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| | Spanish Morocco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Morocco still claims Ceuta and Melilla to be part of Morocco. | | | Spanish Morocco, was the area of Morocco ruled by Spain from 1912 up to 1956, when France and Spain recognised Moroccan independence. | | | In 1958, Spain ceded Tarfaya and in 1969, Spain ceded Ifni to Morocco. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Morocco
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| | Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Morocco claims the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla and the uninhabited Vélez, Alhucemas, Chafarinas, and Perejil islands, all on the Northern coast of Africa. | | | Although the coup initially failed, the ensuing Spanish Civil War ended in 1939 with the victory of the nationalist forces led by General Francisco Franco and supported by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. | | | Morocco points out that those territories were obtained when Morocco could not do anything to prevent it and has never signed treaties cessioning them. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain
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| | MSN Encarta - Archive Article - 1939: Morocco |
| | Spanish Morocco occupies the territory bordered by the Mediterranean on the north, from Beshir to El Qsarel-Kbir, bounded south by French Morocco, east by Algeria, and west by the Atlantic Ocean. | | | On Sept. 10, German goods in French Morocco were ordered confiscated and German aliens were interned. | | | MSN Encarta - Archive Article - 1939: Morocco |
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http://encarta.msn.com/sidebar_461501409/1939_Morocco.html
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| | A short history of Morocco |
| | In 1969 Morocco acquieres the former Spanish enclave of Ifni. | | | In 1956 French Morocco becomes independent as Morocco, shortly after that the protectorate in Spanish Morocco ends and Tanger is transfered to Morocco. | | | The country is renamed Kingdom of Morocco in 1957. |
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http://www.electionworld.org/history/morocco.htm
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| | CNN.com - Tension grows over disputed island - July 18, 2002 |
| | Morocco claims the island as part of its territory, but Spain says the island is in dispute and that the two countries had agreed years ago to leave it uninhabited. | | | Spain believes Morocco was using Perejil to highlight other differences, such as fishing rights, illegal immigration and the Western Sahara, which was annexed by Morocco from Spain in the 1970s and where the United Nations has ruled a self-determination referendum should be held. | | | The soldiers were examined by a doctor, given breakfast and then were returned Morocco at 10 a.m. |
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http://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/07/17/spain.morocco
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| | Morocco: Map, History and Much More From Answers.com |
| | Ifni, formerly a Spanish-held enclave on the Atlantic coast, was ceded to Morocco in 1969. | | | Morocco is a member of the United Nations and the Arab League. | | | In July, 2002, Morocco occupied an uninhabited islet off Ceuta that is claimed by Spain, drawing international attention to the disputed Spanish enclaves along Morocco's Mediterranean coast. |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/morocco
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| | NITLE Arab World Project |
| | Schooling is compulsory in Morocco for children between the ages of 7 and 16. | | | Byzantine rule was ended by the Arabs, who invaded Morocco in 682 in the course of their drive to expand the power of Islam. | | | The original population of Morocco was Berber, and about three-quarters of all present-day Moroccans are of Berber descent. |
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http://arabworld.nitle.org/map.php?module_id=4&country_id=2
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| | afrol News: Moroccan-Spanish conflict threatens funds for Morocco |
| | Morocco however claims Leila always has been Moroccan and that the erected control post is needed in the fight against illegal migration, drug trafficking and terrorism. | | | Contributing to the speculations are the widely used Spanish government references to the act "incompatible with friendship" by Morocco. | | | More than half of Morocco's trade now is with the EU and Morocco the country has also access to certain EU development funds. |
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http://www.afrol.com/News2002/mor017_perejil_spain.htm
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| | History of MOROCCO |
| | In the 1960s Hassan claims that Morocco has a historic right to Mauritania itself. | | | Tunisia becomes a French protectorate in 1881, and Morocco (which has maintained a shaky independence, under its own local sultans, since the end of the Marinid dynasty) follows in 1912. | | | The issue is a crucial one, with Morocco continuing to move thousands of settlers into the region. |
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http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac97
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| | Morocco |
| | The region was divided between Morocco and Mauritania in April of that year, with Morocco taking over the remaining one-third of the territory soon after Mauritania succumbed to pressure from Polisario in 1979 and abandoned its claims. | | | Schools of Fiqh: The Maliki school is the predominant madhhab in Morocco. | | | The status of the Western Sahara remains unresolved, with contesting claims on the part of the Moroccan state and the Polisario Front (Popular Front for the Liberation of the Saquia el-Hamra and Rio de Oro) which proclaimed a government in exile of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in February 1976. |
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http://www.law.emory.edu/IFL/legal/morocco.htm
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| | Webshots AP News Headlines |
