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"This is our test," he said. If the revolts that swept the Middle East a year ago were the coming of age of youths determined to imagine another future for the Arab world, the aftermath that has brought elections in Egypt and Tunisia and the prospect...
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Verkouteren / Associated Press This artist rendering shows Amine El Khalifi before U.S. District Judge T. Rawles Jones Jr. in federal court in Alexandria, Va. He did not enter a plea. Washington -- An immigrant from Morocco armed with a jammed automatic...
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 17: The indoor garage, just blocks away from the U.S. Capitol, where 29-year-old Amine El Khalifi was reportedly arrested is shown February 17, 2012 in Arlington, VA. El Khalifi, an illegal immigrant from Morocco, was arrested... View Photo »
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President Obama should take a moment to congratulate Morocco on a successful election and urge the Islamists to stick to their platform of economic hope and change.
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Mobinil jumped by a daily limit of 10 percent Friday. France Telecom is refocusing its business on fast-growing emerging markets as mobile revenue in Europe stalls. The Paris-based company has announced the sale of its units in Switzerland and Austria,...
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Capitol Police officer keeps watch in Washington, where a 29-year-old Moroccan immigrant was arrested. He was charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction against government property. (J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press / February 18,...
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ARLINGTON, VA - FEBRUARY 17: A house believed to be where 29-year-old Amine El Khalifi lived is seen February 17, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. El Khalifi, an undocumented immigrant from Morocco, was arrested today near the U.S. Capitol for allegedly... View Photo »
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Moroccan man was arrested near the U.S. Capitol on Friday wearing a vest he believed was full of al Qaeda-supplied explosives and charged in an attempted suicide bombing of Congress, the Justice Department said. Amine El...
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Because authorities had disabled the explosives and automatic weapon he had, the incident "posed no threat to the public," the Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a statement. The justicE department identified the man as Amine El Khalifi, a...
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The Kingdom of Morocco (Arabic: المملكة المغربية) is a country in North Africa. It has a long coastline on the Atlantic Ocean that reaches past the Strait of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Algeria to the east, the Mediterranean Sea and a relatively thin water border Spain to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to its west. There... Full Article
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An artists' courtroom sketch shows Amine El Khalifi, an illegal immigrant from Morocco as he is brought before a judge in the Federal Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia February 17, 2012. El Khalifi, who lives in Alexandria, Virginia, was arrested near the U.S. Capitol on Friday wearing...
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People protest against the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in Riga on February 13, 2012. Some 300 people braved sub-zero temperatures, to rally against the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement outside the Baltic state's cabinet office, following...
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Nadia Lalami of Morocco returns the ball against Shahar Peer of Israel on the first day of the WTA Qatar Open Tennis Tournament, in Doha, Monday Feb. 13, 2012.
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 17: The indoor garage, just blocks away from the U.S. Capitol, where 29-year-old Amine El Khalifi was reportedly arrested is shown February 17, 2012 in Arlington, VA. El Khalifi, an illegal immigrant from Morocco, was arrested today for allegedly attempting to...
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Yassine Idmbarek of Morocco returns a shot to Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus during their Group 2 first round Davis Cup tennis match, at the Spyros Kyprianou sports complex in southern coastal city of Limassol, Cyprus Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012. Baghdatis won the game 6-4, 6-1, 6-0.
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Moroccan Communications Minister Nabil Benabdellah (R) receives German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier upon the latter's arrival at the airport in Rabat 17 November 2006. Steinmeier arrived in Morocco as part of a tour of north African countries that will also take him to...
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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - FEBRUARY 10: Ahmed Marjan of Morocco on the 10th hole during the second round of the 2012 Omega Dubai Desert Classic on the Majilis Course at the Emirates Golf Club on February 10, 2012 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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French militant environmentalist and European deputy Jose Bove takes part in a vote on a resolution concerning an agreement between the EU and Morocco on reciprocal liberalisation measures on agricultural and fishery products on February 16, 2012 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg,...
