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    '+weather_current+'°\;F/'+weather_current_celsius+'°\;C  Oct 3, 2008
    Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 10/03/08 08:46:36 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 75% Barometer: 29. (Florida Today)

    Weather: Partly cloudy, afternoon storms likely  Jul 30, 2008
    Melbourne, FL 32940 Last Updated: 07/30/08 08:45:41 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 97% Barometer: 30. (Florida Today)

    Partner of failed bomber convicted for not alerting British police  Jun 12, 2008
    The group, known as the Tetouan cell after the northern Moroccan town that many of the suspects came from, had been charged with ideological, financial and logistical ties to several terrorist organizations, including Al Qaeda. The cell, dismantled by the Moroccan police in January 2007, is one of at least a dozen accused in Morocco of providing money, combatants and support networks to militants fighting the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq. (International Herald Tribune)

    Morocco jails terror cell members  Jun 11, 2008
    The town of Tetouan is known as a hotbed of radical Islam ... The members of the so-called Tetouan Cell were also found guilty of holding unauthorised public meetings and recruiting Moroccans to fight in Iraq ... The state press agency, which announced the news, highlighted the fact that one of the group has Swedish citizenship, having lived there for three decades before returning to Tetouan. (BBC News -- Africa)

    Morocco DA Urges Jail for Alleged Terror Suspects  May 21, 2008
    The defendants, many of them from the town of Tetouan in northern Morocco, have all denied any ties to al-Qaida or any other terrorist group. The case is being heard by the criminal court in Sale, near the capital, Rabat, that specializes in handling terrorism cases. (Time.com)

    Report: 11 held in Belgium, Morocco plots  May 20, 2008
    A Moroccan court is already investigating a terrorism cel 000005A1 l dismantled in the northern city of Tetouan and accused of supporting insurgents in Iraq. Relatives investigatedLast week, the court said it was broadening its investigation into the cell to include the relatives of some of the 27 people accused of "recruiting Moroccans for Iraq" and "forming a criminal gang with the goal of preparing and committing terrorist acts.". (MSNBC -- International)

    Al Qaeda in North Africa Is Pipeline for Iraq Recruits  Feb 21, 2008
    TETOUAN, Morocco Al Qaeda is expanding its reach, recruiting a new wave of international terrorists in northern Africa who will wind up in Iraq, intelligence officials tell FOX News ... Intelligence officials say Al Qaeda is now using the Moroccan city of Tetouan, with a population of 400,000, as a main recruitment site. (Fox News)

    Hour-by-hour forecast  Jan 3, 2008
    Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 01/03/08 07:15:48 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 55% Visability: 10 miles (16 km). (Florida Today)

    Complete weather forecast  Dec 7, 2007
    Jackson, MS 39201 Last Updated: 12/07/07 07:45:24 EDT. C) Relative Humidity: 74% Barometer: 30. (The Clarion-Ledger)

    Reporters on the Job  Nov 19, 2007
    THURSDAY, NOV. 22 Rabat, Morocco Resumption of trial of 27 member of Tetouan Cell, accused of recruiting volunteers to fight coalition troops in Iraq. FRIDAY, NOV. 23 Durban, South Africa Football Association (FIFA) preliminary draw for 2010 World Cup. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)

    Reports: Photo Is Not of Madeleine McCann  Sep 27, 2007
    Razaq reported that the girl in the picture was 5-year-old Bushra Binhisa, the daughter of a local olive farmer in the town of Zinat, about 10 miles south of Tetouan. "Clearly, if these reports that the girl in the photograph isn't Madeleine are true, it is disappointing news," said Clarence Mitchell, a spokesman for Madeleine's parents. (Fox News)

    Pic resembling missing British girl examined  Sep 26, 2007
    Torres said she was traveling from the town of Chefchaouen to Tetouan when the pictures were taken. "The picture stayed in the camera as we thought it was so strange," Torres said. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- MLB)

    Berber language gets an airing  Sep 6, 2007
    Ahmed El Amraoui in Tetouan. At least 30 per cent of Moroccans speak one of the three Berber languages [GALLO/GETTY. (Aljazeera.Net)

    WEATHER: Thunderstorms possible  Aug 28, 2007
    Weather - 7-day Forecast Summaries. Melbourne, FL 32935 Last Updated: 08/28/07 09:30:35 EDT. (Florida Today)

    Moroccan Feast  Aug 11, 2007
    Roden says: "In Morocco, Jewish cooking is still rated as one of the four best styles in the country, on the level of those of Fez, Tetouan and Marrakech.". Moroccan Feast may be Jewish at heart but its decor is very much Marrakech. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Al-Ahly, Etoile and Khouribga celebrate title victories  May 16, 2007
    Military club FAR fell 2-1 at mid-table Hassania Agadir, third-placed Moghreb Tetouan drew 1-1 at Ittihad Khemisset and defending champions Wydad Casablanca fought a goalless draw at Kawkab Marrakech to lie fourth. AFP. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)

    Lafarge: First Quarter Results at March 31, 2007  May 3, 2007
    Launch of the construction of new production capacities in India (Sonadih), Ecuador, Morocco (Tetouan) and Indonesia. Aggregates & Concrete. (BusinessWire)

    - Jason Burke on the bloody battle for control of Morocco  Apr 22, 2007
    Between the Rif and the coast is the city of Tetouan. For years it has had a bad reputation - as a city of smugglers, criminals and lately as a hotbed for radical Islamism. (Guardian Unlimited)

    Is Al Qaeda's influence spreading to Morocco?  Apr 6, 2007
    Before now, the bombers who killed 33 people in Casablanca in 2003, another young man who blew himself up March 11, as well as those who Spanish police say participated in the Madrid train bombings in 2004 were all drawn from the slums outside Casablanca and Tetouan in the north. "The stereotype [about suicide bombers] is that everyone is stupid and poor," says Mr. Kohlmann. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)

    Terrorist networks finding recruits in hills of Morocco  Feb 25, 2007
    TETOUAN, Morocco -- In the Arab world, this North African city is about as far as you can get from Iraq ... About two dozen men from Tetouan and nearby towns in the Rif Mountains have traveled to Iraq in the past 18 months to volunteer as fighters or suicide bombers, according to local residents and officials ... On the basis of DNA evidence recovered from the scenes of suicide attacks, as well as other clues, officials have confirmed that at least two bombers came from Tetouan, a hilly city of... (Boston Globe)




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