Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 10/19/1998
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of October 19, 1998
- Israel establishes canned food factory in Jordan
The Israel Kaneil company has decided to build a factory for food processing and canning in Jordan. Jordan-Israel, Business, 10/24/1998 - Mubarak, Crown Prince Hassan discuss Palestinian - Israeli negotiations
Jordanian Crown Prince Hassan Bin Talal on Thursday received a telephone call from Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak relating to Palestinian - Israeli negotiations at the Wye Plantation and inter-Arab relation Jordan-Egypt, Politics, 10/23/1998 - Jordan denies report that King Hussein has only three months to live
Jordan has categorically denied a report by the British "Foreign Report" intelligence bulletin that King Hussein of Jordan, who has been undergoing chemotherpay in the US for Lymph cancer, is in his last days and may die within three months. Jordan, Politics, 10/23/1998 - King Hassan receives Jordanian interior minister Morocco-Jordan, Politics, 10/23/1998
- Pipeline planned between Iraq and Jordan
Iraqi and Jordanian officials confirmed that Baghdad and Amman started yesterday talks concerning establishing a petroleum pipeline between the two countries at a cost of $350 million. Jordan-Iraq, Economics, 10/22/1998 - Amr Moussa will head tomorrow to Jordan
Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa is heading tomorrow to Jordan for a two-day visit, during which he will meet with high-ranking Jordanian officials. Egypt-Jordan, Politics, 10/22/1998 - Jordan execution Jordan, Judicial, 10/21/1998
- Jordanian - Egyptian committee to meet in mid-November Jordan-Egypt, Economics, 10/21/1998
- Jordanian efforts for releasing political Jordanian detainees in Syria
The Jordanian weekly al-Bilad said that independent Jordanian figures intend to visit Syria where they will meet with Syrian officials to ask for the release of several Jordanian political detainees. Jordan-Syria, Politics, 10/20/1998 - King Hussein deteriorated health reports denied
US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on Sunday spoke on the telephone with Jordanian Crown Prince Hassan in Amman and denieda report in the Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot on Sunday on the deteriorated health conditions of the Jordanian King Jordan, Politics, 10/20/1998 - Jordanian - Yemeni committee to convene in Amman next week
The Jordanian-Yemeni joint high committee will convene its seventh session in Amman on October 25 under the chairmanship of Yemeni Prime Minister Abdul Karim al-Iryani and his Jordanian counterpart Fayez Tarawneh. Jordan-Yemen, Politics, 10/20/1998 - Jordan suspends licenses for Syrian imports
For the second time the Jordanian Ministry of Trade and Industry has suspended its measures to give shipping traders necessary importing licenses for commodities imported from Syria. Jordan-Syria, Business, 10/19/1998 - Report: Damascus challenges Amman to give proof
High-ranking Syrian officials circles defied Amman a single name "for a Jordanian official that had disappeared in the Syrian territories." The circles added that it "audits" names submitted by Jordanian officials for persons, most of them are Palestinians arrested in Syria. Syria-Jordan, Politics, 10/19/1998 - Jordanian publishers deny visit to Israel
Jordanian Publishers Federation on Sunday denied Israeli claims that several Jordanian publishers recently visited Israel and participated in a book exhibition there. Jordan-Israel, Politics, 10/19/1998