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At least 55 people died and a dozen others were injured after a fire broke out Saturday in a mattress factory in Casablanca, the official news agency reported.
A woman pleaded guilty Friday to third-degree murder for killing her bigamist husband just hours before he was to leave for Morocco to visit his second wife.
Several hundred passengers on a luxury round-the-world cruise-ship tour were stuck Thursday on an island in the Atlantic Ocean after the vessel's owners ran into legal troubles.
Spanish police Tuesday arrested two Moroccan men suspected of having links to Islamic terrorism, Spain's Ministry of Interior said, including one man wanted in connection with attacks in Casablanca in 2003.
Cameron Etezadi and his girlfriend are on their way from Seattle to Casablanca, Morocco, when their flight is delayed in London by weather. British Airways agrees to refund the couple's money, but one year later, there's no sign of a check. Is the airline pocketing their fare, or is something else going on?
Pakistan's government has banned access to the video-sharing Web site YouTube because of anti-Islamic movies that users have posted on the site, an official said Sunday
A computer engineer accused of posing as a member of the Moroccan royal family on the social networking Web site, Facebook, has been sentenced to three years in prison.
Sunny Spain and Portugal, along with Morocco's gateway city of Tangier, beckon travelers who delight in ornate architecture, authentic culture and people-watching strolls in the cool of the evening. Here's what to expect if you visit this year.
Premier League pair Michael Essien and Sulley Muntari scored as Ghana progressed to the quarterfinals of the African Nations Cup as group winners following a 2-0 victory over Morocco.
Moroccan police have arrested a prime suspect in the Madrid train bombings of 2004 but he is unlikely to be extradited to Spain, a Spanish judicial source told CNN Monday.
At least 55 people died and a dozen others were injured after a fire broke out Saturday in a mattress factory in Casablanca, the official news agency reported.
A woman pleaded guilty Friday to third-degree murder for killing her bigamist husband just hours before he was to leave for Morocco to visit his second wife.
Several hundred passengers on a luxury round-the-world cruise-ship tour were stuck Thursday on an island in the Atlantic Ocean after the vessel's owners ran into legal troubles.
Spanish police Tuesday arrested two Moroccan men suspected of having links to Islamic terrorism, Spain's Ministry of Interior said, including one man wanted in connection with attacks in Casablanca in 2003.
Cameron Etezadi and his girlfriend are on their way from Seattle to Casablanca, Morocco, when their flight is delayed in London by weather. British Airways agrees to refund the couple's money, but one year later, there's no sign of a check. Is the airline pocketing their fare, or is something else going on?
Pakistan's government has banned access to the video-sharing Web site YouTube because of anti-Islamic movies that users have posted on the site, an official said Sunday
A computer engineer accused of posing as a member of the Moroccan royal family on the social networking Web site, Facebook, has been sentenced to three years in prison.
Sunny Spain and Portugal, along with Morocco's gateway city of Tangier, beckon travelers who delight in ornate architecture, authentic culture and people-watching strolls in the cool of the evening. Here's what to expect if you visit this year.
Premier League pair Michael Essien and Sulley Muntari scored as Ghana progressed to the quarterfinals of the African Nations Cup as group winners following a 2-0 victory over Morocco.
Moroccan police have arrested a prime suspect in the Madrid train bombings of 2004 but he is unlikely to be extradited to Spain, a Spanish judicial source told CNN Monday.
The North African country with the fastest growth rate in tourism sent out a clear message that its own private sector will now play a more prominent role in developing its all-important travel industry, indicating that it is ready to use expertise acquired over several decades of steady growth to spearhead new initiatives that would put a large number of unknown sub-Saharan countries on the map.
Ghana need only a draw against Morocco on Monday to guarantee their quarterfinal berth at the African Nations Cup after Nottingham Forest striker Junior Agogo earned the hosts a 1-0 win over Namibia on Thursday.
Chelsea's Salomon Kalou hit a stunning strike which saw favorites Ivory Coast launch their African Nations Cup campaign with a 1-0 victory over Group B rivals Nigeria at Sekondi in Ghana.
Spain is still the preferred route to Europe for many Africans seeking a better life through illegal immigration, but the number of those making the dangerous ocean crossing in flimsy boats has been sharply reduced this year.
There are various topics I would like to discuss this week, and I am going to start with the recent shooting of a Lazio fan by a police officer in Italy.
France, whose place in the finals of Euro 2008 still hangs in the balance, were held to a 2-2 draw by Morocco at the Stade de France on Friday night.
This week, MME visits Cityscape Dubai, the largest real estate investment and development event in the world, and the perfect place to illustrate the construction boom in the region.
Authorities are examining a photo taken in Morocco showing a child who appears to resemble missing British toddler Madeleine McCann, a spokesman for the girl's family told CNN Wednesday.
A young girl photographed in Morocco is not the missing British toddler Madeleine McCann, according to British media reports on Wednesday.
British and Spanish reporters claim they have found the girl in the photograph who some believed might have been Madeleine McCann. London's Evening Standard says the girl is actually a 5-year-old from the village of Zinat in Morocco, the BBC reports.
