21.   Moroccan authorities have outlawed several demonstrations organized by Islamic extremist parties to protest the military strikes in Afghanistan.

22.   Moroccan authorities expelled them towards Ceuta, where they have remained on a sort of neutral ground between Morocco and Ceuta in precarious living conditions.

23.   Moroccan authorities have been carrying out a large campaign against drug trafficking over the last few months.

24.   Moroccan authorities have broken up a large drug trafficking ring with foreign ties, a newspaper reported Monday.

25.   Moroccan authorities said the suspects planned to sail a dinghy loaded with explosives from Morocco into the strait to attack the vessels.

26.   No comment from Moroccan authorities was immediately available.

27.   Spanish Interior Minister Jaime Mayor Oreja is in continuous contact with the Moroccan authorities, she said.

28.   Spanish Interior Minister Jaime Mayor Oreja is permanent contact with the Moroccan authorities, she said.

29.   The agency said Spanish and Moroccan authorities knew about the sinking but failed to report on it.

30.   The news also comes a week after Moroccan authorities said they had detained three Saudis who were planning to attack U.S. and British warships in the Straits of Gibraltar.