Morocco's King Names Head of Islamist Party as New Prime Minister

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The leader of an Islamist party that has never before participated in Morocco’s governments was chosen by the king as the country’s new head of government on Tuesday. The Justice and Development Party won the most votes Friday in a national election made possible by the pro-democracy demonstrations that swept this North African kingdom of 32 million earlier this year as part of the regionwide Arab Spring. King Mohammed VI received Abdelilah Benkirane, the secretary general of the