The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Amman - King Abdullah II of Jordan on Tuesday called on Prime Minister Nader Dahabi to prepare for general elections following his dissolution of the lower house of parliament Monday. The forthcoming polls should provide an example in transparency, ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Amman - Jordan's Islamic-led opposition on Tuesday welcomed the dissolution of the lower house of parliament, but insisted on the amendment of the country's present election law as a vehicle for real political change. It is a wise step on the part o...
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
King Abdullah of Jordan has dissolved the Amman parliament and called for early elections.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah has dissolved parliament halfway through its four-year term and called for early elections, state television reported Monday.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Amman - Jordan's King Abdullah II on Monday issued a decree dissolving the lower house of parliament as of Tuesday, according to a royal court statement. The monarch also issued another decree ordering early elections to be held for the election of a...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
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 [...]
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