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Banks and Corporates failure in Jordan

Posted by: khamis_78

Amman :: Jordan | updated Sun Nov 15 10:09:45 -0800 2009 | business-news

No body can deny the impact of the international financial crisis, and the the consequential recession that occurred in the late 2008; but to make this issue as an excuse for banks to stop giving loans for the developing projects...

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Jordan summons Israel envoy over Jerusalem church

Source: NOW Lebanon

Amman :: Jordan | updated Thu Dec 03 09:39:04 -0800 2009 | political-news

Jordan summoned Israeli Ambassador Nevo Dani on Thursday to demand a halt to "unilateral actions" by the Jewish State in the walls of Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre. "The ambassador was summoned today to the Foreign Ministry, where he...

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Christmas Appeal: How you can help the children of Iraq

Source: Times Online

Amman :: Jordan | updated Sat Nov 21 13:25:36 -0800 2009 | political-news

But his parents find it difficult to answer him when he asks — as he often does — “Why are they beautiful and I am not?” Hussein’s dream is that the “kind doctors” in Amman will make him as pretty...

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Jordanian faces June trial in alleged Dallas plot

Source: The Boston Globe

Amman :: Jordan | updated Tue Nov 24 16:00:47 -0800 2009 | political-news

A Jordanian man charged with trying to blow up a Dallas skyscraper with what he thought was a car bomb will go on trial next summer. A federal judge has moved Hosam Smadi's trial to June 7. The 19-year-old Smadi...

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AIADMK party workers demonstrate protesting selection of candidates

Source: Daily News & Analysis

Amman :: Jordan | updated Sun Nov 29 03:08:36 -0800 2009 | political-news

Police said the workers raised slogans and blocked the road for about half-an-hour. P Munuswami and Amman T Narayanan as candidate for Vandavasi and Tiruchendur constituencies respectively. The party would face virtual direct contest against the ruling DMK in the...

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Jordan, Turkey sign long-awaited free-trade deal

Source: The Daily Star

Amman :: Jordan | updated Wed Dec 02 00:12:33 -0800 2009 | political-news

Turkish President Abdullah Gul and Jordan’s King Abdullah II signed a long-awaited free-trade deal on Tuesday before holding talks on further boosting economic ties, the palace said. “The free-trade agreement, which was signed today, is key to enhancing bilateral economic cooperation...

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Jordan budget cuts �essential� to curb soaring deficit

Source: The Daily Star

Amman :: Jordan | updated Mon Nov 23 23:50:59 -0800 2009 | business-news

Jordan’s 2010 budget will focus on curbing the country’s soaring deficit to deal with the fiscal challenges needed to spur the economy to recover from the impact of the global downturn, the finance minister said on Friday. Bassem al-Salem said the...

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Jordan's budget deficit climbs to 78% as spending increases

Source: Zawya Political

Amman :: Jordan | updated Tue Nov 17 04:18:18 -0800 2009 | business-news

Jordan's budget deficit stood at JD 891.7 million during the first 10 months of this year, an increase of 78.3 percent compared to the same period of last year, Ministry of Finance statistics revealed. According to official data, budget deficit...

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Jordan's king dissolves Lower House

Source: United Press International

Amman :: Jordan | updated Tue Nov 24 10:42:12 -0800 2009 | political-news

King Abdullah II of Jordan issued a proclamation Tuesday dissolving the country's Lower House of Parliament and ordering early elections, officials said. The now-dissolved Lower House was elected Nov. 20, 2007, and approved some 132 laws in four sessions, but...

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