Really, I am only posting these things so that there is something new here…I’m still trying to figure out what to do with all of these sites and not having an always on connection at home is kicking my ass in terms of doing anything on the web….
RABAT, Morocco, Nov. 5 (UPI) — The Swedish ambassador to Morocco has been expelled for allegedly giving a government document to separatists, the African country’s Foreign Ministry says.
Foreign Minister Taib Fassi Fihri called Michael Odevald to his office Wednesday to protest what he called an “unacceptable, professional mistake,” the ministry said.
Fihri claimed the Swedish Embassy breached diplomatic protocol by transmitting an official document to officials of Polisario, the ruling party of the exiled Western Sahara government, which is technically at war with Morocco.
The diplomatic dust-up came as a Sahrawi political prisoner in Morocco is being awarded a prestigious Swedish human rights prize, Afrol News reported.
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Morocco Launches $9 Billion Solar Energy Project
Morocco has announced this week the launch of a solar energy project, with an estimated cost of $9 billion, aiming at raising the share of renewable sources in the country’s energy production. The plan, unveiled in the southern Moroccan city of Ouarzazate during a ceremony attended by king Mohammed VI and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will, according to the local news agency, enable the country to equally divide its renewable energies’ national production between solar, wind and hydroelectric sources by the year 2020.
