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Morocco : Seventy-Eight Killed, Three Seriously Injured in Crash of Military Aircraft Near Guelmim
on 2011/7/27 16:37:31
Morocco

20110727
Allafrica
Guelmim — Seventy-eight people were killed, and three were seriously injured following a crash, on Tuesday, of a C-130 aircraft of the Royal Armed Forces northeast the southern city of Guelmim, the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) said in a statement.

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Morocco : At least 14 killed in road accident in Morocco
on 2011/7/21 21:53:45
Morocco

20110721
Reuters
RABAT (Reuters) - At least 14 people were killed and nine others seriously injured on Thursday when two vehicles collided in southern Morocco, the official MAP news agency reported.

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Morocco : Moroccan rights group seeks actions after reform
on 2011/7/19 17:13:48
Morocco

20110719
Reuters
RABAT (Reuters) - Constitutional reform crafted by Morocco's king protects human rights better but won't amount to much unless the state apologises for past abuses and holds to account those responsible, a top rights group said.

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Morocco : Thousands rally in Morocco over reform plan
on 2011/7/18 16:19:19
Morocco

20110718
Reuters
RABAT (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters and opponents of constitutional changes offered by Morocco's king protested on Sunday, indicating debate over the country's future sparked by the "Arab Spring" uprisings has not ended.

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Morocco : Protest hits phosphate supply to Morocco's OCP: source
on 2011/7/13 16:47:15
Morocco

20110713
Reuters
RABAT (Reuters) - Jobless protesters blocked a railway line in Morocco for a fourth day on Tuesday, forcing the state phosphate monopoly to use trucks to supply its plants, a source familiar with the matter said.

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Morocco : Moroccans hold fresh protests
on 2011/7/11 16:57:50
Morocco

20110711
presstv
Thousands of Moroccans have taken to streets in the capital Rabat as well as in Casablanca to call for greater political reforms and social justice.

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Morocco : No let up in Moroccan protests for deeper reform
on 2011/7/11 16:39:50
Morocco

20110711
Reuters
RABAT (Reuters) - Thousands of Moroccans staged protests on Sunday, the latest in a series of peaceful demonstrations by a youth-led movement to demand reforms that go beyond constitutional changes crafted by the palace.

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Morocco : Moroccan king triumphs in reform vote
on 2011/7/2 16:29:50
Morocco

20110702
Reuters
RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's King Mohammed scored a landslide victory in Friday's referendum on a new constitution he proposed to placate "Arab Spring" protests as voters defied critics who said it did little to curb his powers.

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Morocco : Moroccans approve new constitution by sweeping majority
on 2011/7/2 16:25:30
Morocco

20110702
xinhua
RABAT, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Morocco is set to have a new constitution that will curb the king's powers after over 98 percent of voters gave their approval in Friday's referendum.

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Morocco : 60.3 pct Moroccan registered voters poll in new draft constitution referendum
on 2011/7/2 16:24:23
Morocco

20110702
xinhua
RABAT, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Around 60.3 percent of Moroccan registered voters voted in the referendum for a new draft constitution Friday, and the voting process is "orderly and smooth, " said a communique issued by the Moroccan interior ministry.

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Morocco : Turnout key as Moroccans vote for king's reforms
on 2011/7/1 17:23:56
Morocco

20110701
Reuters
RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco's King Mohammed is widely tipped to win Friday's referendum on a revised constitution he has offered to placate "Arab Spring" street protests, but a low voter turnout could still spur demands for bolder changes.

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Morocco : Trial for Morocco cafe attack suspects adjourned
on 2011/6/30 21:14:08
Morocco

20110630
Reuters
SALE, Morocco (Reuters) - Authorities in Morocco adjourned to August 18 the trial on Thursday of suspects in an April 28 bomb attack on a cafe in the resort of Marrakesh that killed 17 people, including eight French nationals.

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Morocco : Moroccans march to support King's constitutional reform proposals
on 2011/6/27 17:43:37
Morocco

20110627
xinhua
RABAT, June 26 (Xinhua) -- About 1 million Moroccans took to the streets across the country on Sunday to support the constitutional changes proposed by King Muhammed VI, local media reported.

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Morocco : Thousands protest in Morocco for more reform
on 2011/6/20 18:01:46
Morocco

20110620
Reuters
CASABLANCA (Reuters) - Several thousand people marched through Morocco's biggest city on Sunday to protest that constitutional reforms unveiled this week by King Mohammed have not gone far enough.

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Morocco : Morocco police use truncheons to break up protest
on 2011/5/30 16:31:25
Morocco

20110530
Reuters
CASABLANCA (Reuters) - Police used truncheons to break up an anti-government protest in Morocco's commercial capital, Casablanca, on Sunday and dozens of people were injured, organisers said.

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Morocco : Moroccan police beat up protesters
on 2011/5/23 18:13:34
Morocco

20110522
Aljazeera

Protesters calling for more rights and economic benefits dispersed by police in Rabat and Casablanca.

Police in Morocco have violently dispersed protesters who defied a ban on demonstrations, beating them up with batons and taking several into custody.

Sunday’s police action in the capital, Rabat, and Casablanca seemed to suggest a tougher government response to the increasingly defiant protests that first erupted in February.

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Morocco : Moroccan police disperse opposition protest
on 2011/5/16 17:27:32
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20110515
reuters

Moroccan security services used truncheons to disperse a pro-democracy protest on the southern outskirts of the capital Rabat on Sunday, injuring several people, a Reuters reporter at the scene said.

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Morocco : Thousands demand reform in Morocco rally
on 2011/5/9 13:06:53
Morocco

20110408
reuters

MARRAKESH, Morocco (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters marched in Morocco on Sunday to demand reform in the Arab world's longest-serving dynasty and to oppose militant violence after a deadly bomb attack.

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Morocco : Morocco counts cost of bombing at tourist hotspot
on 2011/5/1 16:20:00
Morocco

20110430
reuters

MARRAKESH (Reuters) - Morocco was counting the cost to its vital tourism industry on Friday from an explosion at a busy Marrakesh cafe that killed 15 people in an attack described by the government as a terrorist act.

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Morocco : Marrakesh blast was remote-controlled bomb--France
on 2011/5/1 16:15:43
Morocco

20110430
reuters

PARIS (Reuters) - An explosion that killed 15 people in Marrakesh was triggered by a remote control device, not a suicide bomber as previous reports suggested, France's interior minister said in an interview published on Saturday.

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