http://www.zawya.com/countries/maen-usCopyright 2009 ABQ Zawya Ltd. All rights reserved.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:30:17 GMT3114476http://www.zawya.com/countries/mahttp://www.zawya.com/images/newsletter_zawya_logo.gifhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20091120T163005ZMJT71Opposition chief Tzipi Livni reiterated her support Friday for a Palestinian state and the resumption of peace talks as she made a rare foray by an Israeli leader into the Arab world.Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:25:21 GMTAFP ANA20091120T163005ZMJT71Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091120075919Works of the 3rd Maghreb Investment and Business Forum were opened, on Thursday in Gammarth, at the initiative of "Attijari Wafa Bank" Group. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:16:54 GMTAgence Tunis Afrique Presse ZAWYA20091120075919Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20091119T223156ZMGU70Several hundred people including Islamists demonstrated in Morocco's northern city of Tangiers on Thursday against the presence of former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:53:56 GMTAFP ANA20091119T223156ZMGU70Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091119042658Strengthening a country's agricultural sector should be a core element of national economic policy, Morocco Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi told international leaders at the World Food Security Summit in Rome on Tuesday (November 17th).Speaking on...Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:02:31 GMTMagharebia.com ZAWYA20091119042658Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091119042947New projects to promote leadership roles for women will strengthen democracy, according to ministers from Mediterranean countries who met recently in Marrakech. Countries in the Mediterranean region need to fund and co-ordinate more projects that...Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:02:17 GMTMagharebia.com ZAWYA20091119042947Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidWAM20091118095958337Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) has signed an agreement to provide AED 62.44 million (US$ 17 million) to build a Dam in Tamkeet in Rashidia, Morocco, that will support the region?s agriculture.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:16:04 GMTWAM (Emirates News Agency) WAM20091118095958337Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091118075341 Government intervention and the need for liberalization were highlighted as hurdles to growth and development in African markets by experts at a conference Monday.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:08:15 GMTDaily News Egypt ZAWYA20091118075341Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091118060935Morocco's first H1N1 fatality was a 23-year-old Oujda man who had been hospitalised since last week for a pulmonary infection, health officials announced on Monday.Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:21:41 GMTMagharebia.com ZAWYA20091118060935Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091118061030Moroccan Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi-Fihri met with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz in Nouakchott on Monday (November 16th) to discuss bilateral relations, Journal Tahalil reported. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:21:15 GMTMagharebia.com ZAWYA20091118061030Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091117041846A week-end conference in Casablanca tackled intellectual property rights and the piracy of creative arts in the Arab world, MAP reported on Sunday (November 15th). Participants from Saudi Arabia, Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon and other countries...Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:40:56 GMTMagharebia.com ZAWYA20091117041846Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091117045247Reflecting a strong confidence in Mena investors, Pharos Financial Group is expecting more than 50 per cent of the money for its $350 million (Dh1.28bn) agricultural fund to come from this region.Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:11:18 GMTEmirates Business 24/7 ZAWYA20091117045247Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091114052839Morocco and Germany will sign an economic co-operation and development agreement in 2010, MAP quoted the German embassy in Rabat as saying in a statement on Thursday (November 12th).Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:29:15 GMTMagharebia.com ZAWYA20091114052839Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091114052914Morocco aims to strengthen bilateral trade Turkey by leveraging what Trade Minister Ahmed Chami calls the nations' "close historical, cultural and religious relations", MAP reported on Thursday (November 12th), following Chami's meeting in Rabat with Turkish counterpart Nihat Ergun. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:28:53 GMTMagharebia.com ZAWYA20091114052914Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091114053210A new draft law may end the nine-year logjam between the Moroccan government and trade unions over who will pay for unemployment benefits. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:27:13 GMTMagharebia.com ZAWYA20091114053210Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091114052739A new project to help farmers in Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco improve food security, traceability and European exports will be unveiled at the International Show of Agriculture, Machinery and Fishing (SIAMAP) next Wednesday (November 18th) in Tunis, TAP reported. Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:31:28 GMTMagharebia.com ZAWYA20091114052739Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidANA20091113T120559ZLHQ06An American taking part in an auto rally has been killed after his car plunged into a ravine in Morocco's Atlas mountains, the official MAP news agency reported Friday.Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:27:04 GMTAFP ANA20091113T120559ZLHQ06Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091113064615Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Moroccan businessmen are to meet for a two-day event in Rabat: GULFINVEST II, November 19-20. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:02:19 GMTArab News ZAWYA20091113064615Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091112042551A Moroccan appellate court on Tuesday (November 10th) upheld the prison sentences handed down last month to 3 Al Michaal journalists for reporting "false information" about King Mohammed VI's health, MAP reported. Editor Driss Chahtane received a...Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:57:33 GMTMagharebia.com ZAWYA20091112042551Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091112043626A new governmental body must be created to negotiate the price of medicines, according to a recent report by a committee of the Moroccan Parliament. Medicines are too costly in Morocco, and the responsibility for setting prices must be removed from...Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:56:52 GMTMagharebia.com ZAWYA20091112043626Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidGN_11112009_121124Marriott is set to expand its portfolio by adding five new hotels to its Middle East and Africa Portfolio.Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:48:20 GMTGulf News GN_11112009_121124Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091111120417Marriott International today announced the signing of five hotels for its newly established Middle East & Africa Region, including its first properties in Algeria, Ghana and Morocco.Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:15:51 GMTPress Release ZAWYA20091111120417Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091111044716The Middle East and North Africa (Mena) equity markets fell by 1.8 per cent in October reducing year-to-date (YTD) gains to 24 per cent. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:27:20 GMTEmirates Business 24/7 ZAWYA20091111044716Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091111050547Moroccan Interior Minister Chakib Benmoussa and his Austrian counterpart, Maria Fekter, signed a mutual-assistance agreement in Rabat on Monday (November 9th), MAP reported. The civil protection accord provides for reciprocal aid during natural...Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:29:11 GMTMagharebia.com ZAWYA20091111050547Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091111050627Moroccan Foreign Minister Taib Fassi Fihri and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband met on Monday (November 9th) in London for bilateral talks, MAP reported.Regular contacts between Morocco and Britain in recent years have developed into a...Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:29:08 GMTMagharebia.com ZAWYA20091111050627Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091111050817Officials urge parents not to worry as incidents of flu rise throughout schools. The swine flu pandemic has arrived in Moroccan schools, with 252 cases now identified across the kingdom. The first case of the current outbreak was detected in Fes on...Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:28:51 GMTMagharebia.com ZAWYA20091111050817Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091111051447Aerium Atlas Management, UK-based development and investment specialist, yesterday launched a Dh2.44 billion residential project Jawhar Estate in Marrakech, Morocco.Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:25:10 GMTEmirates Business 24/7 ZAWYA20091111051447Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091110083000'Jawhar Estate' forms the first phase of the AED2.44 billion Menara district masterplan in Marrakech, Morocco and was launched today by UK based development and investment specialist Aerium Atlas Management. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:49:01 GMTPress Release ZAWYA20091110083000Openhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091110045617Gulf investors interested in acquiring Moroccan holdings will meet on November 19th-20th in Rabat, MAP reported.The 2nd annual "Gulfinvest" conference, organised by the Arab Organisation for Industrial Development and Mining and the Arab Gulf Agency...Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:07:57 GMTMagharebia.com ZAWYA20091110045617Subscriptionhttp://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091108072357More than half of the region'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.Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:35:18 GMTPress Release ZAWYA20091108072357Open