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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Amman - Jordan and the European Union on Sunday signed an open-skies agreement which will allow European and Jordanian airlines to operate freely across Jordan and the 27 EU countries, the official Petra news agency reported....
Eurasia Review (Free subscription) | 03/19/2010
( Ma'an ) -- President Mahmoud Abbas was lightly injured after falling in his hotel room in Amman, Jordan on Friday, an official said. Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said Abbas suffered bruises and would require physical therapy and a few days of rest. "We are following up with treatment, but his health is good and there is no cause for concern," said Dr Abdullah Al-Bashir, Abbas'...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 03/18/2010
Amman - Brazilian President Luiz Ignacio Lula Da Silva on Thursday expressed the conviction that his country and Jordan possessed the qualifications for economic partnership with the two private sectors playing the role of a catalyst. We can achie...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 03/18/2010
Jordan's King Abdullah II urged the international community on Wednesday to take firm position and swift, direct and effective actions to freeze Israel's provocative measures that seek to alter the identity of Jerusalem and threaten its sacred sites. At a meeting with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton in Amman, the Jordanian leader warned against the danger of the unilateral Israeli measures...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 03/17/2010
Brussels/Amman - The European Union and Jordan on Wednesday opened the way to a major boost in air traffic between them by initialling a deal liberalizing air travel. It is the first time that the EU has inked an open-skies agreement with a country i...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 03/17/2010
Brussels/Amman - The European Union and Jordan on Wednesday opened the way to a major boost in air traffic between them by initialling a deal liberalizing air travel. It is the first time that the EU has inked an open-skies agreement with a country i...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 03/16/2010
Amman - Jordanians staged demonstrations on Tuesday to protest the rededication of synagogue near al-Aqsa Mosque at the Temple Mount-Haram Shaif compound in East Jerusalem, which Israel seized from Jordan in the 1967 Middle East war. Hundreds of trad...
Tolerance.ca (Free subscription) | 03/15/2010
Reporters Without Borders condemns the order issued by an Amman military court on 10 March banning the media from covering a case of alleged corruption involving several leading Jordanian figures including a former finance minister. The case was exposed in the press several months ago. “This ban shows a lack of political will on the part of the Jordanian government to combat corruption within...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 03/14/2010
Amman - A Yemeni was on Sunday interrogated by the public prosecutor of Jordan's State Security Court on suspicion of belonging to al-Qaeda and plotting acts of terrorism inside the kingdom, judicial sources said. The Yemeni national, Ammar Barouti, ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 03/12/2010
Beirut/Amman - Jordan's Islamic leaders joined the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah on Friday in slamming Israel's plans to build 1,600 housing units in occupied East Jerusalem. In Amman, the Islamic Action Front, the largest Jordanian political pa...
Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 03/12/2010
"A high-profile group of international human rights organisations are accusing the Lebanese government of harassing a prominent civil society lawyer after officials seized his passport last week, forcing the intervention of the interior ministry to get the documents returned. Nizar Saghieh, a dual Lebanese-British national, was part of a 16-member delegation that applied for Bosnian entry visas...
BURMA DIGEST (Free subscription) | 03/11/2010
- Daoud Kuttab Daoud Kuttab is Director of the Community Media Network in Amman, Jordan and a former Professor of Journalism at Princeton University. RAMALLAH – Palestinians and Israelis have different and possibly [...]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 03/11/2010
Amman - Jordan's King Abdullah II held talks Thursday night with US Vice President Joseph Biden, in which the king called for an immediate halt to Israel's building of settlements in East Jerusalem. Abdullah said the issue was set to torpedo ongo...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 03/11/2010
Amman - US Vice President Joseph Biden arrived in Amman Thursday for a two-day visit to Jordan in the course of a regional tour. Biden, who flew in from Israel, was due to have talks with King Abdullah II on latest Middle East developments, particul...
Christian News from Jerusalem | Bible Prophecy News |... (Free subscription) | 03/11/2010
A regional emergency response team of Jordanians and Israelis is forging collaboration that could save lives and contribute to real peace between the two peoples. The tragedy that struck Haiti recently is a vivid wakeup call for authorities in Israel and neighboring countries. The area surrounding Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, the city of Jericho controlled by the Palestinian Authority, and Amman, Jordan...
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