Iran and Hezbollah's Support for Syria Complicates U.S. Strategy on Peace Talks
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...
AGFUND?s support for...
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,...
Jordan acquits 'devil worship' students
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...
Jordanian regime scuttles attempt to expel Israeli envoy
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...
Tribal violence hits Jordan university system
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...
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...
Outlook negative for Lebanon's 3 biggest banks: Moody's
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...
Jordan military plane crash kills two pilots
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...
South Korea lends Kingdom USD28 million
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...
House denies requests to lift two MPs' immunity
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...
Suspect transfer of 25,000 euros from Jordan collected by Gueant
Posted by: rsa76
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...
Jordan: Current demand for dinar 'huge'- sector leader
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...
Beirut sees 10 pct decline in hotel occupancy
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...
Iraq's Invisible Refugee Crisis
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...
EBRD: Slow economic growth in the SEMED region
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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