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RABAT Wholesale Football Jerseys , April 17 (Xinhua) -- Morocco expects its cereal harvest to hit a 10.2 million tons, an increasing of 203 pct in cereal harvest year-on-year.
The forecast was made on Monday by agriculture minister Aziz Akhannouch in a meeting at the eve of the opening of the annual International Agriculture Fair in the northern city of Meknes.
In 2015, a severe drought hit the country, which compromised the 2016 agriculture production, and on the top of which cereal harvest.
Agriculture accounts for more than 15 percent of the north African country's gross domestic product (GDP).
The good rainfall since October has helped Morocco's economy grew by 4.3 percent in the first quarter of this year compared with 1.7 percent in the same period of previous year Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys , according to the official High Commission for Planning.
The commission said in a note on the Moroccan economy that this growth was mainly due to the rise in agricultural output by 12.9 percent in the first quarter this year, up from nine percent last year.
Morocco's International Agriculture Fair, which invited Italy as its guest of honor, will be held on April 18-23.
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JERUSALEM， Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli Air Force struck overnight between Sunday and Monday a compound used by Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria， according to a military statement.
The attack targeted an abandoned United Nations building that has been used by IS militants as an operation center along the border in southern Syrian Golan Heights， the statement said.
Israel's Ynet news site reported that several fighter jets took part in the raid， dropping 10 one-ton bombs on the target.
There were no immediate reports of casualties.
The compound was a base for a shooting attack on Sunday， in which IS militants fired at Israeli soldiers from a machine gun-mounted truck. Israel quickly responded with an airstrike， killing four gunmen in the vehicle.
It was reportedly the first confrontation between Israeli soldiers and IS militants.
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LOS ANGELES Wholesale NFL Jerseys , Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Black, dusty ash covers the hillsides. The grass, shrubs and trees are burnt to scarred charcoal. Clouds of white smoke are seen from miles (kilometers) away before blowing over the valley.
A fast-moving wildfire has torn through La Tuna Canyon near Burbank, Los Angeles County in the western U.S. state of California, since this Friday Wholesale Jerseys China , charring thousands of acres (thousands of hectares).
Governor Jerry Brown of California on Sunday issued an emergency proclamation for Los Angeles County in response to the massive wildfire on the northern edge of Los Angeles. It came at the urging of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who said that the fire is the largest by acreage in the city's history.
At one point the fire was estimated at 8,000 acres (3,200 hectares), but later on Saturday night fire officials issued a revised estimate of about 7 Wholesale Jerseys ,000 acres (2,800 hectares).
However, strong winds presented new challenges to firefighters battling the blaze, which has grown to 7,003 acres (2 Cheap Football Jerseys ,801 hectares), with 30 percent containment, according to the latest update of alerts by 8:00 pm local time Saturday (0300 GMT Sunday) of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Fire engines have rushed to the scene of massive blazes while fixed-wing airtankers and helicopters are hovering in the sky. Those aircraft continue water and retardant drops to help more than 1,000 firefighters who are battling the wildfire amid severe heatwave.
There are 206 fire engines, nine helicopters Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys , five water tenders, four bulldozers and nine ambulances dedicated to fighting the fire, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. ( Garcetti welcomed the state of emergency declared in Los Angeles County by Brown. The mayor vowed on Saturday to direct relevant departments in the City of Los Angeles to take all necessary steps to protect life and property in the area affected by the fire and urged that state and federal assistance should be provided to the city as quickly as possible.
Local residents gave firefighters, no matter which city they are from, a warm welcome and praised them as heroes.
""Firefighters are doing their work. They are brave men. They are risking their lives for helping us Cheap NFL Jerseys ,"" said Jim Becerra, a man in his thirties living near La Tuna Canyon Road.
Becerra was watering the lawn and shrubs beside his home, trying to cool down the temperature to prevent the outbreak of a fire nearby.
Hundreds meters away, several firefighters were dousing the hot spots on brush fire near a hillside.
""I was scared by this wildfire especially, because I live here Cheap Jerseys China ,"" Becerra told Xinhua, ""but I feel comfortable right now for the moment. I trust those firefighters. They are still working very hard to keep us safe.""
There were two firefighters taken to hospitals during the second day of the fire for heat-related illnesses. A total of four firefighters were treated, three for heat-related illnesses and one for burns, Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Ralph Terrazas was quoted as saying by the City News Service.
All evacuation orders were lifted Sunday evening due to the progress made by firefighters. < ""We've turned a corner today, but this is still not over Cheap Jerseys ,"" said Garcetti at a news briefing Sunday.
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