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...MOROCCO...
...Oufkirs are victims of vengeance at its most perverse. Fatima Oufkir's husband, General Mohammed Oufkir, was Morocco's Defense Minister when air force leaders unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate King Hassan II on Aug. 16, 1972. General Oufkir was accused of complicity and the next day was found shot dead. Four days later, Fatima, now 54, the six Oufkir children, who now range in age from 21 to 37, and Fatima's cousin Achoura Chenna, 54, were put under house arrest and have been held since then without explanation, charge or trial in various houses and farms...
Publisher Malcolm Forbes, who died at 70 last month, was renowned for extravagant gestures, from hot-air ballooning over China to a $2 million birthday bash in Morocco. Last week Forbes Inc. employees received one last act of largesse from their late boss. In a memo, Forbes' son and successor Steve announced that, in accordance with his father's wishes, all 750 staffers would receive an extra week's pay. Moreover, up to $10,000 in loans from the company to any employee would be forgiven. "As Pop put it, 'Like a lottery, it's pure chance...
While the majority of high school students who attend the conference come from France and Luxembourg, Harvard Model Congress Europe under Derstine recruited students from other countries such as Morocco, the Soviet Union, South Africa, Italy and Austria...
What happened next is disputed. According to French Environment Minister Brice Lalonde, who flew to Morocco to consult with authorities in the former French protectorate, the response lagged while the ship's owner, the National Iranian Tanker Co., bargained over the price of salvage with the Rotterdam- based firm Smit Tak. "Thirteen days were lost while they haggled like rug merchants," lamented Lalonde. Smit Tak explained that it was hamstrung by Spain and Morocco, which refused to allow the Khark 5 to be towed closer to their shores, where the company thought it could seal the leaks...