Morocco Bound

The Red Cross appealed on Tuesday for more than $100 million to provide desperately needed assistance in Morocco, days after a powerful earthquake killed nearly 2,900 people. "We are seeking 100 million Swiss francs ($112 million) to be able to deliver on the most...

By Anne-Sophie Labadie: The hospital in Amizmiz caring for Moroccans injured in the earthquake is now a tent pitched on asphalt under a blazing sun, and it has only around a dozen beds. When one bed becomes free, it is immediately filled again as the flow of victims...

By Delphine Touitou: France is insisting that the reluctance of Morocco to accept French offers of aid in the wake of Friday's devastating quake does not represent a snub, even if it comes at a time of growing tensions between Rabat and the former colonial power....