6 Accused of Planning Attacks in Morocco Security forces have arrested six people suspected of planning attacks in Morocco and overseas, the Interior Ministry said Monday. The suspects were experts in making explosives and planned to use them in attacks in unspecified countries, and they also planned car bomb attacks on foreign interests in Morocco and Moroccan institutions and security facilities, the ministry said. It did not say when or where the suspects had been arrested. Algerian unemployment falls Joblessness remains on the decline in Algeria. According to a National Statistics Office survey published December 19th, the unemployment rate fell to roughly 10%, with 1,076,000 out of work. Unemployment was at 30% in 1999. By 2007, the rate had dropped to 11.8% in 2007. The trend continued: 11.3% in 2008 and 10.2% in 2009. Tunisia strikes to cover more cities Peaceful strikes over unemployment and other social demands spread in Tunisia on Monday to cover new cities including Safakes, Kairouan, Sousse and Mednin. The new wave of strikes first erupted on December 17 in Sidi Bou Zid city, and came after the labour unions in the capital Tunis City announced that they will organize a peaceful march on Monday to urge the government to improve its performance in the fields of development and employment. Libya, UAE want to rebuild ties UAE and Libya are looking forward to strengthen their investment relationship that is almost four decades long. And the recent signing of joint investment fund worth $11 billion between the two nations is showing just that. The money is going to be used in the internal reconstruction of both the countries. Sudan prepares for nervous secession vote The deadline for a vote on whether Africa's largest country should spit in two is less than a fortnight away, with voters nervous over the outcome. Voters in Southern Sudan are being asked to decide whether the oil-rich region should secede from Sudan. The referendum is part of a peace accord to end a decades-long civil war that killed more than two million people. BM
