Culture, not religion
THE TIMES OF INDIA Sufism is a cultural tradition and some practices pre-date Islam, reports Sakina Yusuf Khan, on the sidelines of ICCR's second international Sufi Music Festival in Delhi. Delhi might have been in the grip of a cold wave last week, but that did not...
Euromed: Eu notice for regional civil society programme
ANSAmed Ten partner countries involved in the South Mediterranean (ANSAmed) - BRUSSELS, FEBRUARY 13 - The European Commission has published a service procurement notice for a 2 million euros contract for a regional capacity building programme for Civil Society...
Guilty Until Proven Innocent Is Bad Law; We Need A Little Sunshine
The Moderate voice Over in Europe, thousands of citizens are protesting, and government leaders are backpedaling (the EU signed the treaty), the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Negotiations over ACTA began in the Bush White House and were ratified by...
Islamist, Secularist Square Off Online
EurAsia Review Written by: Magharebia By Raby Ould Idoumou As Islamists celebrate their post-Arab Spring electoral wins and others in the Maghreb wonder what the political change means for their hard-fought civil liberties, figures from opposing sides faced off for an...
Tunisair increases frequencies to Morocco, Libya, Algeria and Turkey
AfricanManager National flag carrier Tunisair announced, Friday, an increase in the number of its frequencies to Morocco, Libya, Algeria and Turkey in summer season (March 26-October 30, 2012). With regard to Morocco and in addition to its daily flight...
Global wheat consumption down slightly, stocks record high
DroVers Cattle Network USDA Beginning 2011/12 wheat stocks added another 0.8 million tons to supplies this month. The Kazakhstan wheat consumption and stocks’ series for several years was revised, with an extra 0.6 million tons of wheat going into the country’s...
UFM: New secretary from March 1 is Moroccan Sijilmassi
Ansamed Italy Decided in latest meeting of high officials in Brussels (ANSAmed) - BRUSSELS, FEBRUARY 13 - The Union for the Mediterranean will have a new secretary general as of March 1: Fathallah Sijilmassi. Sijilmassi is currently director of the Moroccan investment...
EU: EC expects to improve tomato imports control inside CAP
Fresh Plaza Source: Fhalmeria This according to the Commissioner, Dacian Ciolos, during a recent press conference, when questioned about Spanish producers' concerns over the new agricultural agreement with Morocco and the import of fruits and vegetables from that...
Africa: Nuclear Security – More Than Guns, Guards and Gates
allAfrica.com BY AMELIA BROODRYK, The security of nuclear and other radioactive material and associated technologies will again be in the spotlight from 27 - 27 March 2012 at the second Nuclear Security Summit taking place in Seoul, South Korea. The summit is a...
Park Sang-seek Syrian crisis: Its implications for world order, N. Korea
A draft resolution on the Syrian crisis submitted by Morocco in the U.N. Security Council was defeated by the exercise of the veto by China and Russia o Feb. 4. The other permanent members, France, the U.S. and the U.K., condemned the two countries vehemently. At the...