Desperate farmers put faith in Morocco king's aide
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RAS AL AIN, Morocco  - Farmers in this sun-parched Moroccan village have been waiting 50 years for drinking and irrigation water, electricity, hospitals and roads.
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When the mournful call to prayer echoes through the relief camp, Rusli stirs, alone in his tent in the pre-dawn gloom. As he performs the morning Islamic rites, the farmer seeks solace from God for his wife and three children, swept away in the tsunami.
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France frantically called on Arab leaders and Muslim religious leaders Wednesday to help save two journalists kidnapped in Iraq, setting in motion
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DOUAR ESCUELA, Morocco  - Neighbors of a Moroccan suspected suicide bomber portray him as a religious man who tried in vain to lift his family out of poverty after his release from a prison term for membership of a militant group.
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Marooned amid rising waters, many residents refused to leave their livestock, one of the most valuable assets in a country heavily dependent on agriculture.
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DOUAR ESCUELA, Morocco  - Qadi Youssef turns his radio down to make himself heard above the sermon being beamed into his shop in this fly-infested Moroccan slum.
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The government of Mauritania is appealing to international donors to help it reverse a food shortage affecting more than 1 million people.
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In the aftermath of Morocco's worst-ever terrorist attacks in May 2003, King Mohammed VI lifted the hopes of his most impoverished subjects last year when he toured Casablanca's sprawling slums, home to a dozen ...
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The Archbishop of York backs an appeal fund for farmers who lost crops and livestock in the deluge.
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The country's Ministry of Tourism is campaigning to boost the country's image. Unfortunately, the news hasn't helped
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Desperate French growers have had enough, reports Jason Burke.
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The government promised nearly $800 million in aid Tuesday to ranchers and farmers stricken by a near-record drought.
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JARUCO, Cuba  - Down on the ranch, the talk among the cattle hands is that help is on its way.
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King Mohammed VI of Morocco reportedly met with Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and ambassador Carmen Sylvain for talks about cooperation between their two countries.
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Financial results were fierce for this agricultural enabler.
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The great Moroccan reveals hidden depths to fit the final piece into a reign that was lacking just one achievement, reports Len Johnson.
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Like many farmers, Martin Busin works from dawn till nightfall, but he still needs the help of his cafe-au-lait cow, Miss, to bring in tourists to keep afloat his smallholding in Italy's mountainous Alto Adige region.