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Crossroads: Morocco

Article published on the 2008-05-10 Latest update 2008-05-10 09:08 TU

In this Crossroads programme, John Laurenson brings us 3 stories from Morocco: the kingdom's efforts to become the first country in the Arab/Moslem world to abolish the death penalty, a government-run programme to teach the very poor, and the danger facing Africans trying at whatever cost to cross the Mediterranean to Europe and hopes of a better life.

Morocco

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10/05/2008 by John Laurenson

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