Word: morocco
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...Located on Morocco's Atlantic coast, the port of Essaouira was for many years a well-kept secret of 20th century bohemia. Rock stars Mick Jagger and Jimi Hendrix have wandered its 300-year-old streets, joining a steady stream of beats and backpackers who, in some cases, were drawn as much by the local kef as by Essaouira's cultural mélange of European, Berber and African influences...
...least if the Essaouira Gnaoua and World Music Festival (June 24-27) is anything to go by. The five-year-old event is an impressive three-day program attracting upwards of 200,000 spectators. At its heart is the trance-inducing music of the Gnaoua, spiritual brotherhoods formed in Morocco by the descendants of slaves. These traditional musicians are joined onstage by guest stars from the worlds of rock and jazz-this year's lineup includes Cuban pianist Omar Soza and U.S. jazz legend Joe Zawinul. And the best part? All performances on the festival's five outdoor stages...
MIND GAMES Interrogators cajole, scare or confuse prisoners. They threaten to send captives to countries with a known history of torture, like Egypt or Morocco. Occasionally the U.S. has carried out that threat...
...that killed 191 people in Madrid homed in on suburban Portland last week, when the FBI took former Army officer and Muslim convert Brandon Mayfield, 37, into custody on a material witness warrant. So far, 18 people have been charged in the attacks, which are being blamed on a Morocco-based cell of Muslim extremists. In March, a plastic shopping bag containing detonators like those used in the attacks was discovered inside a stolen white van near a suburban Madrid train station, U.S. and Spanish officials said. When a fingerprint on the bag appeared to match Mayfield's--the first...
...Morocco also made an extra point on Friday, although his was slightly less convincing as it glanced off the crossbar before going through the uprights. Freshman Doug Britton, who did not see action on Friday, will also be part of the competition...