ARAB MONARCHIES: Chance for Reform, Yet Unmet
MIDDLE EAST | DECEMBER 2011 ARAB MONARCHIES Chance for Reform, Yet Unmet Marina Ottaway and Marwan Muasher © 2011 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. All rights reserved. The Carnegie Endowment does not take institutional positions on public...
Morocco says well-covered with soft wheat
RECORDER REPORT Morocco's grain import authority ONICL said it has a record level of year-end wheat stocks, enough to ensure a normal supply of the domestic market, even after skipping international purchases for several months. ONICL also said soft wheat stocks look...
A mother brings her son home from Morocco
Family reunion a holiday miracle after year-long, international custody battle Click Here to see video Jeff Van SantQ13 Fox News reporter SEATTLE—This Christmas Eve miracle was nearly a year in the making. Erzsi Dornay fought what seemed to be an impossible...
The Russian Protests and Putin’s Choices
Matthew Rojansky POLICY OUTLOOK, DECEMBER 2011 You might think Russian president Vladimir Putin can rest easy now. Russia’s new State Duma has been seated despite a wave of popular protests calling for a recount of the December 4 election that gave the ruling United...
Arab Monarchies: Chance for Reform, Yet Unmet
Marina Ottaway, Marwan Muasher CARNEGIE PAPER, DECEMBER 2011 Arab Monarchies- Chance for Reform, Yet Unmet (View PDF) Contrary to what ongoing protests across the Middle East and North Africa might imply, monarchs and ruling families in the Arab world still enjoy an...
Mali Kicks Out Eight Polisario's Elements For Shady Propaganda
Bamako - Malian authorities on Saturday turned back eight Polisario's elements while they were trying to enter Mali, as they intended to carry out "dubious propaganda," security sources said on Sunday. “We turned back at the northern border with Niger eight young...
Morocco and Brazil set for major phosphate spending plans
INTEGER Fertilizers & Chemicals Posted by Monica Baker Project activity is brisk in the phosphate market, against solid prices, which once again provided the backdrop for increases in phosphate producers’ revenues and profits in Q3 2011. In an unprecedented...
Magical Ouarzazate Morocco
by Janet Fitzgerald The plush sand dunes of the Sahara and the open night skies sparkle with every star in the universe. This place has a certain ancient magic to it that brings to mind old stories like “Aladdin and the Forty Thieves”. This is Ouarzazate, Morocco, a...
Arab spring News of the day : Dec 24, 2011
Was Arab Spring a Victory for Extremism?: Jeffrey Goldberg Bloomberg Dignity and Respect In many ways the Arab Uprising -- or Arab Awakening, or Arab Spring; freedom means we can call it what we want -- should thrill the American soul. Millions of Arabs, their fear of...
Arab Games a big success
GULF TIMES Egypt hold supremacy, Bahrain win football gold as 12th Arab Games conclude HH the Deputy Emir and Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani at the closing ceremony of the 12th Arab Games 2011 yesterday evening. The ceremony was attended among others by...