UPDATE: British and Spanish reporters claim to have found the girl that some believed might have been Madeleine McCann. London's Evening Standard says the girl is actually a 5-year-old from the village of Zinat in Morocco, the BBC reports. More to come...
A photo raises hopes -- which are subsequently dashed -- of the possible sighting of the missing British girl in Morocco
British police plan to post pictures of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann in virtual world Second Life, a UK-based child protection law enforcement organization says.
I love Morocco, but I've always called Tangier the Tijuana of Africa. That has changed. Tangier was a neglected hellhole for a generation. It was an international city -- favored by the West and, therefore, disdained by the last king of Morocco who made a point to divert national investment away from Morocco's fourth city.
There are few cities I enjoy spending time in as much as Marrakesh in Morocco.
An al Qaeda-affiliated group has claimed responsibility for Wednesday's two bomb blasts in Algiers that the state-run news agency Algerie Presse Service said killed at least 24 people and wounded 222.
A wilderness of sun-baked plateaus, palm-fringed oases, and mesmerizing sand seas, the Sahara measures nearly 3.5 million square miles, and reaches into 10 countries. Of those, Niger and Libya arguably offer the most impressive scenery, while Morocco is attractive because of convenient flights, great cities like Marrakech, and the fact that U.S. citizens staying less than three months don't need visas.
A Spanish judge has charged a Moroccan man as an additional prime suspect in the Madrid train bombings, and ordered that he be brought to Spain from Morocco, where he is currently in jail on other charges.
The Madrid train bombings trial entered its second day Friday with three more defendants denying involvement in the 2004 attacks that killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800.
The Madrid train bombings trial is under way, nearly three years after terrorists killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800 on morning rush-hour commuter trains in the Spanish capital.
The trial in the Madrid train bombing is under way, nearly three years after terrorists killed 191 people and wounded 1,800 on morning rush-hour commuter trains in the Spanish capital.
Six people were killed and 13 wounded Tuesday in seven separate attacks in northern Algeria, a statement from the country's interior minister said.
The trial of suspects in the Madrid train bombing case will start February 15, the National Court said Tuesday, nearly three years after terrorists killed 191 people and wounded 1,800 others in coordinated bombings of morning rush-hour commuter trains in the Spanish capital.
Though he jumped off the corporate ladder to launch a nonprofit, John Wood doesn't necessarily favor yurts and youth hostels. As author of the new book Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Ent...
Spain's Carlos Sainz extended his overall lead in the Dakar Rally on Wednesday after winning the winding fifth stage through the desert from Oaurzazate to Tan-Tan in Morocco.
The death of South African motorcycle rider Elmer Symons overshadowed the fourth day of the Dakar Rally in Morocco on Tuesday.
Many people who take MBAs and similar courses would expect to spend their careers working internationally, crossing the globe in pursuit of new challenges.
Spanish police arrested 11 suspected Islamic radicals Tuesday in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Morocco's north coast, an Interior Ministry spokesman told CNN.
Police have arrested two suspected Islamic extremists in a Spanish enclave on Morocco's north coast, and linked them to the Casablanca bombings of 2003, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
In this extraordinary documentary, award-winning journalist Sorious Samura lives the life of an illegal immigrant, in an attempt to fully experience the reality of being one.
Morocco's Olympic 5,000 and 1,500 meters champion Hicham El Guerrouj has announced his retirement from athletics.
Although only the narrow Straits of Gibraltar separate Morocco from Spain, the announcement last week of huge capital investment by the United Arab Emirates has brought the Gulf states economically closer to the North African country than their European neighbors.
About 200 Muslims demonstrated Friday outside the Danish Embassy to protest caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed originally published in a Danish newspaper, Danish Ambassador Neils Erik Andersen told CNN.
African football giants Morocco made a tame first-round exit from the Nations Cup after a drab 0-0 draw with Libya in Cairo on Saturday.
Didier Drogba pointed the way as the Ivory Coast became the first side to reach the African Nations Cup quarterfinals following a 2-1 win against Libya in Cairo on Tuesday.
Striker Didier Drogba converted a first-half penalty to give Ivory Coast a 1-0 victory over Morocco in their African Nations Cup opener on Saturday.
A Spanish judge has ordered seven Islamic terrorist suspects who were arrested this week to remain in jail on charges of recruiting an Algerian suicide bomber who later killed 19 Italians in Iraq, a National Court spokeswoman told CNN Saturday.
Frenchman Jean-Louis Schlesser used his experience of the Dakar rally to the full to win the first stage on African soil in this year's race.
Philippe Troussier has been sacked as coach of Morocco, just two months after being appointed.
Just a day after six sub-Saharan Africans died while trying to cross from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Melilla, there was no mass assault by immigrants overnight, an unusual spell of quiet after several weeks of disturbances, a Spanish Interior Ministry spokesman told CNN on Friday.
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz al Saud is the richest businessman in the Muslim world, worth upwards of $20 billion. He is also one of the biggest--and most successful--foreign investors ...
