Ramsey has stoked up Harry Truman, Henry Cabot Lodge, the King of Morocco, Clement Atlee and other shiny characters.

The world of Arab music has long been dominated by Cairo, a cultural center, though musical innovation and regional styles abound from Morocco to Saudi Arabia.

2008 has brought announcements of new or additional sales to Singapore, Finland, Morocco and South Korea ; in December 2010 the Swiss government requested 150 AIM-120C-7 missiles.

Casablanca has become the economic and business capital of Morocco, while Rabat is the political capital.

Casablanca is located in the Chawiya plain which has historically been the breadbasket of Morocco.

Observing events from French Morocco Orwell wrote that they were "— only a by-product of the Russian Trotskyist trials and from the start every kind of lie, including flagrant absurdities, has been circulated in the Communist press.

The second most important area of immigration to Italy has always been the neighbouring North Africa ( in particular, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia ), with soaring arrivals as a consequence of the Arab Spring.

To its west, the area known as Tripolitania has characteristics and a history similar to those of nearby Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.

Modern DNA analysis ( see link ) has confirmed that various populations have contributed to the present-day gene pool of Morocco in addition to the main ethnic group which is the Amazighs / Berbers.

He has since enacted successive reforms to modernize Morocco, and the country has seen a marked improvement in its human rights record.

Under Muhammad VI, Morocco has continued down a path toward economic, political, and social reform and modernization.

Internationally, Morocco has maintained a moderate stance, with strong ties to the West.

Morocco has become a major player in the African economic affairs, and is the 5th African economy by GDP ( PPP ).

Morocco opened its doors to offshoring in July 2006, as one component of the development initiative Plan Emergence, and has so far attracted roughly half of the French-speaking call centres that have gone offshore so far and a number of the Spanish ones.

In the Arab world, Morocco has the second-largest non-oil GDP, behind Egypt, as of 2005.

Among the various free trade agreements that Morocco has ratified with its principal economic partners, are The Euro-Mediterranean free trade area agreement with the European Union with the objective of integrating the European Free Trade Association at the horizons of 2012 ; the Agadir Agreement, signed with Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia, within the framework of the installation of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area ; the US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement with United States which came into force on 1 January 2006, and lately the agreement of free exchange with Turkey.

Morocco has a good system composed of open-wire lines, cables, and microwave radio relay links.

Wana, formerly known as " Maroc Connect " offers 3G for MAD200 per month ( 19 €) in its offer " Internet Mobile ". Wana has the most extensive 3G network in Morocco.

Morocco has had strong ties to the West in order to gain economic and political benefits.

Certain evidence of foreign influence is through the many development projects, loans, investments, and free trade agreements that Morocco has with other countries.

Policies associated with foreign relations are determined by the king, King Mohamed VI, and his advisors, despite the fact that Morocco has a constitutional monarchy.

Morocco has had a history of monarch rule.

Despite achieving independence in 1956, Morocco still has a strong relationship with its former colonizers.

Relations with foreign powers, especially with the West, have also been strengthened as Morocco has liberalized its economy and implemented major economic reforms.

In the reign of his grandfather, John I, Ceuta had been conquered from the king of Morocco, and now the new king wanted to expand the conquests.

While some similar frescoes have been found in other locations around the Mediterranean basin, particularly in Egypt and Morocco, their origins are subject to speculation.

Spanish Guinea was granted independence as Equatorial Guinea in 1968, while the Moroccan enclave of Ifni had been ceded to Morocco in 1969.

Henry was 21 when he, his father and brothers captured the Moorish port of Ceuta in northern Morocco, that had long been a base for Barbary pirates who raided the Portuguese coast, depopulating villages by capturing their inhabitants to be sold in the African slave market.

In 1666 the sultanate was reunited by the Alaouite dynasty, who have since been the ruling house of Morocco.

While little is known about Morocco settlement in these early times, excavations elsewhere in the Maghreb suggest an abundance of game and forests that would have been hospitable to Mesolithic hunters and gatherers.

Implementation of the settlement plan, which calls for a popular referendum among the Sahrawi natives of the territory to determine its final status ( integration into Morocco or independence ), has been repeatedly postponed because of differences between the parties.

Although spices have been imported to Morocco for thousands of years, many ingredients, like saffron from Tiliouine, mint and olives from Meknes, and oranges and lemons from Fez, are home-grown.

Spanish is the only official language, while there have been calls to recognise Tamazight, a standardized version of all Berber languages official in Morocco, as well.

The first has been since identified as the Wadi Ghir on the north western edge of the Tuat, along the borders of modern Morocco and Algeria.

The next regularly scheduled meeting of the parties to the UNFCCC, COP 7, had been set for Marrakech, Morocco, in October – November 2001.

In his autobiography, Plummer said that Chapman was to have been a technical adviser on the film but the French authorities would not allow him in the country because he was still wanted over an alleged plot to kidnap the Sultan of Morocco.

Since the Madrid Accords of 1975, part of Western Sahara have been administered by Morocco as the Southern Provinces.

Due to disputes over voter qualification, the vote has still not been held, and Morocco has made it clear in 2000 that henceforth it will not consider any option leading to the independence of the territory, and instead, is now proposing autonomy within Morocco.

In Morocco he had been banned several times for-how he explains himself-for speaking about injustice in the society.

There have been several referendums in Morocco, most of which were related to the Moroccan constitution.

Permineralized stingray teeth have been found in sedimentary deposits around the world, including fossiliferous outcrops in Morocco.

Except for brief clashes with Morocco in 1976, the armed forces have not been involved in hostilities against a foreign power.