The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Amman - The Governor of the Jordan Central Bank (CBJ) on Sunday defended tying the Jordanian national currency, the dinar, to the US dollar, saying the policy proved helpful for national exports. He said that the dinar-dollar peg, which was adopted i...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Amman - About 3,000 Jordanians demonstrated in Amman on Friday to protest what they called an Israeli conspiracy against al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, which the Jewish state seized from Jordan in the 1967 Middle East war. The rally, organized by ...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
As part of developing the Tunisian-Jordanian cooperation, a Tunisian businessmen mission led by Mr. Mounir Mouakhar, President of the Tunisian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) is visiting Amman, Jordan from November 16 to 18, 2009.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Amman - Jordan's Prime Minister on Wednesday expressed deep concern over a budget deficit of around 140 million dollars by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA). Jordan currently hosts more than 1.9 million Pal...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Amman - Jordanian Prime Minister Nader Dahabi on Wednesday pledged to extend all facilities to Iraqi businessmen and investors as part of Jordan's effort to boost trade ties with its neighbour. Dahabi made the remark during a meeting with members of ...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Tuesday in Jordan that Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is "indispensable" for the Middle East peace process. "We want to stress that president Abbas is indispensable and the peace process can't go without him," Kouchner told a news conference in Amman with senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, after a meeting with Abbas....
Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
An Important Report By Jon Elmer "MUWAQQAR, Jordan, Nov 17 (IPS) - In the bleak and seemingly endless desert expanse that unfolds east of Jordan's capital city, Amman, lies a crucial cog in the ambitious regional designs of the U.S. and its allies in the Middle East. Commonly known by its acronym JIPTC, the Jordan International Police Training Centre is ground-zero for the transformation of U.S.-allied...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Amman - Jordan's public budget deficit increased dramatically over the past 10 months due to higher spending and retreating aid by donor countries, the Finance Ministry said Monday. The deficit grew by 78.3 per cent between January and October, to 89...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Amman - The Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) on Sunday signed a contract with the Australian consulting firm Worley Parsons to prepare the foundation for the country's first nuclear power plant. Under the 11.3-million-dollar contract, the Austr...
qwstnevrythg.com (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
PressTv The intelligence chiefs of the United States, Israel, Egypt and Jordan have held an unprecedented secret meeting to discuss Iran’s nuclear program. The conclave of intelligence chiefs was held in Amman in the first week of November, reported DEBKA an Israeli web site which has close links to the Israeli intelligence service Mossad. The chief of Jordan’s [...]
They gave us a republic (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
In the wake of the Nissour Square rampage by Blackwater mercenaries that killed at least seventeen civilians and left scores injured, I spent a lot of time blogging about the use of mercenaries in our military operations, and Blackwater was singled out. Anything I could find on them and substantiate via credible sources, I posted about. I leveled accusations against them for everything from murder...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
US security firm describes allegations by New York Times as 'baseless' Senior executives at Blackwater Worldwide, the US security company, approved secret payments of $1m (£600,000) to buy the silence of Iraqi officials after its guards killed 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad in 2007, it was alleged today. Blackwater, which changed its name to Xe in February, approved the cash in December 2007,...
Deep Politics Monitor (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
US firm Blackwater in Iraq bribery scandal: report 10 Nov 2009 Executives at US security firm Blackwater approved secret payments of about one million dollars to Iraqi officials to "silence their criticism" after company guards killed 17 civilians in Baghdad in 2007, the New York Times has said . Citing interviews with four unnamed former Blackwater executives, the Times said the company's...
Rhod on Public Affairs (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The Nation; In the aftermath of the 2007 Nisour Square massacre in Baghdad by operatives working for Blackwater, top company officials including then-president Gary Jackson "authorized secret payments of about $1 million to Iraqi officials that were intended to silence their criticism and buy their support," according to the New York Times. Seventeen Iraqis were killed and more than twenty...
Pine River World News (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The following column is reprinted with permission from Ramzy Baroud. This Round for Israel © Ramzy Baroud November 11, 2009 When British Foreign Secretary David Miliband uttered a few words regarding the illegality of the Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, many wanted to believe that London was taking a sharp stance against Israel's continued violations of international law. Alas,...
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