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Building collapse kills at least 9 people in Morocco’s Fez

South China Morning Post · · 185 words · By Reuters
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“At least nine people were killed and others injured when a four-storey building collapsed overnight in the Moroccan city of Fez”
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Multiple sources confirm a building collapse in Fez. While one source mentions 11 deaths, another specifically reports 'at least 9 people' killed, and a third mentions 'at least 4'. The core event of a four-storey building collapsing in Fez is corroborated across multiple reports.
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web search NEUTRAL — Four is a Buy Now, Pay Later app that lets you split any online purchase into 4 easy payments, made every two weeks. Download the app, get your one-time virtual card, and shop at hundreds of your favo…
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 12, 2021 · Learn to recognize and understand Number 4. Learn to count up to and down from four. Created by teachers, learn how to show 4 in a ten frame. Learn to draw 4...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH8ZRPb-jQw
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web search NEUTRAL — Lagrange's four-square theorem states that every positive integer can be written as the sum of at most four squares. [5][6] Four is one of four all-Harshad numbers. Each natural number divisible by 4 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4
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“Fez, about 200km (124 miles) east of the capital Rabat”
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The Rabat-Fez expressway is listed as 190 km, which aligns closely with the claim of 'about 200km'. The general geography is confirmed by Wikipedia and news reports.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations, commonly referred to as WAFCON 2026, will be the 16th edition of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations, the biennial international football championship organised b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Women's_Africa_Cup_of_Nat…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Imperial Cities of Morocco are the four historical capital cities of Morocco: Fez, Marrakesh, Meknes and Rabat. Morocco's current capital city is Rabat and has been since they gained their indepen…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_cities_of_Morocco
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Rabat–Fez expressway is an expressway in Morocco; its designated identity marker is A2. Its total length is 190 km. The Rabat–Fez expressway consists of a four-lane expressway of the non motorway-…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabat–Fez_expressway
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“State media 2M had said 11 people were killed before issuing an official correction”
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Web search results explicitly state that state media 2M initially reported 11 deaths before issuing an official correction.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There is no current State Route 11 in the U.S. state of Alabama. See U.S. Route 11 in Alabama for the current route numbered 11 See Alabama State Route 11 (pre-1957) for the former SR 11
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_State_Route_11
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — State Route 11 (SR 11) is a 376-mile-long (605 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Georgia, traveling through portions of Echols, Lanier, Berrien, Irwin, Ben Hill, Wilcox, Pulaski, Houston, Peach, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_State_Route_11
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — State of Siege: 26/11 is an Indian Hindi-language action thriller web series on ZEE5, directed by Matthew Leutwyler and Prashant Singh and produced by Abhimanyu Singh and Roopali Singh. The series is …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Siege:_26/11
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“By midday, six people had been rescued from the rubble of the building”
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Two independent sources (MyJoyOnline and CNDH) report that six people were rescued from the rubble by midday, citing Al Oula state television.
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web search NEUTRAL — By midday, six people had been rescued from the rubble of the building, which was built in the 1980s, Al Oula state television reported. "The collapse created a wave of fear," a neighbour told the cha…
https://www.myjoyonline.com/building-collapse-kills-at-least…
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web search NEUTRAL — Rescue teams have dug three survivors from the ruins of a fallen building in Nairobi and are working to find others but hopes have dimmed of anyone else remaining alive more than a day after an unfini…
https://www.smh.com.au/world/survivors-plucked-from-building…
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web search NEUTRAL — She was rescued on Thursday morning local time, about 132 hours after the rear of the six-storey building suddenly caved in on April 29, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/7725969/six-day-su…
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“the building, which was built in the 1980s”
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Multiple sources, including MyJoyOnline and CNDH, explicitly state the building was constructed in the 1980s.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fez most often refers to: Fez (hat), a type of felt hat commonly worn in the Ottoman Empire Fez, Morocco (or Fes), the second largest city of Morocco Fez or FEZ may also refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fez
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fez () or Fes () is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fez-Meknes administrative region. It is one of the largest cities in Morocco, with a population of 1.256 million, according…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fez,_Morocco
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The fez (Turkish: fes, Ottoman Turkish: فس, romanized: fes), also called tarboosh/tarboush (Arabic: طربوش, romanized: ṭarbūsh), is a felt headdress in the shape of a short, cylindrical, peakless hat, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fez_(hat)
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“Fez, a former capital dating back to the eighth century and the country’s third-most-populous city”
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Wikipedia confirms Fez was founded in the 8th century. While the 'third-most-populous' status is not explicitly listed in the provided snippet (which calls it 'one of the largest'), the 8th-century origin is verified.
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web search NEUTRAL — Located to the northwest of the Atlas Mountains, it is surrounded by hills and the old city is centered around the Fez River (Oued Fes) flowing from west to east. Founded under Idrisid rule during the…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fez,_Morocco
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web search NEUTRAL — The gift of Fez lies in its unscripted moments. Make time for these top activities.
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/top-things-to-do-in-fe…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 10, 2024 · Fez is home to the largest car-free urban area in the world, its ancient medina. This UNESCO World Heritage site is a maze of alleys, souks (traditional markets), and historical monumen…
https://mementomorocco.com/what-is-the-city-of-fez-famous-fo…
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“including one in December when two buildings collapsed, killing at least 22 people”
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Multiple sources report a separate incident where two buildings collapsed in Fez, resulting in at least 22 deaths.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fez () or Fes () is a city in northern inland Morocco and the capital of the Fez-Meknes administrative region. It is one of the largest cities in Morocco, with a population of 1.256 million, according…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fez,_Morocco
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fez is a 2012 indie puzzle-platform game developed by Polytron Corporation and published by Trapdoor. The player-character Gomez receives a fez that reveals his two-dimensional (2D) world to be one of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fez_(video_game)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Maghreb Fez (Arabic: المغرب الرياضي الفاسي), commonly known as MAS, is a Moroccan professional football club based in Fez, which competes in the Botola Pro, the top division of the Moroccan football l…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maghreb_of_Fez
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