Amman, Jordan News

Police on Thursday raided the house of a man who allegedly killed a policeman and injured another while on duty in the town of Sahab, 20km east of Amman.

Dec. 23--AMMAN -- Jordan will urge the World Bank to accelerate the Red-Dead project-related studies to speed up the implementation of the Kingdom's desalination scheme, a senior government official said on Tuesday.

HE Hasan Issa Al Hosani, Charge d'affaires of the UAE Embassy in Jordan, last night attended the annual celebrations of Etihad Airways, the UAE National Airline at the "Le Meridien" Hotel here in Amman.

Music enlivens the yellow taxi as it traverses the Jordanian capital. A small Palestinian flag hangs from the rearview mirror.

For Emad Hatabah, the war in Iraq became a business opportunity. As AIG's chief representative in Jordan, he was responsible for coordinating the care for hundreds of Iraqis who had been injured while working under contract for U.S. troops as linguists, truck drivers and other jobs.

It is snowing heavily in Alexandria today. This reminds of the time in the '80s when I was in Jerusalem and Amman ongovernment business at Christmas time.

One of these is the Gargour house, which has its own story to tell. Located near the First Circle in Jabal Amman, a neighbourhood known for its many old homes, the Gargour house was one of the first in the area.

Jordanians are celebrating something different this holiday season - the lighting of what is said to be the tallest Christmas tree in the Middle East.

Brampton native and superstar comedian Russell Peters attended a private audience with His Majesty King Abdullah II at the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan, where Peters was headlining the Amman Stand-Up Comedy Festival.

AMMAN, Jordan, December 7 Omar* endured some hard and painful lessons about life at an early age.

When the spy movie ends, the suave intelligence chief having outsmarted his enemies dusts off the lapels of his perfectly tailored suit and disappears into his world of illusion and control.

"The country is in deficit in terms of water availability," Munqeth Mehyar, chairperson and Jordan director of the environmental group Friends of the Earth-Middle East, told The Media Line.

AMMAN: Close US ally Jordan's King Abdullah asked former palace aide Samir al-Rifai to form a new cabinet to push forward economic reforms before parliamentary polls later next year, officials said Wednesday.

Tayyibah Taylor didn't believe it when she learned that she was named as one of the world's 500 most influential Muslims.

AMMAN // The deaths of two Jordanians as a result of an alleged police beating last month have once again put a spotlight on human rights in the kingdom, with local and international rights groups calling for excessive use of force cases to be tried in civil rather than closed police courts.

Jordan: 2 hours, 14 minutes ago Moody's Investors Service today changed the outlook on the D- bank financial strength rating of Cairo Amman Bank to positive from stable.

Jordan: 2 hours, 42 minutes ago Umniah signed a cooperation agreement with the Orthodox Club - Amman, whereby Umniah supplied the Club with Umax wireless within all its amenities for the use of all its members and visitors.

ON one side is the fashionably dressed Queen Rania of Jordan , an elegant symbol of progressive values for Arab women.

Jordan and Egypt have decided to remove restrictions related to the import of medicines manufactured in both countries to facilitate trade, a Jordanian official said on Thursday.

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