Polls have closed in Morocco's parliamentary election - the first vote since King Mohammed introduced constitutional reforms in response to pro-democracy uprisings throughout the Arab world. The new constitution gives more powers to the parliament and prime minister, who must now be appointed from the party with the most seats. Correspondents say attention will be focused on the turnout after some pro-reform campaigners urged a boycott.

摩洛哥议会选举已经结束，这是自国王穆罕默德应遍及阿拉伯世界的民主起义，实施宪法改革后的首次选举。新宪法给予议会和总理更多权力，总理必须从占有最多席位的党派中选出。记者称，此前一些改革支持者表示反对，因此必须关注选举的结果。

Iceland has rejected a bid by one of China's wealthiest entrepreneurs, Huang Nubo, to buy a 300-sq km block of land on the northern shores of the island. Officials said there was no precedent for such a large land sale to a foreign buyer. Mr Huang wanted the land to create a tourist nature reserve, but some critics feared the purchase would have given China a strategic foothold in the Arctic, where there's a growing international interest in exploiting the region's natural resources.

冰岛拒绝中国最富有企业家黄怒波提出的购买本岛北部300平方公里土地的请求。官方称，从未有外国购买者提出购买这么大的面积，黄先生希望将土地用于建设自然旅游保护区，但批评家担心，这将给中国在北极提供一个战略据点，国际上对该地区自然资源的兴趣越来越大。