North Africa – Jen’s the star of Morocco (New York Post)
Jen’s the star of Morocco (New York Post)
All eyes were on Jennifer Aniston, single and totally unattached again, in Marrakech, Morocco, this week, when she outshone the other stars at the reopening of the legendary La Mamounia Hotel. Reporters in London went wild on Wednesday when Anisto…
Libya barred from Davos forum over row with Switzerland (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Libya will not be invited to the Davos economic forum until it resolves its row with Switzerland stemming from the arrest of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi’s son, a Davos spokesman said Saturday.
New Orleans man identified as victim of Algiers shooting (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
Authorities on Friday identified the 24-year-old local man killed in a double shooting days earlier in Algiers. Jacquain Charles, of New Orleans, was fatally shot shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday in the 6400 block of Gen. Meyer Avenue . Charles had been shot multiple times, said John Gagliano, spokesman for the coroner.
Very little concrete progress in illegal migration talks between EU, Libya (Times of Malta)
A year of technical negotiations between the EU and Libya on illegal migration has seen little concrete progress and Tripoli still keeps Brussels guessing on what it wants to achieve and when.
Blake makes quarter-final exit in Egypt (RT News)
Ireland’s Aisling Blake suffered a quarter-final defeat in the Women’s Sharm El Sheikh Squash Open in Egypt today. Seeded seventh in the event, Sligowoman Blake went down to top seed Rachael Grinham of Australia, losing in three straight sets 11-5 11-6 11-9.
Effort Against Trans-Sahara Terrorists (Scoop.co.nz)
Washington – The North Africa-based terrorist group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) continues to be a menace to parts of the Maghreb and the Sahel, but the Muslim populations there generally reject AQIM, and the group is less likely to expand operations …
Italy’s top security official: Algerian cell financing terror smashed with 17 arrests (Kitchener – Waterloo Record)
MILAN, Italy – Italy’s top security official said Thursday that authorities have smashed an international terror cell with the arrest in Italy and elsewhere in Europe of 17 Algerians who were raising money to finance terrorism.
Egypt: Military Court of Appeals fails to rectify injustice (Amnesty International)
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Aniston and Paltrow spend Thanksgiving in Morocco (world entertainment news via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Brad Pitt’s ex-lovers Jennifer Aniston and Gwyneth Paltrow spent Thanksgiving Day together at a hotel launch in Morocco.
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