Morocco: 11 killed in stampede at concert
RABAT, Morocco - Thousands of spectators stampeded out of a concert in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, causing a fence to collapse, the country's official MAP news agency said Sunday. Eleven people were killed and about 30 injured.
Nations:Morocco People:Alicia Keys Kylie Minogue Source:(AP)
2009-05-24
Snow brings deaths and travel chaos to Europe
LONDON (AFP) - Snow storms brought travel chaos to western Europe on Monday closing London-Heathrow airport after one jet slid off a taxiway and at least five people were killed in storm incidents.
Nations:U.K. France Spain Italy Belgium Cyprus Source:(AFP)
2009-02-02
Sydney gets New Year started, but Gaza spoils party
SYDNEY (AFP) - New Year celebrations kicked off in lavish style in Australia Thursday -- but the Gaza conflict, memories of Mumbai and global economic downturn left partygoers elsewhere feeling flat as 2009 crept steadily westwards.
Nations:India United Arab Emirates Pakistan Palestine Syria Italy Activities:2009 New Year's Day Source:(AFP)
2008-12-31
Sex, Nazi, burrito and Viagra: Who Googles what?
Internet users in Egypt, India and Turkey are the world's most frequent searchers for Web sites using the keyword "sex" on Google search engines, according to statistics provided by Google Inc (GOOG.O).
Nations:Australia U.S. Canada U.K. Pakistan Mexico People:David Beckham Britney Spears Kate Moss Tom Cruise
2007-10-17
Police study photo of girl in Morocco
Police are analyzing a photo allegedly taken in Morocco of a girl who appears to resemble missing British 3-year-old Madeleine McCann, Interpol and a spokesman for the British Embassy said Wednesday.
Nations:Morocco France Activities:2007 British Girl Kidnap
2007-09-26
WHO says cancer killed 7.5 million people in 2005
Seven and a half million people worldwide died from cancer in 2005 and the number of cases in the Middle East is expected to soar over the next 15 years, Moroccan news agency MAP quoted the World Health Organization as saying.
Nations:Somalia Bahrain Libya Sudan Afghanistan Palestine
2006-09-16
Pope stops short of apology to Muslims
Pope Benedict XVI "sincerely regrets" offending Muslims with his reference to an obscure medieval text that characterizes some of the teachings of Islam's founder as "evil and inhuman," the Vatican said Saturday.
Nations:Turkey Afghanistan Iraq Vatican Morocco Lebanon
2006-09-16
More Saudis sent home from Guantanamo
Saudi Arabia has said that 13 of its nationals who were held at the US detention camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have returned home.
Nations:Bahrain Afghanistan Yemen Uganda Kuwait Morocco Activities:CIA Prison Scandal
2006-06-25
Doublespeak undermines war on terrorism: Amnesty
Doublespeak by nations like the United States and Britain has undermined their own war on terrorism and increased human rights violations from Colombia to North Korea, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.
Nations:Sudan Afghanistan Syria Uzbekistan Iraq Cuba People:Alberto Fujimori Activities:Darfur Genocide Crisis CIA Prison Scandal Global War on Terrorism
2006-05-23
Rift Grows Between al-Qaida, Muslim Groups
When terrorists blew themselves up in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula this week, the radical Palestinian group Hamas quickly joined Arab governments and Western leaders in condemning a "criminal attack against all human values."
Nations:Palestine Syria Iraq Jordan Morocco Israel People:Osama bin Laden Activities:Global War on Terrorism
2006-04-29
China seeks "strategic partnership" with Africa
China wants a "strategic partnership" with Africa, President Hu Jintao said on Thursday, seeking to add a new political dimension to a blossoming economic romance.
Nations:Sudan Nigeria Morocco Kenya China People:Hu Jintao Activities:2006 Hu Jintao U.S. Trip
2006-04-28
China's Hu tours Africa to boost expanding ties
Chinese President Hu Jintao kicks off the African leg of a world tour in Morocco on Monday, boosting already booming ties to a continent rich in the energy and minerals his country needs to feed a fast-growing economy.
Nations:Gabon Sudan Nigeria Morocco South Africa Kenya People:Hu Jintao Activities:2006 Hu Jintao U.S. Trip
2006-04-24
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