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Travel - Leisure Marrakech is BA's top 2011 destination afrol News - Morocco's exotic inland city Marrakech has been named the top destination of UK's leading airliner British Airways (BA). Also Mauritius is on BA's top-ten list for 2011. |
Politics | Society Little US trust in Moroccan army afrol News - The US embassy in Rabat puts little trust in the Moroccan armed forces. Corruption "at the highest levels" limits the army's efficiency, while the King's distrust in the army halts direct US contacts. |
Politics | Society | Human rights Secrete prisons and torture revealed in Tunisia afrol News - The International Red Cross office in Tunis confirms the existence of several "non-notified" secret prisons in Tunisia. Diplomats say Tunisian assurances they do not practice torture are "crap" and "bullshit". |
Politics | Society Mubarak: "Egypt must consider nuclear bomb" afrol News - Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak in talks with US diplomats leaves it clear that Iran is the greatest threat to his country. Should Iran get nuclear bombs, Egypt would "be forced" to do the same, he said. |
Culture - Arts US returns Tutankhamun collection to Egypt afrol News - The US Metropolitan Museum of Art has agreed to repatriate a collection of ancient Egyptian objects, including some that had belonged to King Tutankhamun and had been in New York since 1948. |
Human rights | Politics "Massacre" and purges ongoing in Western Sahara afrol News - At least 11 Sahrawis have been shot dead by Moroccan troops storming a camp of protesters. Sahrawi sources talk of 36 civilians being shot. Moroccan troops keep raiding Western Sahara cities, arresting young Sahrawi men. |
Travel - Leisure African travel destinations "hot" in 2011 afrol News - The travel guidebook publisher 'Lonely Planet' has launched its "hottest" destinations for 2011 in new English and French guidebooks, with the greatest African presence ever. Cape Verde, Tanzania, Egypt and Morocco are listed. |
Society | Human rights 20,000 Western Sahara protesters "starving" afrol News - The 20,000 Sahrawis leaving Western Sahara cities in protest of Morocco's occupation are on "maximum alert" after a Moroccan siege denies them water and food. Protesters warn of "concentration camps". |
Economy - Development Morocco to triple electricity production afrol News - The Moroccan government has announced plans to triple its electricity output by 2020 to meet growing electricity demand among its citizens and the in booming tourism sector. |
Human rights | Society "Mass exodus" from Western Sahara cities afrol News - Concerns are mounting for thousands of civilians taking part in protests following a mass exodus from major cities in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara earlier this month. The protesters are denied food and medical supplies. |
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