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Fishermen stand near boxes of sardines at a fishing port in Agadir, southern Morocco July 22, 2011. Morocco's economy has so far performed well during Europe's sovereign debt crisis, partly because of a surge in the government's social spending to maintain political stability during...
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The facade outside the Morocco Mall is pictured during the inauguratuion ceremony for the multimillion euro complex on December 1, 2011 in Casablanca. Construction work officially began in 2007 at a final cost of 200 million euros.
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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - FEBRUARY 08: (l-r) Ahmed Marjan of Morocco Shaikh Fahim Bin Sultan Al Qasimi The President of the Arab Golf Federation, Mohamed Juma Buamaim The Vice Chairman and CEO of Golf in Dubai and Jake Sheperd of England the winner of the 2011 MENA Golf Tour during...
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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - FEBRUARY 08: Ahmed Marjan of Morocco during the press conference to announce the 2012 MENA Golf Tour Schedule during the pro-am for the 2012 Omega Dubai Desert Classic on the Majilis Course at the Emirates Golf Club on February 8, 2012 in Dubai, United Arab...
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Morocco's Foreign Minister Saad Eddine Othmani (R) and his Portuguese counterpart Paulo Portas (L) chat on the terrace of Necessidades Palace in Lisbon on February 7, 2012.
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Morocco's Foreign Minister Saad Eddine Othmani (R) is welcomed by his Portuguese counterpart Paulo Portas (L) upon his arrival at Necessidades Palace in Lisbon on February 7, 2012.
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Morocco's Foreign Affairs Minister Saad Dine El Otmani (R) speaks to Portugal's Prime Minister Passos Coelho at St Bento Palace in Lisbon February 6, 2012. El Otmani is on a two day official day visit to Portugal.
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Morocco's Foreign Affairs Minister Saad Dine El Otmani is welcomed by his Portuguese counterpart Paulo Portas at St Bento Palace palace in Lisbon February 6, 2012. El Otmani is on a two day official day visit to Portugal.
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A man walks by tomatoes thrown during a demonstration by Spanish agricultors against the EU-Morocco agriculture agreement in front of the European Commission delegation building in Madrid on February 14, 2012.
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A woman throws tomatoes during a demonstration of Spanish agricultors against the EU-Morocco agriculture agreement in front of the European Commission delegation in Madrid on February 14, 2012.
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Spanish agricultors hold placards against the EU-Morocco agriculture agreement in front of the European Commission delegation in Madrid on February 14, 2012.
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Morocco's Btissam Lakhouad (C) gestures as she crosses the finish line to win the women's 1000 meter run at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix track meet in Boston, Massachusetts February 4, 2012.
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Cagliari forward Mostapha El Kabir of Morocco, left, challenges for the ball with Novara midfielder Simone Pesce during a Serie A soccer match between Novara and Cagliari, at the Silvio Piola stadium in Novara, Italy, Sunday, Feb.5, 2012.
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Cagliari forward Mostapha El Kabir of Morocco, center, vies for the ball with Novara midfielder Filippo Porcari, left, and Novara defender Matteo Centurioni, during a Serie A soccer match between Novara and Cagliari, at the Silvio Piola stadium in Novara, Italy, Sunday, Feb.5,2012.
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Btissam Lakhouad, of Morocco, finishes first with a time of 2:38.44 in the women's 1000-meter run at the Boston Indoor Games athletics competition in Boston, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012.
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Morocco's Ambassador to the United Nations Mohammed Loulichki before a vote on a resolution on Syria in the United Nations Security Council during a meeting on Syria February 4, 2012 at the United Nations in New York. Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution...
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Shahar Peer of Israel gestures after scoring a point against Nadia Lalami of Morocco during the first day of the WTA Qatar Open in Doha on February 13, 2012. Peer won the match 6-0, 6-0.
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An artists' courtroom sketch shows Amine El Khalifi, an illegal immigrant from Morocco as he is brought before a judge in the Federal Courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia February 17, 2012. El Khalifi, who lives in Alexandria, Virginia, was arrested near the U.S. Capitol on Friday wearing...
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