| | Spain, one of Morocco's main trading partners and aid donors, said it would not escalate the conflict nor cut economic ties with Morocco. | | | The European Union restated its support for Madrid, but ruled out sanctions against Morocco, while The Arab League said it considers the island to be part of Morocco. | | | The island was virtually uninhabited for years until Morocco posted a small detachment of troops there last week, ostensibly for monitoring drug trafficking and illegal immigration. |
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http://daily.webshots.com/content/ap/current/h31392943.html
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| | Collector Network - Rare US Coins, World Coins, Banknotes, Paper Money, Cards and Stamps |
| | The Sultan of Morocco possessed sovereignty in the Northern Zone of Spanish Morocco. | | | Following its independence, Morocco was forced to rebuild and create a new singular monetary zone. | | | Following pressure from the Germans and the Algesiras Conference, the Algesiras Agreement was signed on April 7, 1906, guaranteeing Morocco independence from the European powers. |
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http://www.collectornetwork.com/article_spanish
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| | May 2003 report, Working conditions in Morocco |
| | Morocco signed the ILO Convention number 182 from 1999 related to Worst Forms of Child Labour, but not number 138 related to children exploitation, in which minimum age is established. | | | In Morocco, the work of children is something which has always been linked to tradition, especially in the countryside. | | | In this sense, Morocco forms an age pyramid which is broad-based, meaning young. |
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http://www.cleanclothes.org/publications/03-05-morocco.htm
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| | WAIS - World Affairs Report |
| | It is now learned from the government that rebels seized the radio station in Ceuta, Spanish Morocco, and broadcast an announcement purporting to have been issued by the Seville radio station stating that all government buildings in Madrid had been seized. | | | The government also announces that the Morocco operations were connected with a similar plot in Spain. | | | [Reports from North Africa said General Franco was heading the revolt in Morocco.] Rumors of a military uprising in the Balearic Islands were also officially refuted. |
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http://www.stanford.edu/group/wais/Spain/spain_onthisday.html
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| | FORWARD : FastForward |
| | Many thousands of Jews fleeing the Spanish Inquisitions of the 15th century ended up in Morocco, which was under Muslim rule and had a more lenient policy toward Jews. | | | Although the Jews of northern Morocco inevitably came to adopt many of the local customs, they maintained a more Mediterranean way of life than was found in the rest of the country. | | | Although Jaquetia was spoken only in Morocco — in fact, in little more than half a dozen cities there — its roots actually stretch across the Mediterranean, to Spain. |
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http://www.forward.com/issues/2001/01.02.09/fast1.html
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| | Spanish Morocco on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Spanish foreign minister in Morocco to boost ties | | | Following the World Court at the Hague' s "consultive opinion" that the Spanish Sahara should be free of Spanish colonial rule, King HASSAN II of Morocco announced the organi (PAR166069) | | | Following the World Court at the Hague' s "consultive opinion" that the Spanish Sahara should be free of Spanish colonial rule, King HASSAN II of Morocco announced the organi (PAR166070) |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/x/x-s1panm1or.asp
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| | Morocco expels Spanish journalist |
| | According to authorities, the journalist had documents that were hostile to Morocco's territorial integrity and phone numbers of pro-Polisario activists in Morocco. | | | The Polisario Front lays claim to Morocco's southern provinces that were retrieved by Morocco in 1975 under Madrid Accords, signed with Spain and Mauritania. | | | She soon changed her statements, affirming she is a journalist for Berria website, and that she came to Morocco to cover the incidents that have recently occurred in the southern province of Laayoune. |
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http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/050603/2005060328.html
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| | Medals of the Kingdom of Morocco (IEPE) |
| | This "Green March" served to press Morocco's claims to the region and led to the eveutulal withdrawal of Mauritanian and Spanish pretensions in the region. | | | In 1958 (northern Morocco), 1975 (Western Sahara), and 1969 (Ifni), previously separated regions of Spanish Morocco were rejoined to the state. | | | Senior French officials in Morocco were automatically awarded this decoration. |
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http://faculty.winthrop.edu/haynese/medals/morocco.html
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| | :: moroccoTimes.com |
| | Fassi Fihri : Morocco condemns Polisario's politicising of migration | | | Terrorism : Morocco denounces threats of killing abducted nationals in Iraq | | | Cooperation : Morocco donates 60,000 anti-meningitis vaccines to Sudan |
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http://www.moroccotimes.com/paper/article.asp?idr=2&id=8482
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| | Morocco |
| | 1860 Morocco cedes Western Sahara and Ifni to Spain. | | | 26 Feb 1976 Morocco and Mauritania partition Western Sahara. | | | 26 Apr 1860 Port of Sidi Ifni ceded by Morocco to Spain by Treaty of |
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http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Morocco.htm
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| | Morocco - Atlapedia Online |
