February 20, 2011 9:26 PM

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Now people in Morocco take to streets demanding reform

Several thousand people rallied in Moroccan cities today demanding political reform and limits on the powers of the king. Over 2,000 people took to the streets of the capital Rabat, shouting, the people want change. In Casablanca, the North African nation's biggest city, over 1,000 people came out demanding, freedom, dignity and justice. The demonstrations were peaceful as of midday. Thousands of young Moroccans have joined the “February 20” movement on the social networking site Facebook, calling for peaceful demonstrations demanding a new constitution limiting the king's powers and more social justice. The call has similar origins to the so-called “Facebook revolutions” that toppled decades-old regimes in Tunisia and Egypt and sparked deadly protests in Bahrain, Yemen, Algeria and Morocco.

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