The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on Saturday approved investment of 1.0 billion euros for expansion into north Africa and the Middle East under its first British president.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee nearly unanimously approved Joe Jordan as the next administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, with the nomination now going to a vote of the full Senate, Federal News Radio reported.
The committee also approved the Keeping Politics out of Federal Contracting Act.
Jordan Hospital in Plymouth is looking for ways to slice millions of dollars from its budget in the wake of reduced reimbursements from Medicare, Medicaid and health insurers, the Patriot Ledger reports.
Hospital officials have been meeting with union representatives in an effort to minimize the cuts’ impact on the hospital’s staff. The Ledger reports that while a hospital spokesman claims Jordan means to keep its independence, some workers are concerned that the hospital may be looking to make...
AMMAN (Reuters) - The opposition Syrian National Council (SNC) hit back at reports on Wednesday a leading dissident had resigned from the organization, saying Fawaz Tello had never been a member. Liberal politician Tello said on Tuesday he was leaving in protest at the council's failure to push through democratic reforms and unify the fractured opposition to President Bashar al-Assad. The announcement was seen as a major blow to the embattled body that has seen several senior figures quit in the last few months. ...
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday that countries trying to "sow chaos" in Syria could be infected with it themselves, an apparent warning to Arab Gulf nations that back the insurgency aimed at forcing him from power. Assad's remarks, to a Russian TV channel, came after U.N. staff monitoring an increasingly shaky ceasefire were caught up in an attack that killed at least 21 people, and had to spend a night with rebel forces. ...
Rainbow Street in Amman's heart is abuzz again after posh 1920s-era homes were turned into restaurants, galleries and libraries, drawing hipsters, bohemians, intellectuals and hordes of tourists.
King Abdullah II instructed Jordan's government to probe reports of cruelty at care homes for children with physical and mental disabilities in his country after a BBC Arabic documentary was broadcast.
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