| | Also in 1991 Morocco established a permanent secretariat in Rabat for the Union Maghreb Arabe (UMA) in which it's a member while Algeria and Morocco agreed to build a gas pipeline to Spain. | | | The UN also suggested that if no agreement could be reached by the year's end then it would consider withdrawing its peacekeeping force, MINUSRO while Morocco warned that it would extend its electoral process to the disputed territory. | | | In 1979 Mauritania withdrew from Western Sahara and Morocco then claimed the entire area. |
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http://www.atlapedia.com/online/countries/morocco.htm
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| | Ifni: Definition and Much More From Answers.com |
| | It was only until the mid-nineteenth century, during the Scramble for Africa, when France and Spain laid conflicting claims over the Maghreb, that Spain became interested in its lost medieval fortress in order to claim the southern part of Morocco. | | | Spain returned Ifni to Morocco on January 4, 1969. | | | Ifni (ēf'nē), former Spanish possession (580 sq mi/1,502 sq km), SW Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean. |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/ifni
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| | Islam Online- News Section |
| | is reluctant to admit its crimes against the Moroccan people as it would give a pretext to thousands of Moroccans to ask the Spanish government for millions of dollars in compensation. | | | Spanish Gas Attacks Still Cause Death in Morocco | | | In 1990, two German researchers, Rudd Bert Knoz and Ralph Deiter Muller, issued a book entitled "Poisonous Gas Against Al-Khatabi", that contained horrific details, in addition to secrets that were not previously disclosed. |
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http://islamonline.net/English/News/2004-09/08/article07.shtml
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| | NewsFromRussia.Com African immigrants invade border between Morocco and Spanish |
| | African immigrants staged another run across the border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla before dawn Monday, defying increased security following a wave of arrivals last week, the Interior Ministry said. | | | On Monday morning, the police station in Melilla was full of Africans who had gone there to surrender after crossing two razor-wire fences that separate Melilla from Morocco. | | | Spanish National Television put the figure at 300. |
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http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2005/10/03/64299.html
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| | Western Sahara |
| | 14 Apr 1976 Spanish Sahara is partitioned by Morocco | | | 26 Apr 1860 Morocco cedes Río de Oro (Western Sahara) and Ifni | | | 27 Nov 1912 Tarfaya part of Spanish Morocco protectorate. |
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http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Western_Sahara.html
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| | Morocco |
| | The exiled sultan became the people’s hero, and Morocco was ready to explode. | | | Since then Morocco has been a constitutional monarchy. | | | It is one of Morocco's four imperial cities. |
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http://us-africa.tripod.com/morocco.html
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| | Morocco denies Spanish lawmakers' entry - (United Press International) |
| | Though there was no official explanation for the denial of entry, Moroccan news sources alleged the Spanish officials were supporters of pro-independence groups. | | | While Morocco claims Western Sahara as its own, the United Nations considers it a disputed territory. | | | The Spanish government said they were there to investigate human rights in Western Sahara, Spain's El Mundo newspaper reported Thursday. |
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http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050609-105642-2936r.htm
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| | Ceuta, Spanish Morocco |
| | It has been under Spanish control since 1580, and if you ask one of the locals here about the enclaves' future, you will understand that there is little motivation for entering Morocco proper. | | | When Spain handed over most of northern Morocco to the newly independent kingdom in 1956, they kept Ceuta and Melilla (about 250 kms further east) as well as some uninhabited islands off the northern coast. | | | Large groups of day workers and wholesalers (married middle-aged women represent a large part of this group) have put up markets where cheap contraband is being sold, where after it is imported to Morocco through the magic of bribing the totally corrupt border police. |
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http://www.lexicorient.com/morocco/ceuta.htm
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| | The Media Line - News Detail |
| | Spain currently holds Perejil, or Leila as it is known in Morocco. | | | The countries are deeply divided over a tiny island off the northern coast of Morocco. | | | King Muhammad VI of Morocco has honored two top Spanish researchers for what is described as their work on rapprochement between the two countries. |
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http://www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=7509
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| | WHKMLA : History of Spanish Morocco, ToC |
| | A Short History of Morocco, from Election World | | | Regnal Chronologies : North Africa, scroll down for Ceuta, Fez, Morocco, Rif Republic, Sijilmasa, Tangier | | | Historical Population Statistics : Provinces of Morocco, from Population Statistics |
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http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/northafrica/xspmorocco.html
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| | AllRefer.com - Spanish Morocco (North African History) - Encyclopedia |
| | More articles from AllRefer Reference on Spanish Morocco | | | AllRefer.com - Spanish Morocco (North African History) - Encyclopedia | | | You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > North African History > Spanish Morocco |
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http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/X/X-SpanMor.html
