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Source: Newyork Times

Amman :: Jordan | updated 2013-05-21 19:19:30 -0700 | political-news

With White House support, Secretary of State John Kerry has pushed for an international conference in Geneva in June that would bring representatives of the Syria government together with the opposition. The aim would be to negotiate a transitional government...
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Source: Arab News

Amman :: Jordan | updated 2013-05-21 16:36:19 -0700 | political-news

MSC's conference in Manila, Philippines in October, under the title "International Coalition Against Poverty."...Executive Director Nasser Bakr Al-Kahtani and discussed a new partnership framework between the two organizations so as to enhance development strategy and fighting poverty,...
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Source: News 24

Amman :: Jordan | updated 2013-05-19 09:19:47 -0700 | sports-news

A Jordanian military tribunal acquitted five university students of incitement charges on Sunday levelled over accusations they had engaged in "devil worship" and desecrated the Qur'an, a court official said. "The court declared the students innocent and ordered them freed...
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Source: Ynet News

Amman :: Jordan | updated 2013-05-19 03:01:13 -0700 | political-news

An attempt in Jordan's parliament to topple the government of Prime Minister Abdullah Nesour over his refusal to expel Israel's ambassador ended when several members of parliament backed-down according to official sources.   Despite the failure of the move to...
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Source: The Daily Star

Amman :: Jordan | updated 2013-05-17 19:10:13 -0700 | political-news

Unprecedented and sometimes deadly tribal violence at university campuses in Jordan threatens the country's ambitions to build a solid system of higher education, experts warn. The latest unrest broke out in the southern city of Maan last month. Maan has...
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Breaking News: White House visit by Burma's Thein Sein a sign of changing times
Source: Washington Post

Burmā :: Jordan | updated 2013-05-17 17:39:31 -0700 | political-news

Two passing children look at a wall painting created by Burma graffiti artists to welcome U.S. President Barack Obama on a street in Rangoon, during his trip last year...T-shirts bearing images of President Obama and Aung San Suu Kyi, the...
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Source: The Daily Star

Sāl :: Jordan | updated 2013-05-16 15:04:30 -0700 | business-news

The Daily Star A Moody's sign is displayed on 7 World Trade Center, the company's corporate headquarters in New York,in this February 6, 2013 file photo...The long-term local-currency deposit rating was affirmed at Ba3 while long-term foreign-currency deposits ratings at...
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Source: Qatar English Daily

Amman :: Jordan | updated 2013-05-16 09:48:29 -0700 | travel-news

A Jordanian air force plane on a training flight crashed on Thursday due to a technical failure, killing the pilot and a trainee, an official in the armed forces' general command said in a statement. "At 6:55 am on Thursday...
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Source: Zawya Political

Amman :: Jordan | updated 2013-05-15 01:36:13 -0700 | green-news

The Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation on Tuesday signed an agreement with South Korea, under which the latter will provide Jordan with a $28 million loan. The loan will fund the first phase of a sewage network in southern...
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Source: Zawya Political

Amman :: Jordan | updated 2013-05-15 01:36:09 -0700 | political-news

The Lower House on Tuesday denied requests by two deputies to lift their immunity. A total of 95 and 77 MPs voted against lifting the immunity of Tamam Riyati (Aqaba) and Mohammad Badri (Aqaba, 1st District) respectively at a Lower...
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Amman :: Jordan | updated 2013-05-14 04:22:25 -0700 | odd-news

A new suspect bank, amounting to 25,000 euros from Jordan, was discovered on account of Claude Gueant during a search, said Tuesday a source familiar with the matter. Contacted by AFP, the former Minister of the Interior declined to comment...
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Source: Zawya Political

Amman :: Jordan | updated 2013-05-13 23:36:43 -0700 | political-news

Increasing inflows of remittances and investments have boosted demand for the Jordanian dinar, according to a top representative of money changers. "There is currently a huge demand for the dinar as Jordanian professionals abroad are transferring large amounts of money...
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Source: The Daily Star

Amman :: Jordan | updated 2013-05-12 16:29:34 -0700 | business-news

The average occupancy rate at hotels in Beirut was 56 percent in the first quarter, down from 66 percent in the same quarter last year...Occupancy rates at Beirut hotels were 49 percent in January, climbing up to 60 and 58...
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Source: Dahr Jamail's Dispatch

Amman :: Jordan | updated 2013-05-12 07:24:55 -0700 | travel-news

With April the bloodiest month in Iraq for nearly five years, more Iraqis are seeking safety in Jordan (Reuters) Amman, Jordan Maki al-Nazzal, a 57-year-old Iraqi from Fallujah, returned to Amman a week ago from a visit to his home...
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Source: Zawya Political

Amman :: Jordan | updated 2013-05-11 04:05:48 -0700 | business-news

Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco, the report said, noting that unemployment, especially among the youth, remains a chronic problem in all four countries and remained persistently high in 2012. The report indicated that Jordan and Morocco have faced weak external...
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