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There is no honour in ‘honour killing’,
Amman :: Jordan | 2 days ago
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Islam is more tolerant of male-female relationships than some would have us believe. The issue of ‘honour killing’ is not one of dishonour and immorality, but of disobedience and control. At the end of the day, one has to say what is right is right, and...
Tags: Islamic, honour killing, Jordanian, Muslims, Arab, muslims world, Middle East, Jordan, Amman, Homicide, Islam and women, Honor killing, Islam, Domestic violence, Violence against women, Human Interest
A Federation in Mideast?
Haifa :: Israel | 3 days ago
Credibility 25 November 2009 I recall my last conversation with Yasser Arafat in his Ramallah compound a few weeks before his death. It was he who brought up the idea of a threefold federation — Israel, Palestine and Jordan. “And perhaps Lebanon, too. Why not?” Lately,...
Tags: Israeli Army, Israeli-Arab, Jordanian, Jordan Union, Palestinians, Palestine, Israel, Haifa, Palestinian people, Uri Avnery, Proposals for a Palestinian state, Politics, Two-state solution, Israeli￢ﾀﾓPalestinian conflict, West Bank, Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Jordan, Egypt sign 10 cooperation agreements
Amman :: Jordan | 5 days ago
Credibility Jordan and Egypt concluded the meeting of their joint higher committee by signing 10 cooperation agreements, memoranda of understanding and executive programs to bolster joint cooperation. Prime Minister Nader Dahabi and his Egyptian counterpart, Ahmad...
Tags: Jordanian, Jordan, Amman, Nader al-Dahabi, Levant, Egypt, Western Asia, Arab League member states, Fertile Crescent
Federation? Why not?
Haifa :: Israel | 6 days ago
Credibility I recall my last conversation with Yasser Arafat in his Ramallah compound a few weeks before his death. It was he who brought up the idea of a threefold federation — Israel, Palestine and Jordan. “And perhaps Lebanon, too.
Tags: Israeli Army, Israeli-Arab, Jordanian, Jordan Union, Palestinians, Palestine, Israel, Haifa, Western Asia, Palestinian nationalism, Proposals for a Palestinian state, Two-state solution, Israeli￢ﾀﾓPalestinian conflict, Politics, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Fertile Crescent, Arab-Israeli conflict
World Bank approves $300m loan to Jordan
Amman :: Jordan | 8 days ago
Credibility The World Bank has approved a $300 million Development Policy Loan (DPL) to Jordan to support the Government’s medium-term development program in the context of the current global economic crisis. The approval of the Recovery under Global Uncertainty...
Tags: Jordanian, The World Bank, DPL, social protection, Jordan, Amman, Western Asia, World Bank, Fertile Crescent, Levant, Business Finance
Iraq refugees face dwindling UN funds, creating concerns of unrest
Damascus :: Syria | 9 days ago
Credibility More than six years after the invasion of Iraq, up to 2 million refugees remain stranded in neighboring countries and fears are rising that international support for them is fading, threatening more long-term regional unrest. This week Eric Schwartz,...
Tags: UNHCR Iraq, Iraqi, Iraq Unit, Syrian, Jordanian, Damascus, Baghdad, Abu Ali, financial supporter, Mr. Schwartz, Syria, Western Asia, Iraqi diaspora, Refugees of Iraq, Refugee, Palestinian refugee, Arab League member states, Fertile Crescent, Levant, Social Issues, War Conflict
Jordanian security delegation visits women police authority
Jalīb aš-Šuyūẖ :: Kuwait | 10 days ago
Credibility A Jordanian security delegation headed by Director of External Patrols Brigadier General Hassan Mouhaidat visited yesterday headquarters of the Institute of Support Authority for Women Police. The ministry said in a press statement today that Director-General...
Tags: Jordanian, women police, security delegation, delegation visits, Kuwait, Jalīb aš-Šuyūẖ, Khaled Mashal
Jordanian death sentence for murder of US diplomat commuted to jail time
Amman :: Jordan | 13 days ago
Credibility A death sentence against a Jordanian linked to Al-Qaeda over the 2002 murder of a US diplomat has been commuted to 15 years of hard labor in jail, his lawyer said Sunday. “The cassation [appeals] court last week rejected the state security court’s decision...
Tags: Moamar al-Jaghbir, Jordanian, hard labor, Iraq, Jordan, Amman, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Al-Qaeda in Iraq, In absentia, Al-Qaeda, War Conflict, Iraqi insurgency, Terrorism in Iraq, Laurence Foley, Law Crime
2nd Jordanian this week dies from police beating
Amman :: Jordan | 14 days ago
Credibility Jordan — A Jordanian citizen died after being beaten by police, the second time this week, a police spokesman said Sunday, casting a rare spotlight on the nation's U.S.-trained security forces, that may also have worked as proxy jailers for the CIA. The...
Tags: Jordanian, Human Rights Watch, police spokesman, Jordan, Amman, Western Asia, Fertile Crescent, Levant, War Conflict
Injured bus passenger praises Jordanian people
Amman :: Jordan | 29 days ago
Credibility Passengers being evacuated to Hadasa hospital Photo: Gil Yohanan Woman injured aboard Israeli tour bus which flipped Friday near Petra, told Ynet about special care passengers received at Jordanian hospital, praised locals for acting 'like Israelis'...
Tags: Jordanian, Israeli, Anti-Israel Journalist, israelis tourist, bus accident, tourist bus, Petra, jordan bus, israelis injured, bus crash
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