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Morocco’s $15 billion World Cup gambit turns desert outposts into oasis cities
By Gavin Serkin in Tenghir, Morocco In the foothills of the Atlas Mountains, a couple of hours east of Marrakech
Algeria's upper house of parliament has cut ties with the French Senate following a visit by its speaker, Gérard Larcher, to Western Sahara, a region France acknowledges as Moroccan territory. The Algerian council condemned Larcher's visit as "irresponsible, provocative, and ostentatious." The north African country maintains that the region should remain sovereign, a disagreement that has heightened tensions between Paris and Algiers in recent months.
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