Jordan

May 20, 2000

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King Abdullah II cancelled his work schedule Saturday after contracting a minor ailment due to fatigue, the head of Jordan's royal cabinet said Saturd

May 19, 2000

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Jordan will send more men to Sierra Leone "very soon" to join UN peacekeeping forces there, a military spokesman announced Thursday.  The spokesman,

May 18, 2000

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President Bill Clinton said Wednesday that US and Jordan have worked together to disclose alleged plans by an organization led by Saudi suspected terr

May 17, 2000

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King Abdullah of Jordan is to visit Damascus Sunday for talks with Syrian President Hafez Assad on the peace process, a Jordanian official said Wednes

May 15, 2000

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Ministers of electricity and energy from six Arab countries and Turkey gathered Monday in Jordan to discuss regional power-sharing, officials said. 

May 14, 2000

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By Ahmed Naser  Jordan's new GSM mobile communications operator, MobileCom, announced on Sunday the signing of a $35.7 million agreement with Ericsson

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Jordan's King Abdullah II discussed the Middle East peace process Saturday with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz to kick off his four-day vi

May 13, 2000

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By Amjad Baker  Middle East rally veteran Mohammad Ben Sulayem had to wait for two and half hours to be crowned officially as champion, for the 11th t

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Israel and Jordan have agreed to build a joint airport near the countries' borders near the Red Sea ports of Eilat and Aqaba that will be operational

May 12, 2000

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By Shady Janzeir  Middle East rally veteran Mohammad Ben Sulayem clinched his eleventh victory at the Jordan International Rally Friday, with his long

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Relatives of four Jordanian men jailed in Israel launched Friday a hunger strike to press for their release, the brother of one of the prisoners said

May 11, 2000

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By Shady Janzeir  The first day of the 2000 Jordan International Rally ended Thursday with UAE’s Mohammad Ben Sulayem and his long-time co-driver Rona

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By Amjad Baker   Twenty-three racing cars set off Thursday morning from King Abdullah Garden, Amman speeding to the finish line of the two-day Jordan'

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King Abdullah II of Jordan is to visit Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, starting May 16, a Jordanian diplomat in UAE told AFP Wednesday. "Th

May 9, 2000

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Fourteen Jordanian professional unions have threatened a boycott of an Amman hotel if it hosts an Israeli embassy reception Wednesday commemorating th