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Agadir
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Agadir [ˌægəˈdɪə]
n
(Placename) a port in SW Morocco, which became the centre of an international crisis (1911), when a gunboat arrived to protect German interests. Britain issued a strong warning to Germany but the French negotiated and war was averted. In 1960 the town was virtually destroyed by an earthquake, about 10 000 people being killed. Pop.: 155 244 (1994)


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AGADIR: His Majesty King Hamad yesterday visited Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Premier, Defence Minister and Inspector-General Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at his residence in Agadir, Morocco.
Sultan, born in in 1928 and crown prince since his half-brother Abdullah became king in 2005, has been convalescing in his palace in Agadir, Morocco since late April after his second operation in New York for an unstated illness.
Manuel AGADIR, Morocco: The Saudi Arabia-Dirab team had a golfing experience to remember when it traveled to Agadir, Morocco for the 7th Royal Air Maroc Challenge last week.
 
 
 
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