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2 Marines Killed in Morocco Crash

Rob Quinn — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:30:38 CDT

Two US Marines have been killed and two severely injured in a plane crash during a training exercise in Morocco. Their MV-22 Osprey aircraft crashed in the desert after taking off from the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima, a defense official tells AP . The men were among more than...

Teen Forced to Marry Rapist Commits Suicide

Rob Quinn — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:03:30 CDT

Women's rights activists in Morocco say Amina Filali was raped three times: first by a man, then by tradition, then by the law. The 16-year-old killed herself by drinking rat poison after being forced to marry the man who raped her when she was 15, AP reports. A section of...

5 Unemployed Moroccans Set Themselves Ablaze

Kevin Spak — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:03:37 CST

Five Moroccan protesters set themselves on fire today, after security forces prevented them from bringing food and water to fellow demonstrators. The men were part of the "unemployed graduates" movement that's swept Morocco, where unemployment is only 9.1% overall, but around 16% for college graduates, the AP explains. They'd...

Morocco Plane Crash Kills 78

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:43:47 CDT

A C-130 military transport plane crashed into a Moroccan mountain in bad weather today, killing 78 people, says the state news agency. It reports there are three survivors. The crash in a southern region close to the disputed Western Sahara is this country's deadliest in years. Information Minister Khaled Naciri...

Morocco Investigates French Pol's Child Orgy Charges

Rob Quinn — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 02:05:30 CDT

A French minister was caught in the middle of an orgy with young boys in Morocco but it was covered up by France, a former French official has charged. French and Moroccan prosecutors have launched a probe into former education minister Luc Ferry's explosive allegations, presented during a TV talk...

Muslim Busted for South Park Threat

Rob Quinn — Tue, 31 May 2011 01:15:00 CDT

A New York man wanted for threatening the creators of South Park has been arrested in Morocco, according to the website he co-founded. Younus Mohammad is awaiting extradition to the US, the website says. A criminal complaint against Mohammad, a Muslim convert born Jesse Curtis Morton, was filed earlier this...

Saudis Forming Anti-Shiite 'Club of Kings'

Kevin Spak — Fri, 27 May 2011 10:44:05 CDT

Saudi Arabia is moving to firm up alliances with Sunni nations in a bid to limit Iran’s influence and stem the tide of revolts in the Arab world. It has asked several countries across the Middle East and Asia, including Pakistan, Malaysia, and Indonesia, to join an informal alliance that...

15 Killed in Morocco Tourist Cafe Attack

Rob Quinn — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 01:42:00 CDT

A bomb ripped through a tourist cafe in the center of Marrakesh, killing at least 15 people in Morocco's worst terrorist attack since 2003. The victims were foreign nationals, including six French citizens and a Canadian couple with roots in Morocco's tiny Jewish community. The attack was carried out by...

Morocco King Promises Reform

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:20:00 CST

King Mohammed VI says Morocco will revise its constitution for the first time in 15 years, aiming to strengthen democracy in the face of a reform push across the Arab world. In a rare TV and radio speech to the nation, the monarch said a new commission will suggest constitutional...