Morocco aspires to export energy to Europe

  

   Morocco begins, by the end of the year, building a power plant running on solar energy to generate 500 MW, which could be used to export energy to Europe, according to quantum agency "Dow Jones" News from the Energy Minister Amina Benkhadra.

   Amina Benkhadra, Minister of Energy and Mines, Water and Environment,said during a conference on renewable energy held in the UAE capital, it is about the development of the capacity of 500 MW station, adding that construction work will begin by the end of the current year.

   Benkhadra stated that the energy generated will be used to meet the  needs of Morocco in the first place, but we will allocate a part of it for export to Europe.

   Indeed,Morocco has strengthened investements on  renewable energy, as the reform of laws to attract private companies to the production of renewable electricity, confirmed by the Moroccan Minister during the summit.

Smoking destroys DNA

Study revealed that smoking destroys the DNA after a few minutes of smoking a cigarette and quickly threatens the possibility of having cancer after a short period of time.

The head of the Study Group which took place at the University of Minnesota, U.S. Stephen Hecht said the findings revealed by the research are amazing and spark strong warning especially for those who think or tend to start smoking.

The presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the cigarette would destroy the DNA,in addition to its role in exposing the smoker to develop lung cancer, which causes the deaths of more than three thousand people around the world each day.

The speed of smoking impact on DNA is equivalent to injection of aromatic hydrocarbons through the bloodstream.

However, USA Today Newspaper,stated that it is still unknow how the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in tobacco can cause this disease.

"Transport" company Shares go down in Casablanca Stock Exchange

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    Shares of the Tunisian company «Transport» listed on the Casablanca Stock Exchange declined in performance. The company was headed by the Tunisian businessman, Sakhr El Materi, relative of the former Tunisian President, raised in the Casablanca Stock Exchange, 3 million shares for sale, last June, A price of 64.22 dirhams per share.At the end of last week, the company fell 8.32 per cent transport, where it arrived to 65 dirhams per share, compared to 70.90 dirhams in the past week.

    The company's shares, in which Sakhr El Materi ,the owner of the «Princess Holding» ,has  59.59 per cent, achieved in the first week of the current year, a soar by 7.2 per cent.
 «Transport» company is considered to be the first foreign company to be priced in the Casablanca Stock Exchange.

    «Princess Holding» has  branches in the sectors of cars distribution and light and heavy tourism, yachting, private air transportation, real estate and Islamic finance through the Bank “zaytona and agriculture” and the press through «Dar Al-Sabah» and Islamic Radio «Zaytuna».

   Tunisian TV station “Nessma” said, last Friday, Sakhr El Materi relatives of the family of former Tunisian president, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who left the country to Saudi Arabia,were arrested.However,the news agency «Reuters» reported   Materi’s assistant, saying that sakhr Materi has been in Dubai since last Friday.

    Materi is one of the Tunisian figures that many emphasized he was prepared to take a high position.One of the businessmen who hovered doubts about their wealth and their business interests.He is also the grandson the famous Tunisian officer Moncif Materi, a fellow of the  former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, in military studies.