Jordan

May 4, 2004

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An explosion took place outside the home of the main Greek Cypriot opposition leader Tuesday morning, causing damage to the building but no casualties

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The Jordanian Phosphate Company expects an increase in its exports of phosphate by 34% during this year to reach 4.9 million tons compared to 3.6 million tons in 2003.

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Kuwait and Venezuela signed Tuesday an agreement to avert dual taxation - marking the first Arab country to sign such an accord with Venezuela.‏   Ambassador to Venezuela Youssef Al-Qabandi represe

May 3, 2004

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Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Naji Ottri on Sunday received Jordanian Public Works, Housing and Transportation Minister Raed Abu al-Saud.

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The Mossad has failed in an attempt to assassinate Syria-based Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, the <i>Tehran Times</i> reported Monday.

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A Jordanian delegation recently toured four major German states in a bid to encourage and attract investments to the Kingdom.   According to Petra news agency, the tour was organized by Jordan's embas

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Air Arabia LLC, UAE’s national airline and the first low-cost airline of its kind in the Middle East &amp; North Africa region, is set to showcase on the Sharjah Commerce &amp; Tourism Development Aut

April 30, 2004

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A man identified as al-Qaeda activist Abu-Musab al-Zarqawi said on a tape aired Friday that his group did plan an attack on Jordan's secret service bu

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According to the State Department's "Patterns of Global Terrorism" report for 2003, published Thursday, the Middle East continues to be "the region of

April 29, 2004

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Some 250,000 Jordanians on Thursday participated in a march to express their rejection and condemnation of "terrorism" as well as their support for se

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U.S. Marines declared Thursday an agreement to end a siege of Fallujah, saying American forces will pull back and allow an all-Iraqi force commanded b

April 28, 2004

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Jordan's King Abdullah II on Wednesday stressed that the final settlement for the Palestinian issue is up to the concerned parties.

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Despite intensive control efforts, the threat of desert locusts in West and Northwest Africa remains "extremely serious," the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has warned.

April 27, 2004

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Jordanian television Monday night aired what it said were confessions by captured men tied to Osama Bin Laden's al Qaeda network who said they planned

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U.S. occupation soldiersfought a gunbattle overnight with Shiite fighters near the holy city of Najaf to the south, killing 43 of them and destroying