Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 8/24/1998
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of August 24, 1998
- Jordanian - Iranian talks on financing water projects
Jordanian-Iranian talks will start in the middle of September to finance water transfer from al-Deisi, located between Maan and al-Aqaba cities in southern Jordan, to the Jordanian capital Amman. Jordan-Iran, Economics, 8/28/1998 - More Gulf tourists coming to Jordan
Figures issued by the Jordanian Ministry of Tourism showed an increase in the number of tourists from the Gulf states. Jordan, Economics, 8/27/1998 - Arab Human Rights Organization condemns attack on Jordanian chief editor Jordan, Local, 8/27/1998
- Baath Party internal disputes in Jordan Jordan, Politics, 8/26/1998
- Jordan press to aviod water crisis reports Jordan, Politics, 8/26/1998
- Iraq proposes help to Jordan settle water shortage Jordan-Iraq, Economics, 8/26/1998
- Fact-finding committee on water pollution in Jordan
The Jordanian Cabinet had decided to submit the water pollution case to the attorney general who will take necessary judicial measures against those behind the water crisis Amman suffers. Jordan, Politics, 8/25/1998 - Jordan: exporting the first gas shipment in the year 2000
Amman company for gas will start exporting the first gas shipment of its production in April of 2000. Jordan, Economics, 8/25/1998 - New Jordanian premier in Washington to meet with King Hussein
Newly-appointed Jordanian Prime Minister Fayez Tarawneh on Monday headed for Washington to meet with King Hussein who is on a break from the cancer medical treatments he is receiving in the Mayo Clinic. Jordan, Politics, 8/25/1998 - King Hussein leaves hospital to spend weekend in Washington Jordan, People, 8/24/1998