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Spanish hostages freed by al-Qaida-linked group following prisoner swap, allegations of ransom
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Two Spanish aid workers kidnapped almost nine months ago by an al-Qaida affiliate arrived Tuesday in Barcelona after a multi-million-dollar ransom was reportedly paid for their freedom — a sign of the terrorist group's growing sophistication in bankrolling operations through kidnappings, experts said Aid workers Roque Pascual and Albert Vilalta were abducted last November when their convoy of 4-by-4s was attacked by gunmen on a stretch of road in Mauritania, They were whisked away to Mali, whose northern half is now one of the many stretches of remote desert where al-Qaida of Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM, has stretched its tentacles ,Late on Monday afternoon, the pair stepped out of a helicopter that landed on the grounds of the presidential palace in Burkina Faso and were handed a cell phone.
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CCDH urges rights NGOs to intervene to ensure safe return of Mostafa Salma Sidi Mouloud to Tindouf
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The Moroccan Advisory Council on Human Rights (CCDH) urged, on Tuesday, all the national and international human rights organizations to do their best so that the senior polisario official, Mostafa Salma Sidi Mouloud, can return to Tindouf (south-western Algeria) safe and sound and defend his opinions freely,"CCDH urges all sister national institutions, including the National Consultative Human Rights Commission of Algeria, all international agencies and all national and international human rights associations to do their best so that Mr Mostafa Salma Sidi Mouloud can return to Tindouf safely and defend his opinions freely," The CCDH said in a statement The CCDH, which received a letter from Mostafa Salma Sidi Mouloud in which he expressed fear of "possible retaliation by the leadership of the Polisario Front," underlined that "given the deplorable state of human rights in the Tindouf camps, or even the illegal character of these camps under the international humanitarian law, the fear of retaliation expressed by Mr.
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Perfect timing means to stop waiting for it
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It bothers me when I hear people describe a personal set of conditions that need to be met before they can make the next move in their life Most often, they’re just making excuses — creating obstacles that aren’t actually there, placing the blame on some outside force they can’t control, and choosing to let day after day of inaction turn into many years of waiting for their cosmos to align.
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Washington reaffirms its position on autonomy plan in Sahara
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January 7, 2010 12:00 AM
United States ambassador in Rabat Samuel Kaplan reaffirmed on Monday the US position on Morocco's autonomy plan in the Sahara, "Our position with regard to the Sahara, as expressed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, has not changed," Kaplan told the press following a meeting with State minister Mohamed El Yazghi Clinton said at the 6th Forum for the Future, held November 2-3 in Marrakech, that there is "no change" in the position of the United States on Morocco's initiative to grant autonomy to the Sahara, an initiative that Washington described on several occasions as "serious" and "credible."
Regarding bilateral relations, the U.S. diplomat hailed the close friendly ties between the two countries.
The Moroccan-American economic partnership was strengthened especially after the entry into force, on January 1, 2006, of the free trade agreement (FTA), Kaplan said, adding that the two countries are working to deepen their trade under the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA), which earmarked $ 700 million for development projects in Morocco.
The U.S. diplomat also commended the “humanitarian action” taken by the Kingdom of Morocco, which allowed for the return of Aminatou Haidar to the North African country.
On his part, El Yazghi stressed that the United States, being a member of the Security Council, “should shoulder its responsibility by showing that Morocco has made a tremendous and bold effort in proposing autonomy.”
The State minister urged the Security Council to shoulder its responsibility and underline in its April meeting that the Moroccan proposal to grant autonomy to the southern provinces is “a platform for negotiations” to put an end to this artificial conflict.
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