Read more Morocco stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1088/morocco.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:34:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66810/how-the-cia-built-its-secret-prisons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen CIA officials decided to build a series of secret prisons, they immediately contacted the chief of the agency's European supply base, a Frankfurt-based logistical whiz. “It was too sensitive to be handled by headquarters,” Kyle “Dusty” Foggo tells the New York Times . He called a contractor buddy, and with...http://www.newser.com/story/66810/how-the-cia-built-its-secret-prisons.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 9:56:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63156/progressive-morocco-a-model-for-arab-world.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSick of all the violence in Tehran? Try taking a stroll through the capital of Morocco, suggests Anne Applebaum of the Washington Post. Not long ago, Morocco was a dictatorship, plagued by arbitrary arrests, “disappearances,” and torture. But over the last decade this distinctly Arab, distinctly religious state has become...http://www.newser.com/story/63156/progressive-morocco-a-model-for-arab-world.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Jun 2009 9:28:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59973/11-killed-in-morocco-concert-stampede.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAt least 11 people were killed by a fan stampede after a Moroccan concert, reports the BBC. Some 40 others were injured when a wire fence collapsed, causing a mob to surge forward at the event packed with 70,000 spectators. The Rabat event was part of the week-long Mawazine...http://www.newser.com/story/59973/11-killed-in-morocco-concert-stampede.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 24 May 2009 7:04:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/45329/christians-secretly-target-converts-in-north-africa.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIslamic leaders in north Africa say they are incensed by the tactics of Christians bent on secretly converting their followers, Reuters reports. Religious authorities gripe that missionaries in Morocco and Algeria are using “unethical” methods, such as spreading false information and preying on the weak. “People respond positively when they...http://www.newser.com/story/45329/christians-secretly-target-converts-in-north-africa.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Dec 2008 12:03:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41372/dna-study-ancient-phoenicians-still-with-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Phoenicians may have disappeared as a distinct society a few thousand years ago, but it turns out their imprint remains very much alive today. Genetic researchers have discovered the DNA of the seafaring civilization in the blood of men—as many as 1 in 17— who live today in...http://www.newser.com/story/41372/dna-study-ancient-phoenicians-still-with-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Oct 2008 8:40:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40029/us-kills-al-qaeda-in-iraqs-no-2.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmerican troops acting on a tip killed the No. 2 leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq—a Moroccan known for his ability to recruit and motivate foreign fighters—in a raid in the northern city of Mosul, the US military said today. The man, known as Abu Qaswarah, was a charismatic...http://www.newser.com/story/40029/us-kills-al-qaeda-in-iraqs-no-2.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Oct 2008 10:48:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35648/wanjiru-1st-kenyan-to-win-olympic-mens-marathon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSamuel Wanjiru pulled away over the final few kilometers to become the first Kenyan in the storied running history of that nation to win an Olympic marathon. The 21-year-old negotiated the 26.2-mile course through Beijing streets in bright Sunday morning sunshine in an Olympic record of 2 hours, 6...http://www.newser.com/story/35648/wanjiru-1st-kenyan-to-win-olympic-mens-marathon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 23 Aug 2008 22:12:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23726/9-terrorists-escape-from-moroccan-prison.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNine Moroccan terrorists convicted of involvement in the 2003 Casablanca suicide bombings escaped from prison today, AFP reports. The men, Islamist extremists who were serving 20 years to life, tunneled out of Kenitra detention center, near Rabat. They left a note explaining that, having exhausted the appeals process, they resorted...http://www.newser.com/story/23726/9-terrorists-escape-from-moroccan-prison.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 07 Apr 2008 18:45:40 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/16930/witness-says-creepy-man-kidnapped-maddy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA second sketch of Madeline McCann's alleged kidnapper sparked a worldwide manhunt yesterday, the Daily Mail reports. Maddy's parents revealed the drawing, based on a UK witness' account of a "creepy man" she saw after Maddy vanished in Portugal last May. She reported him to Portuguese police, but the sketch...http://www.newser.com/story/16930/witness-says-creepy-man-kidnapped-maddy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 20 Jan 2008 21:19:00 CST