Islamic revolution in Pakistan not far away: Munawar
South Asian News Agency (SANA) LAHORE,(SANA): The Jamaat e Islami chief, Syed Munawar Hasan, has said that there was a strong longing for the blessed Islamic system in Pakistan as well and a Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco like revolution could not be ruled out here prior...
Algeria: Motives behind spy agency shake up
HASSAN MASIKY (Morocco Board News Service) Washington / Morocco Board News-- Several Algerian news outlets reported the appointment of retired General Athman Tartag (alias Bashir) to head Algeria's Department of Homeland Security(known by its French initials DSI), the...
Western Sahara Separatists Connections with AQIM Alarms African State of Mali
By Morocco Board News Service It seems that there will be a before-and-after October 2011 in the relations between Mali and the Western Sahara Separatists Polisario Front. The Malian government is increasingly annoyed by the intrusions of the Polisario in its...
Fourteen arrested in Morocco
THE WORLD GAME (AFP) Fourteen people were arrested after violence erupted during a derby game between CODM and MAZ Fez in the Moroccan city of Meknes on Tuesday evening, a police source said. "These people accused of violence against others will on Thursday go before...
Palestine Telecommunications stock (PalTel) has Joined Leading Regional Membership Indices at the Standard & Poor's Index (S&P-AFE40) & the Dow Jones Index (Dow Jones-FEAS 50)
RAMALLAH, Palestine (PRNewswire) The Palestine Stock Exchange (PEX) recently announced that the Palestine Telecommunications Company "PALTEL" share has joined the Standard & Poor's Index for private members of the Union of Arab Stock Exchanges (S&P-AFE 40) and...
Morocco Extends Suspension of Wheat Import Duties, Reuters Says
By Tony C. Dreibus Morocco extended a suspension of import duties for soft and durum wheat through February because of declining stockpiles, Reuters reported, citing an unnamed customs authority spokesman. The government in October suspended duties from Nov. 15...
Syrian Forces Fire Tear Gas at Protesters as Arab League Observers Visit
By Dahlia Kholaif and Emre Peker Syrian soldiers fired tear gas and live ammunition into the air to disperse a crowd of tens of thousands of protesters who gathered in Homs asArab League observers visited the city to monitor violence. About 70,000 protesters rallied...
GSM phones vulnerable to hijack scams: researcher
By Tarmo Virki, European Technology Correspondent BERLIN (Reuters) - Flaws in a widely used wireless technology could allow hackers to gain remote control of phones and instruct them to send text messages or make calls, according to an expert on mobile phone security....
Syria observers head to protest hubs
DAMASCUS (AFP) Arab monitors revisited the flashpoint Syrian city of Homs on Wednesday and headed to other protest hubs as world powers warned Damascus not to hinder their mission to reveal the truth about the crackdown on dissent. More bloodshed was reported as army...
Times names Bouazizi person of 2011
LONDON (AFP) The Times newspaper in London on Wednesday named Mohamed Bouazizi, the Tunisian fruit seller who unwittingly started a wave of protests known as the Arab Spring, as its person of 2011. The 26-year-old from a poor family set himself alight in the town of...