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| | Spanish Morocco - definition of Spanish Morocco by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
| | Spanish Morocco - definition of Spanish Morocco by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. | | | Spanish Morocco is not available in the general English dictionary and thesaurus. | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. |
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Spanish+Morocco
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| | Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Excursions Ceuta, Spanish Morocco, Morocco |
| | Below is a list of shore excursions available for Ceuta, Spanish Morocco, Morocco. | | | Any known revisions/omissions will be advised to you on the booking form which will be sent to you in your cruise ticket wallet. | | | Click on Read more to find out about a particular tour. |
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http://www.fredolsencruises.co.uk/fredolsen/process/shoretours/index/portCode=CEU.html
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| | Spanish, Southern Morocco ports sign cooperation accord |
| | The agreement was signed on the fringes of a visit to southern Morocco of a delegation representing the trade chambers in Las Palmas and Acores. | | | The ports of Las Palmas, Laayoune, Tan Tan and Dakhla (southern Morocco) pledge under the agreement to promote training in operating and managing ports, fighting pollution, environment protection, ports' staff training and safety. | | | The Port Authority of Las Palmas signed over the week end with three Moroccan Atlantic southern ports (Tan-Tan, Laayoune and Dakhla) a cooperation agreement to consolidate cooperation in training, trading expertise and technical, trade, sea transports and maritime transportation information. |
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http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/030923/2003092323.html
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| | Spanish |
| | Señora Marie Erickson was born a Spanish citizen in Spanish Morocco. | | | Señora Collier lives in Essexville with her husband, Jeff, who is also a teacher. | | | She is also a foreign language teacher consultant for the MPS and has been a methods instructor for foreign language teachers at SVSU since 1990. |
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http://www.cre.mps.k12.mi.us/spanish.htm
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| | Morocco Properties - Spanish Properties |
| | Spanish Properties - Morocco Properties - Turkey Properties | | | Prestige Properties Overseas are specialists in the sale of properties in Spain and Morocco. | | | Prestige have associate offices in both countries and are currently expanding their portfolio to include a number of other popular areas. |
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http://www.prestigepropertiesoverseas.com
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| | Ceuta, Spanish Morocco: Franco monument |
| | Beyond the moment when Franco lauched his attack on Europe- Ceuta has had precious little historical incidents. | | | It was when Franco set out to get control over Spain- he started in Spanish North Africa. |
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http://i-cias.com/morocco/ceuta01.htm
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| | BBC SPORT Football My Club Man Utd Morocco go Spanish |
| | According to Mohamed Moufid, secretary general of the Morocco Football Federation, the team will conclude their Tunisia 2004 preparations with a training camp in the Spanish town of Marbella. | | | Three of the matches have been confirmed, these being against Chile (20 August), Trinidad & Tobago (10 September) and Tunisia (11 October). | | | The Atlas Lions have yet to confirm their opponents for a friendly planned for 17 November, with the DR Congo or Angola in the frame. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/3122819.stm
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| | Ceuta, Spanish Morocco: Eremitage of San Antonio |
| | You find great views from here towards Europe, and the strange mountain of Gibraltar is here seen from an angle different from what most photos show, looking like it is falling over into the Mediterranean side of the sea. | | | The style chosen here is different enough from main Spanish religious architecture to have inspired the establishment of a Mexican restaurant right across the road. | | | It was rebuilt in 1960 and that is as much as the guide books can tell you about its history- except that it was a convent and that it never housed the real saint of Antonio. |
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http://lexicorient.com/morocco/ceuta02.htm
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| | Melilla as port to Spanish Morocco |
| | Many do not want to go all the way down to Gibraltar/Algeciras, and then there are good reasons to visit the eastern parts of Morocco, uncovered by many travellers. | | | This article, with its images, its photos, its music, may not be reproduced or stored in any form, without the consent of the publishers. | | | As long as you don't leave Melilla, you're still in Spain. |
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http://lexicorient.com/morocco/x_melilla.htm
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| | Melilla, Spanish Morocco, North Africa at Priceline |
| | With priceline, traveling to Melilla, Spanish Morocco is a simple mouse-click away. | | | Priceline offers great cruise deals to Melilla, Spanish Morocco. |
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http://cruises.priceline.com/cruise-lines/cruise-cities-all/m-n/melilla--spanish-morocco--north-africa.html
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| | Old Stamps from Spanish Morocco |
| | See More About 'Old Stamps from Spanish Morocco' |
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| | TETUAN Spanish Morocco |
| | One weekend I went over to Tanger, caught the Bus Coach to Tetuan which is a Spanish Protectorate in Morocco. | | | Everyone on board the Coach was carrying live chickens or birds in cages or baskets |
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http://www.georeme.co.uk/tetuan.htm
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