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All rights reserved.</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:23:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>30</ttl><image><title>Zawya.com | Middle East Business News and Company Directory</title><width>144</width><height>76</height><link>http://www.zawya.com/countries/ma</link><url>http://www.zawya.com/images/newsletter_zawya_logo.gif</url></image><item><title>Half Of MENA Employers Likely To Hire In Next 3 Months</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091108072357</link><description>More than half of the region&apos;s employers, 52%, are planning to recruit over the next few months, as the region picks up following the global economic downturn- 26% definitely hiring and 26% probably hiring, according to the new Jobs Index study conducted by Bayt.com, in conjunction with YouGov Siraj.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:35:18 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Press Release </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20091108072357</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>Solar energy: Morocco&apos;s bright and green idea</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091107060748</link><description>Morocco hopes to slash its dependence on foreign energy sources and protect the environment by rolling out a major solar power project. </description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:57:21 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Magharebia.com </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20091107060748</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>Morocco says Abbas must stay on</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20091106T205829ZKKN01</link><description>Morocco wants Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to stay on despite his announcement that he will not seek re-election, the country&apos;s foreign ministry said on Friday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:59:22 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">AFP </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ANA20091106T205829ZKKN01</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>Forum for the Future ends in Morocco </title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091105055014</link><description>The 6th Forum for the Future wrapped up on Tuesday (November 3rd) in Marrakech. During the two-day event, representatives of G8 and MENA nations, the EU, the Arab League and other international organisations discussed the situation in the Middle...</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:42:07 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Magharebia.com </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20091105055014</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>Union of Arab Women Investors boosts entrepreneurs</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091105055712</link><description>Morocco has earned the recognition of the Union of Arab Women Investors for its support for businesswomen.  Female investors flocked to Morocco to attend the Union of Arab Women Investors&apos; annual conference, a three-day event that wrapped up on...</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:41:50 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Magharebia.com </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20091105055712</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>Morocco unveils $9 billion solar energy project </title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091104042651</link><description>Morocco launched a $9 billion solar energy project on Monday (November 2nd) in Ouarzazate, MAP and international press reported. King Mohamed VI and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is in Morocco for the 6th Forum for the Future, attended...</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:58:48 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Magharebia.com </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20091104042651</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>Courts jail Moroccan journalists, shut newspaper</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091104043017</link><description>Prison terms and hefty fines loom over two journalists after judges decided their cartoon was insulting to the Moroccan flag and a member of the royal family. Moroccan courts on Friday (October 30th) convicted two journalists of desecrating the...</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:58:15 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Magharebia.com </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20091104043017</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>Strike shuts Moroccan public schools</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091104043126</link><description>Fed up with overcrowded classrooms and other problems in public schools, several Moroccan teachers&apos; unions held a strike on October 29th.  Four Moroccan teachers&apos; unions paralysed public schools nationwide on Thursday (October 29th) by striking to...</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:57:35 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Magharebia.com </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20091104043126</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>Morocco anticipates tourism boom</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091103063432</link><description>Morocco expects a record 8.4 million tourists this year, Tourism Minister Mohamed Boussaid told Reuters on Saturday (October 31st). Although tourism revenue will drop 6 percent, Morocco had anticipated a 15 percent decline.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:09:28 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Magharebia.com </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20091103063432</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>Clinton arrives in Morocco on Mideast peace push</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20091101T090108ZJLK77</link><description>US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived Sunday in the Moroccan city of Marrakech on the next stop in her diplomatic mission to relaunch the stalled Middle East peace process.</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:58:53 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">AFP </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ANA20091101T090108ZJLK77</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>Morocco, Libya sign cooperation agreements</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091029055902</link><description>Morocco and Libya are consolidating their bilateral political and economic ties through a series of co-operation agreements signed recently in Rabat.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:06:31 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Magharebia.com </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20091029055902</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>Morocco economy: Growth boosted by farm output</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/countries/ma/macrowatch.cfm?eiusection=GROWTH%20BOOSTED%20BY%20FARM%20OUTPUT</link><description></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:15:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Economist Intelligence Unit </source><guid isPermaLink="false">EIU20091101235225171</guid><category>Subscription</category></item><item><title>Morocco&apos;s press faces &apos;real hard line&apos;, watchdog says</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20091027T152313ZITX00</link><description>Morocco has seen &quot;a real degradation of the freedom of the press,&quot; the secretary general of Reporters sans Frontieres (RSF - Reporters without Borders) Jean-Francois Julliard said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:07:55 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">AFP </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ANA20091027T152313ZITX00</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>Morocco  risk: Risk overview</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/countries/ma/macrowatch.cfm?eiusection=OVERVIEW</link><description></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:05:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Economist Intelligence Unit </source><guid isPermaLink="false">EIU20091101221344437</guid><category>Subscription</category></item><item><title>Morocco punishes journalists over royal reporting</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20091026T173909ZIQI30</link><description>A court in Morocco on Monday sentenced two journalists to suspended jail terms and fines for falsely reporting that the North African nation&apos;s King Mohammed VI 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data</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/countries/ma/macrowatch.cfm?eiusection=BASIC%20DATA</link><description></description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:05:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Economist Intelligence Unit </source><guid isPermaLink="false">EIU20091101233650625</guid><category>Subscription</category></item><item><title>Morocco: Interest rate forecast</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/countries/ma/macrowatch.cfm?eiusection=INTEREST%20RATE%20FORECAST</link><description></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:01:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Economist Intelligence Unit </source><guid isPermaLink="false">EIU20091101233603734</guid><category>Subscription</category></item><item><title>Morocco: Country outlook</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/countries/ma/macrowatch.cfm?eiusection=COUNTRY%20OUTLOOK</link><description>FROM THE ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNITOUTLOOK FOR 2010-11The Economist Intelligence Unit expects the political scene to remain 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