Morocco News
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In a small northern town in Morocco, a 16-year-old child has committed suicide by injesting rat poison. Apparently, the child had been raped one year before and was forced by her family and the courts to marry the man who raped her, in the name of honor.
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Five men set themselves on fire in the capital city of Morocco, Rabat, in protest at the lack of employment in the country, especially for university graduates.
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Police in Morocco have described the murder of a three-year-old who went missing on Sunday, as the most vile and disturbing crime they have ever investigated.
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Rabat -
As many as 78 people have been killed in Morocco after a military transport aircraft crashed into a mountainside near a town in the south of the country, an interior ministry spokesman says.
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Marrakech -
At least 14 people are dead and more than 20 injured following a suicide bomb attack at the Djemaa el-Fna square in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh. Some of the dead are believed to be foreigners.
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Rabat -
The northern African nation of Morocco has become the latest country to be hit with pro-democracy, anti-government protests. Dozens have been wounded, more than 120 have been arrested and at least five people were killed.
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The clashes between Moroccan forces and rebels in the disputed region of Western Sahara has taken a toll on reportage. Morocco has been accused of increased hostility towards Spanish journalists trying to cover the conflict.
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Morocco's topselling Arabic language weekly 'Nichane', which had taken up in the past taboo subjects like monarchy and Islam, closed shop last week blaming "the highest circles of power" for organising a boycott of advertisers.
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After a minaret in Meknes collapsed in February killing 41 people during Friday prayers, Morocco is closing down 1,256 of the nation's mosques.
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A new gay magazine has been launched in Morocco, even though homosexuality is illegal in the country, and anyone caught indulging in gay sex could be jailed.
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Morocco annexed the territory in the mid-1970s after Spain gave up control, and guerrilla warfare with the Polisario, which favors independence for the region, ensued until a UN-brokered ceasefire ended the violence in 1991.
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