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By Editorial - Dec 13,2014
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi’s visit to Jordan for talks with His Majesty King Abdullah may have been short in duration but was long in achievements and purpose. The King held a one-on-one meeting with Sisi, covering a wide range of bilateral and regional issues
By Editorial - Dec 11,2014
Amman’s prosecutor general must have found enough incriminating evidence to charge the Holiday Inn Resort Dead Sea with negligence causing the death of a mother and her child in October.  Lab tests conducted by the Jordan Food and Drug Administration established that
By Editorial - Dec 10,2014
It is natural to have legislators discuss the government’s decision to import natural gas from an Israeli source through a US company, provided this is done in a balanced and fair manner. The government said its decision to allow the state-owned National Electric Power Com
By Editorial - Dec 09,2014
The Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) is “urging” owners of old, abandoned buildings to clean them up and lock them in order to prevent them from becoming a health hazard or a threat to public safety.  In an advertisement published in Arabic dailies, GAM gave own
By Editorial - Dec 08,2014
In a wide-ranging interview with CBS’ Charlie Rose on the sidelines of his working visit to Washington, His Majesty King Abdullah called for a “holistic approach” to the rapid rise of radicalism and terrorism, not just regionally but globally as well.  A h
By Editorial - Dec 06,2014
The summit meeting between His Majesty King Abdullah and US President Barack Obama once again demonstrates the depth of ties between Jordan and the US. Following the summit, the US announced the augmentation of its annual assistance to Jordan by $1 billion for a three-year perio
By Editorial - Dec 04,2014
His Majesty King Abdullah started his working visit to Washington on December 5, meeting high US officials, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner, Chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee Ed Royce and House Min
By Editorial - Dec 03,2014
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing his country to early election — which would be the second general election in just over two years — having fired two of his key Cabinet members, Finance Minister Yair Lapid, leader of Yesh Atid Party, and Justice Mi
By Editorial - Dec 02,2014
The UN World Food Programme just announced it can no longer provide food vouchers to the some 1.7 million Syrian refugees spread across the region because it ran out of funds. The suspension of food coupons for Syrian refugees residing outside refugee camps is forced by the fact
By Editorial - Dec 01,2014
With all efforts to put an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories failing, the Arab world turns to the UN to find a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo recently agreed to submit a draft resolution to the UN

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