Jordan

March 16, 2004

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Sheikh Salim bin Hilal al Khalili, Oman's Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, has issued a ministerial decision endorsing a project to develop citr

March 15, 2004

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The Jordan Tourism Board (JTB) is forging ahead with a campaign to target the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Events (MICE) market.  "Jordan is already a popular destination for intra-regional

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Omantel and the Belgian IT company Scanit have agreed to form an alliance to offer infrastructure and vulnerability assessment services to the Sultanate of Oman.  The new partnership results in a serv

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The Export-Import Bank of the United States has approved a $49.4 million loan guarantee to Jordanian telecom company XPress, which will be launching its radio trunking services in the Kingdom in April

March 14, 2004

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The Chief of Saudi Arabia's General Staff Gen. Saleh Bin Ali Al-Mohayya received in Riyadh Sunday a delegation of Jordan's Royal National Defense Coll

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Some 200 Japanese troops arrived Sunday in Kuwait on their way to neighboring Iraq to take part in a "humanitarian mission".

March 11, 2004

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Jordan's King Abdullah II, received an invitation from Tunisian President Zein Alabdin Bin Ali, to take part in the 16th Arab Summit which will be hel

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Iran`s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Wednesday denounced a draft nuclear resolution on Iran, saying it was "tough and

March 10, 2004

02:00 GMT

In response to Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's so-called "disengagement plan" for the Gaza Strip, Jordan's King Abdullah II, in an interview wit

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Turkey's Garanti Bank is forecasted to benefit if acquired by Banca Intesa of Italy, according to <i>Fitch Ratings</i>. If Intesa were to acquire Garanti, the Turkish bank would represent four percent

March 9, 2004

02:00 GMT

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Tuesday he may hold a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah in the next few days. He didn't give any further de

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Seven people were wounded Tuesday in Mosul after a grenade was tossed in a building housing a local governing council, police said. Elsewhere, a US so

March 7, 2004

02:00 GMT

At least three Jordanian drivers were shot dead Saturday by a gang of Iraqi highway robbers as they drove their trucks between Ramadi and Fallujah in

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Libya has sent all its known remaining nuclear weapons-related equipment to the United States in the framework of a disarmament deal.

March 6, 2004

02:00 GMT

Israel has signed an agreement in principle to import 50 million cubic meters of water annually from Turkey. The agreement stretches over a period of 20 years for a total of one billion cubic meters o