Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 9/27/1999
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of September 27, 1999
- Syrian-Jordanian electricity grid talks
Talks started in Amman on Wednesday between Syrian Minister of Electricity Mineer Saem al-Daher and Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Suleiman Abu Aleem on the project of electricity grid link between the two countries. The project is expected to be completed at the end of this year at a cost of US $200 million. Jordan-Syria, Economics, 9/30/1999 - Jordanian Delegation visits Gaza Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 9/29/1999
- Jordanian - Syrian cooperation in electricity field
Syrian Minister of Electricity Munib Saim al-Dahar arrived yesterday in Jordan on a three-day visit, during which he will hold talks with his Jordanian counterpart regarding joint cooperation in electricity. Jordan-Syria, Economics, 9/29/1999 - Hamas leader sends message to King Abdullah
The founder of the Hamas movement, Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, has announced that he will send another message to Jordan's King Abdullah II, in which he will say that he is still waiting for "the reply of the Jordanian king to his first message." Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 9/29/1999 - Investigations into former Jordanian parliament member close to Hamas
A Jordanian judicial source reported on Tuesday in Amman that former Islamic parliamentarian Abdul Mene Abu Zant, who is close to the Hamas resistance movement, was summoned for investigation in Amman after he made statements in one of his sermons which were considered to be "provocative." Jordan, Politics, 9/29/1999 - Jordanian premier receives British air force chief Jordan-UK, Politics, 9/29/1999
- Jordan to end exemptions for honor killings
Jordanian Minister of Justice Hamzeh Haddad announced in Amman on Monday that the Jordanian government will soon submit to the parliament a draft law providing for abrogating item 340 of the sanctions law, which exempts those who commit "honor" killings from penalties stated in the law, which may reach the death penalty. Jordan, Politics, 9/28/1999 - King Abdullah makes Yemen Jordan-Gulf, Politics, 9/28/1999
- News about conveying the spokesman of Hamas to the hospital
Mousa Abu Marzouk, a member of the political bureau of Hamas who was refused reentry into Jordan by the Jordanian authorities, said he expected the success of the efforts exerted to free his detained colleagues in Jordan who are under investigation. Jordan, Politics, 9/28/1999 - On detention of Hamas leaders
The Jordanian weekly al-Majd has said that the only Arab state which welcomed Hamas political bureau member Mousa Abu Marzouk after he was evacuated from Jordan upon returning together with the chairman of Hamas' political bureau, Khaled Mashaal, and the official spokesman for Hamas, Ibrahim Ghoshe, is Syria, in which Abu Marzouk arrived last Thursday. Syria-Jordan, Politics, 9/28/1999 - Jordanian official reveals reasons for recent measures against Hamas
Quoting a high-ranking Jordanian official, the Egyptian Al-Ahram newspaper reported today the details of the reasons which made the Jordanian government takes its recent measures against the Hamas resistance movement. Jordan, Politics, 9/28/1999 - Abu Marzouk arrives in Damascus
Mousa Abu Marzouk, a leader in the Hamas movement, arrived yesterday in Damascus when Jordan refused to allow him in its lands in last week. Syria-Jordan, Politics, 9/27/1999 - Statements of Hamas political bureau member Abu Marzouk
The BBC correspondent in Damascus said that Mousa Abu Marzouk, a member of the political bureau of the Palestinian Hamas movement, who arrived in Damascus suddenly on Saturday night coming from Dubai after the Jordanian authorities refused to permit him to enter Jordan, met with leaders of the Palestinian forces coalition, who met in al-Yarmouk camp in Damascus to discuss what Hamas has been exposed to in Damascus. Syria-Jordan, Politics, 9/27/1999 - King Abdullah confers with Romanian minister Jordan-Romania, Politics, 9/27/1999
- Jordan discusses message from Hamas leadership on solving the crisis Jordan, Politics, 9/27/1999
- Three Jordanian journalists presented to disciplinary council for visit to Israel
The council of the Jordanian Journalists' Union decided to present three of the Union's members to a disciplinary council to punish them for their visit to Israel. Jordan, Politics, 9/27/1999