Dreams of Europe in drought-ridden Morocco
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LAGFAF, Morocco  - When 2007 arrived and the winter rains had still not fallen, Morocco's religious leaders led anxious prayers to avert a rural catastrophe, quoting from the Koran:
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Muslim tribesmen in east Chad  hope EU peacekeepers will shelter their families from civil war  and ethnic conflict, but memories of colonial rule have left  them wary of Western meddling in their affairs.
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The European Commission&#39;s cautious recommendation that Turkey begin membership negotiations puts the country a step closer to realizing its dream of joining Europe - but also sets tough conditions that underscore the gaping divide between this mostly poor
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RABAT, Morocco  - They share the same language,  religion and culture but the dramatically different political  histories of Algeria and Morocco have bred mistrust and enmity.
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Throughout the chilly Moroccan winter, one dream burned bright for Hicham El Guerrouj as he trained in the thin air of the Atlas mountains.
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The world needs sporting heroes. They provide inspiration, a person whose feats others can seek to emulate. Twenty years ago, in a small village in Morocco with a magnificent view, a small
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PARIS - President Nicolas Sarkozy began a state visit to Morocco yesterday that will test how serious he is about pursuing one of his most intriguing foreign policy proposals: a Mediterranean Union inspired by the early European Common Market.
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BEIRUT - Mahmoud Khalifa has tried five times to sneak into Europe. Each time, he was caught and sent back to Lebanon, the country where he was born but is denied some of the most basic rights because he is a Palestinian refugee.
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Good news has been in short supply for Europe&#39;s traditional industrial economies like Germany and France. Growth remains weak, unemployment high, labor markets are still rigid and the euro is soaring, pricing their exports out of the market.
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For both the desperate and the more affluent, the thought of a better future in Europe has permeated Senegalese society.
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The expansion of the Schengen passport-free zone brings hopes and fears to a former frontier post where three EU states meet.
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When 2007 arrived and the  winter rains had still not fallen, Morocco&#39;s religious leaders  led anxious prayers to avert a rural catastrophe, quoting from  the Koran:
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PARIS One would think it was their leader being elected - and many Europeans believe it is, in a way. In a tremendous show of interest unseen in previous US presidential campaigns, Europeans on both sides
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If you equate Europe with stodginess, it's time to take another look.
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Mohammed Ismail gently pumped the leather bellows to feed embers glowing in a small pit of sand. After four months in a refugee camp, the old farmer is trying to make a living as a blacksmith while dreaming of going back to his ransacked village 125 miles away.
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By Anne Le Tran  THROUGH the long, soggy winter, when I sat at my desk staring out the window at the sky, I fantasized about one thing: indolent days by a body of clear blue water.   Finally, the rain stopped and the earth dried out.
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Eighty years ago the Artouste train in the French Pyrenees transported workers and materiel to build a dam at 2000 meters (6500 feet) altitude, but today it ferries tourists for a sometimes hair-raising ride along one of Europe's highest rail lines.