Five sub-Saharan Africans have been killed and 50 others wounded as they and hundreds of others scaled tall fences in a bid to enter a Spanish enclave on Morocco's northern coast, officials said.
Western Sahara's exiled Polisario Front independence movement has released all of its remaining Moroccan prisoners of war -- a total of 404 -- the International Committee of the Red Cross and a U.S. official said.
Morocco's Jaouad Gharib has become only the second athlete to retain the world marathon title.
Spanish police have arrested 16 suspected Islamic terrorists, including 11 believed to be linked to the terror network of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, officials said Wednesday.
Nigeria and Senegal's places in the 2006 World Cup finals have been left in doubt after being held to draws in African qualifying on Sunday.
Ethiopian great Haile Gebrselassie and former Olympic and world champion Gezahegne Abera have pulled out of the London Marathon.
Twelve men with alleged links to terrorism and some of the suspects in last year's Madrid train bombing were arrested Friday by Spanish police, Spain's Interior Ministry said in a written statement.
As a summit on global terrorism began in Madrid, the mayor of the city that still recovering from train bombings last year called on experts to "help us defeat the terrorists."
Morocco's double Olympic champion Hicham El Guerrouj could make a surprise outing at the world cross country championships in France in March.
Two Moroccan men suspected of trying to acquire explosives for an imminent terrorist attack in Spain or Morocco have been remanded to prison by a Spanish judge, a court official said Monday.
Four people died and eight were injured in a stadium crush after Togo's World Cup qualifier with Mali, a government statement said.
Mark Philippoussis has been forced out of Australia's Davis Cup World Group playoff with Morocco next week because of a hip injury.
Iraq's fairytale campaign continued as they followed their shock win over Portugal by securing their place in the Olympic quarterfinals with a 2-0 defeat of Costa Rica.
Play started on schedule at Wimbledon under broken sunshine at the All England Club.
Play started on schedule at 'People's Sunday' at Wimbledon under broken sunshine at the All England Club.
FIFA's assessment of the five African countries bidding to host the 2010 World Cup is riddled with discrepancies, the chief of Morocco's bid committee claims.
South Africa's hopes of hosting the 2010 World Cup were boosted on Tuesday when FIFA inspectors rated its facilities as the best of five bidding countries.
In a nationally televised speech ahead of a major Muslim religious holiday, Morocco's King Mohamed VI said Friday that his country has developed a plan to steer away from the kind of terrorism Casablanca experienced nearly one year ago.
Spanish police have arrested three more suspects in connection with the deadly Madrid train bombings last month, according to a National Court spokeswoman.
The probe into the Madrid bombings has widened to Germany, where one of the suspects is believed to have visited before the March 11 attacks.
Five more people have been arrested in Spain in connection with the March 11 Madrid train bombings, taking the total number of those detained to 18.
Belgium authorities have arrested a suspect in the May 2003 bombings in Casablanca that killed 45 people, including 12 suicide bombers, the federal prosecutors' office said.
Rescuers are desperately searching in remote communities of northern Morocco for survivors of a devastating earthquake that killed nearly 600 people.
The deadly earthquake in northern Morocco struck a populated area with few modern amenities and limited access to the outside world.
The shattering earthquake that struck northern Morocco early Tuesday has claimed 564 lives, the country's Interior Ministry said as hundreds of people prepared to spend the night outside for fear of aftershocks.
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Hosts Tunisia won the African Nations Cup final on Saturday, beating Morocco 2-1 to spark wild scenes of celebration.
Football frenzy is gripping the Tunisian capital this weekend as the host team takes on fierce north African rivals Morocco in the final of soccer's African Nations Cup.
Hosts Tunisia reached the final of the African Nations Cup with a 5-3 win on penalties over Nigeria after the two sides had drawn 1-1 in their semi-final.
Algeria coach Rabah Saadane has resigned following his team's 3-1 defeat by Morocco in the African Nations Cup quarter-finals.
Nigeria are into the last eight of the African Nations Cup after a 2-1 victory over their little Benin.
Eight cities are bidding for the 2009 athletics world championships, the International Association of Athletics Federations has announced.
Nigeria skipper Jay-Jay Okocha grabbed the 1,000th goal in the history of the African Nations Cup as the Super Eagles walloped South Africa 4-0 in a Group D clash.
Unfancied Morocco clipped the wings of Nigeria's Super Eagles to score a shock 1-0 win in the opening Group D match of the African Nations Cup in Tunisia on Tuesday.
Two-time defending champion Hiroshi Masuoka of Japan assumed the lead in the 2004 Dakar Rally after winning the sixth stage, a 351km leg from Ouarzazate to Tan-Tan in Morocco on Tuesday.
If you've recently had an urge to manhandle a trowel or embark on a bout of mulching, you're not alone: Americans are expected to spend a record $38 billion this year on do-it-yourself lawn and gar...
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Now that the '90s have come to a close, here's a look back at some of the decade's finest music. (Part four in a series.)
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