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Greetings from Morroco - Debbie's mail

Hi Everyone

How are you all? We've covered a lot of territory since I wrote last. We spent another 2 weeks in France, which we loved, then moved on to Spain and Portugal. I thought of you Napoleo  when we visited Belem-didn't find your old school. We thoroughly enjoyed southern Spain, it's the Spain of you're imagination. There' a magnificent palace in Granada called The Alhambra ( worth googling) that was built by the Moors in about the 12th century, they were later conquered by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain in the 14th century and Islam was driven down to Africa. I read a great historical novel about Isabella- very interesting!! We've been enjoying Morocco, it's a nice change from Europe. Cheaper too! We left Tangiers and went to a small town in the hills called Chafchouen- it has a fascinating medina, painted in all shades of blue-every single building, every single wall, all shades of blue, it was like looking into an ice cave. Then we moved on to Fez, which has an amazing 1400 year old medina- and it's huge! There's no way you won't get lost. We ended up paying someone to show us the way out.

At the moment we're on "the Marrikesh Express" headed for you know where. We've just left a town called Meknes, nice little place with a good medina but the best thing was the Roman ruins of Volubilis. They command magestic views over a very fertile valley with high hills behind. There were no hords of tourists, just a few, and what's left standing shows the grandeur and beauty that it once had. There are still some beautiful mosaic floors, althouth they are exposed to the weather and wont last forever. After we've poked around Marrakesh for a few days we're going to head for the desert and some cranky camels. We've got plenty of time, maybe too much, because we're not going to Tunisia now- there was a terrorist bomb that went off in a tourist area 12 days ago. It's a pity but it's not worth the risk. We may fly somewhere else in Africa but we're not sure yet.

I've included a couple of photos from a medina we were in recently.

I hope the course is going well for you and that everybody's still hanging in.

Anyway, take care, and say high to Mersaline and Philip for me.

Best wishes

Debbie

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China's top leaders finish key meeting with reform promises

China's top leaders have promised to deepen economic reforms to give the market a "decisive" role in allocating resources, as a key Communisty Party meeting came to a close.

State media reported the end of the gathering, known as the Third Plenum, which brings together the ruling party's full Central Committee and takes place amid intense security and secrecy.
It has traditionally set the economic tone for a new government, but analysts played down the significance of the declarations and Chinese social media users expressed disappointment.
"The core issue is to properly handle the relationship between the government and the market, so as to allow the market to play a decisive role in allocating resources and the government to better play its role," state news agency Xinhua cited a communique as saying.
A state security committee will be set up to "improve systems and strategies to ensure national security", Xinhua cited the communique as saying, two weeks after a fiery attack in Tiananmen Square, the symbolic centre of the Chinese state.
The document pointed out the need to "effectively prevent and end social disputes and improve public security", Xinhua said.
China will "push forward land reform and give farmers more property rights", it said, including having one market for development land in both cities and the countryside.
"Both public and non-public sectors of the economy are important components of the socialist market economy and significant bases for economic and social development," Xinhua cited the document as saying.
It did not mention China's one-child policy, which had been trailed as a possible area for reform.
The document indirectly addressed the divisive hukou residency system, which denies people who have migrated from the countryside to the cities equal access to benefits.
The plenum comes a year after China embarked on a once-a-decade leadership change, with Xi Jinping taking over as party chief in November and then state president in March this year.
China has in the past used the meetings to signal major changes in policy, most notably in 1978 when it embarked on the landmark transformation from a Communist-style command economy into a key driver of global growth, trade and investment.

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