With its acquisition of Western Sahara, Morocco came to possess some two-thirds of the world's reserves of phosphates, used for the manufacture of fertilizers and other products.
There are a lot of don'ts when it comes to drinking in Morocco--after all, alcohol is technically illegal, although tourists typically get a pass.
The most recent Saudi denial that there were any Qaeda cells in the kingdom came last week, after Morocco announced that it had arrested three Saudi men and their wives in a plot to attack United States and British ships in the Strait of Gibraltar.
Club of the Year: Esperance (Tunisia), MAS (Morocco), Wydad Athletic (Morocco).
One of the evening's specials he announced to us had couscous on the plate, and--having just come back from Morocco--I was explaining to my dining companion that couscous is pasta, semolina flour rolled into tiny balls.
Adnane Tighadouini came on as a substitute in the 52nd minute for Morocco and made an immediate impact on the left with some promising runs but failing to find men in the box.
2) came an official communique from Rabat, issued by Hassan II, new King of Morocco; Habib Bourguiba, the Tunisian Pres.; & Ferhat Abbas, the Algerian rebel premier, saying "there should no longer be any obstacles to direct negotiations within the framework of total decononization" - which is welcome news if they stick to it.
However, such a stance will come with a price for French diplomacy, with its policy of choosing Morocco in its perennial standoff with Algeria.
Despite coming into the competition as a reserve, Youssef Hadji, right, was a major reason why Morocco made it to the final.
"Morocco is threatened by al-Qaida like many other countries, and we need to be careful on our borders, with weapons coming in from Libya and Mali," said Bensaid.
