Boko Haram and U.S. plans in Africa
ABUJA, Nigeria, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Oil-rich Nigeria is gripped by an escalating uprising by Islamist militants that has triggered massacres of Christians, including a Christmas Day suicide bombing blitz, which the federal government seems unable to contain. Amid...
Tunisia’s Islamist Party Slams Anti-Semitic Chants
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and PAUL SCHEMM Associated PressYesterday, 10:03 AM The head of Tunisia's moderate Islamic party condemned anti-Semitic slogans chanted Monday by a handful of ultraconservative Muslims during the arrival of a top Hamas official that have alarmed...
Rhys Davies plays West Florida Golf Tour event in Manatee County
By JASON DILL MANATEE -- Rhys Davies has won on the European Tour. He’s asserted himself as one of the top putters in golf. Now he can add his name to the growing crop of stars that have played a West Florida Golf Tour event. A list that includes former two-time U.S....
Action Medical Research to present 2012 rides at London Bike Show
Bumper calendar includes four women-only events Action Medical Research will use this week’s London Bike Show to showcase their 2012 calendar of challenge rides. The children’s charity will stage 25 events this year, including three all-new ones exclusively for...
Muslims Who Helped Save French Jews
New Spotlight on Benjamin Stora’s Algerian ‘Self-History’ By Benjamin Ivry Rectitude: Michael Lonsdale, (left), rector of the the Great Mosque of Paris, hoodwinks the Nazis. Benjamin Stora, an Algerian-born writer and political activist who turned 61 in December, has...
Aberdeen Emerging Markets Telecommunications and Infrastructure Fund, Inc. Announces Performance Data and Portfolio Composition
Press Release: Aberdeen Emerging Markets Telecommunications and Infrastructure Fund, Inc. – Mon, Jan 9, 2012 4:40 PM EST Companies: Aberdeen Emerging Markets Telec RELATED QUOTES Symbol Price Change ETF 18.13 +0.28 PHILADELPHIA , PRNewswire -- Aberdeen Emerging...
Maroc Telecom begins Morocco-Spain cable laying
Morocco Morocco’s Maroc Telecom, part of France’s Vivendi Universal group, has started deployment of an international high speed fibre-optic submarine cable between Morocco and Spain, named ‘Loukkos’, which is scheduled to be ready for service in March this year....
Is Morocco¹s New Justice System Just More of the Same?
Care2Causes Written by: Julie Rodriguez Egypt and Libya weren’t the only Arab nations to undergo radical reforms in 2011. In February, more than 10,000 people took to the streets in Morocco, calling for lower food prices, freedom for political prisoners and human...
Morocco: New Islamist Government caters to Moroccan King
The Muslim News Rabat, (Al-Akhbar): After many days of debate, a new government was announced in Morocco last week. But diverging and contradictory analyses concerning the makeup of the government have persisted, while some question the value of a government formed by...
Morocco’s state power firm invites companies to bid for five wind farm projects.
Sponsored by FLSmidth Morocco's state-run power firm, Office National de l'Electricite (ONE), invited companies and consortia to submit expressions of interest in five wind farm projects with a total power generation capacity of 850 megawatts, Le Matin reported. The...