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- Suspected JI member arrested in S. Philippines
COTABATO, Philippines, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Filipino security forces on Tuesday captured a suspected Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) member in the restive southern Philippines. Muhammand Alpariz, a Bangladeshi national, was arrested at his apartment in Datu Mastura,
- Jordanian agricultural investment in Sudan to resume early 2009
(MENAFN - Jordan Times) The stalled Jordanian agricultural megaproject in Sudan is expected to be resumed at the beginning of 2009, an Agriculture Ministry official told The Jordan Times on Thursday.'We expect the recently established [private] company
- Ammann wins season's first jump; Finland clinch team event
Kuusamo, Finland - World champion Simon Ammann of Switzerland clinched the first individual ski jump of the World Cup season in blustery conditions in Kuusamo on Saturday. Amman jumped 131 and 126.5 metres for 260.5 points to get the better of Austrians
- Agricultural investment in Sudan to resume early 2009
By Hani Hazaimeh AMMAN - The stalled Jordanian agricultural megaproject in Sudan is expected to be resumed at the beginning of 2009, an Agriculture Ministry official told The Jordan Times on Thursday. 'We expect the recently established [private] company
- Jordan, Sudan examine potential areas for cooperation
Al Bor,Sudan (Petra) - Prime Minister Nader Dahabi and Sudanese President Omar Bashir on Thursday reiterated their joint commitment to develop bilateral relations and pledged to find grounds for further cooperation. During the meeting, Dahabi and Sudan's
- EU ready to accept 10,000 Iraqis
The EU says it is ready to accept up to 10,000 Iraqi refugees, many of whom are living in extreme hardship in Jordan and Syria.
- Somali piracy reflects even deeper troubles
AMMAN You know we're in trouble when much public sentiment in the Arab world probably backs the Somali pirates who recently captured a Saudi Arabian supertanker carrying $100 million of crude oil. If there is a single incident that captures the strange
- Jordanian exports to US down 14.8%
Jordan's exports to the US during 2008 dropped by 14.8%, but the decline does not reflect a weakening in ties between the two countries, said the US Ambassador to Jordan Robert Beecroft. He credited the decline to the financial crisis and said it is also
- Jordan to go ahead with Sudan agricultural project
AMMAN (JT) - Prime Minister Nader Dahabi on Wednesday said Jordan will forge ahead with a project to invest in agricultural lands in the Sudanese state of Al Jazeera. Dahabi made the remarks during the meetings of the Joint Jordanian-Sudanese Higher
- Damac's Projects In Tunisia, India & Morocco On Ice
Damac Properties has stalled its international development plans in India, Pakistan, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, its chairman said. The developer will, however, continue its projects in Qatar, Jordan, UAE, Egypt and Iraq. Speaking in a round-table to
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For most of its history since independence from British administration in 1946, Jordan was ruled by King HUSSEIN (1953-1999). A pragmatic ruler, he successfully navigated competing pressures from the major powers (US, USSR, and UK), various Arab states, Israel, and a large internal Palestinian population, through several wars and coup attempts. In 1989 he resumed parliamentary elections and gradually permitted political liberalization; in 1994 a formal peace treaty was signed with Israel. King ABDALLAH II - the eldest son of King HUSSEIN and Princess MUNA - assumed the throne following his father's death in February 1999. Since then, he has consolidated his power and established his domestic priorities.
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