Pipistrel Launches Green World Flight
By Mary Grady, Contributing editor The aircraft has been modified with an aerosol inlet that can measure aerosol optical properties at various wavelengths. The aim is to collect data about the concentrations of black carbon and light-absorbing carbonaceous aerosols in...
Christmas sales strong
BY BRITTANY DUPREE STRONG SALES: Trak Cycles manager Mello Bouwmeester, front, and Darren O'Grady. LOCAL businesses are growing in confidence on the back of strong Christmas sales. The majority of traders who spoke to the East Torrens Messenger last week said the...
At UN, Raising Israel’s Settlements Called “Ill-Timed,” After Child Soldiers Meeting
By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive UNITED NATIONS, January 10 -- The humanitarian consequences of Israel's policy of settlements was raised in the UN Security Council late on Tuesday afternoon, after a closed door meeting about Children and Armed Conflict. Morocco,...
What would an Islamist Egypt mean?
Frida Ghitis, Special to CNN Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -The final runoff of Egypt's first free elections in recent memory has ended and the result is clear: Islamist parties have swept the popular vote. Should the international community worry? In every Arab country...
Babel, a uniting body of work that reaches for the heavens
Joyce Morgan WHEN the 18 performers of Babelgather, they seem to demonstrate the biblical curse. The artists from Japan, India, Norway, Bolivia, Morocco, the US and elsewhere speak more than a dozen languages. Ever since God is said to have punished the builders of...
M’hand Invites You Home
Africa.com by Geoff Weiss, Travel Writer (This is a six-part series on rural tourism in Southern Morocco, told through members of the newly formed rural tourism association, Réseau de Développement Touristique Rural (RDTR), located in the Souss Massa Draa Region in...
Morocco: New Government Begins Work On Reforms, Enhanced Democracy
By Morocco News Agency Staff Rabat, Morocco --- January 10, 2012 ... After a weekend of well-earned relaxation, the members of Morocco's new government are starting to work. There are huge expectations at the grassroots which the new government in Morocco must now...
Official Vows Fishing Treaty Unity
By DAVID JOLLY PARIS — Europe’s top fisheries official pledged Tuesday to work for a new fishing treaty with Morocco after the previous agreement was scuttled last month by the European Parliament over concerns of overfishing and other issues. Maria Damanaki, the...
Kuwait”s Planning Min. arrives in Marrakech for API meeting
Arab News MARRAKECH, Jan 10 (KUNA) -- Kuwait's Minister of State for Planning and Development Dr. Amani Bouresly arrived in Morocco Tuesday to chair the first meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Planning Institute (API), due here tomorrow. Bouresly, also...
California Outdone in 33% Renewable Target by — Morocco?
Clean Technica Susan Kraemer In writing about yet another huge wind project being put out to bid by Morocco this morning, I started to look at California’s own renewable targets. It might seem odd to compare the two, but here is why the thought arose to compare the...