Jordan

July 14, 2000

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Police on Friday shot dead a gunman who opened fire at a mass wedding ceremony, killing one guest in an attack event organizers believed was linked to

July 13, 2000

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Jordan's 80-member chamber of deputies Thursday voted overwhelmingly to support the new government of Prime Minister Ali Abu Ragheb, with a record 74

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Jordan and Japan on Thursday placed the cornerstone for the 9.7 million-dollar expansion and reconstruction of the King Hussein Bridge linking Jordan

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Prosecutor general asked the State Security Court in Amman on Wednesday to hand down a guilty verdict in the case of 28 alleged members of a terrorist

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Cash-strapped Jordanians who have been engaged for years will be among 70 couples finally to tie the knot Friday at a mass wedding organized by a char

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(Jordan Times, AMMAN) - HSBC has launched the HSBC Premier service in Jordan, the first premium global banking service for personal customers to be offered by HSBC.

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(Jordan Times, AMMAN) - Four French companies which have invested around $750 million in vital projects in Jordan have improved the quality of services but remain challenged by existing tax laws, pric

July 12, 2000

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Egyptian multi-millionaire businessman, Naguib Sawiris, has recently bought land on the southern coast of the Jordanian Red Sea resort of Aqaba, Jorda

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(MEBG) – Political uncertainty over the outcome of Middle East peace talks, underway at Camp David in the United States, have led to losses on the Amman Financial Market, dealers said on Tuesday.

July 11, 2000

03:00 GMT

Mobile phone war drums beat in Jordan, as the kingdom's second operator sounds off that it wants 50 percent of all new subscribers by the end of this

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Representatives of 16 local non-governmental organisations will gather in Amman on Sunday for a workshop on using computers and the Internet.

July 10, 2000

03:00 GMT

A Syrian car mechanic concealed in a cassette player a gun and a hand grenade he wanted to use in a foiled bid to commandeer a Royal Jordanian plane t

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Former Jordanian MP, Sheikh Abdul-Munem Abu Zant on Sunday appealed a six-month jail sentence handed down against him in absentia for four crimes, inc

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The cabinet last week endorsed a $100 million Qualifying Industrial Zone project that will be carried out by the Jordan University for Science and Technology (JUST) and Boscan Jordan Group.

July 9, 2000

03:00 GMT

After becoming the first Arabic web-mail provider, Maktoob.com struck a deal with MediaRing.com to become their Arab arm and start offering an array o