday adopted a decision to open negotiations for a new protocol to the fisheries partnership agreement (FPA) between the EU and Morocco. Sweden voted against the decision while Finland, the United Kingdom and...
EU wheat futures rise, eyes on exports, US market
(Adds Benelux, updates prices) AMSTERDAM, Feb 14 (Reuters) - European wheat prices were mixed in afternoon trade on Tuesday, with the front month buoyed by the close of options on the contract on Wednesday and other contracts little changed to slightly lower as a fall...
EU and illegal deals in Morocco
Pravda.ru Western Sahara Resource Watch and Emmaus Stockholm The report 'Conflict Tomatoes' (attached) reveals massive growth in the Moroccan agriculture industry in occupied Western Sahara and its trade to the EU. The report will be published on 14 February 2012....
Spanish farmers chuck tomatoes to fight EU-Morroco deal
AFP (MADRID) - About 100 Spanish farmers threw 200 kilogrammes of tomatoes at the European Parliament offices in Madrid Tuesday to fight against an EU-Morocco agricultural trade deal. Demonstrators called on the parliament to vote Thursday to reject the agreement,...
MEPs back Morocco¹s participation in Union programmes
EUROPOLITICS The European Parliament agreed, on 14 February, to the general principles for the participation of Morocco in Union programmes as designed by the Council. In the explanatory statement of the draft resolution, rapporteur Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck (ALDE,...