Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 12/13/1999
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of December 13, 1999
- Jordanian authority arrests returnees from Afghanistan Jordan, Judicial, 12/18/1999
- Armed men in Aleppo kills former leader in Muslim Brothers group
A funeral was held on Friday in Aleppo for the former observer general of the Muslim Brothers, Sheikh Muhammad Amin Yakan, who was killed because of disputes over land ownership on Thursday in the village of Tarhin, of al-Bab district in northern Syria. Jordan, Local, 12/18/1999 - Jordanian royal cars to pay taxes
The Jordanian dailies issued on Wednesday said that King Abdullah II has asked the government of Prime Minister Abdul Raouf al-Rawabdeh to stop exempting cars imported for the royal palace from tax fees. Jordan, Economics, 12/17/1999 - D'Alema cancels scheduled visit to Israel and Jordan Jordan-Italy, Politics, 12/16/1999
- Jordanian youth who attacked the Israeli embassy freed Jordan, Local, 12/16/1999
- On the three Gulf islands
The Iranian ambassador in Amman has stressed that the question of Iran's withdrawal from the three Gulf islands is an internal issue. Jordan-Iran, Politics, 12/16/1999 - Differences on the 'honor crime' article in Jordan
The Jordanian dailies said on Tuesday that the Jordanian al-Ayan council (upper house) voted for canceling an article in the sanctions law which gives killers in honor crimes light sentences. Jordan, Politics, 12/16/1999 - Al-Rawabdeh announces arrest of 13 persons planning acts of destruction in Jordan
The Jordanian government on Wednesday announced the arrest of 13 persons, including 11 Jordanians, one Algerian and one Iraqi close to Osama Bin Laden, an extremist businessman who has been deprived of his Saudi citizenship. The 13 were suspected of planning military operations targeting Jordanian and US factories in Jordan. Jordan, Politics, 12/16/1999 - Jordanian - Egyptian tourism programs
Egyptian Businessmen's Association asked for cooperation with Jordan in the field of tourism and for making haste in creating joint tourism programs to attract more tourists to the two countries. Egypt-Jordan, Economics, 12/16/1999 - Jordanian deputies ask the Iranian president to give back the Emirate Islands to its owners
30 deputies in the Jordanian Parliament sent a note to Iranian President Mohammed Khatami, in which they asked him for Iran's withdrawal from three Gulf Islands it occupies and to give them to United Arab Emirates Jordan-Iran, Politics, 12/15/1999 - Jordan denies request to host Syrian - Israeli negotiations
Jordanian Deputy Premier and Information Minister Ayman al-Majali has denied reports in the Israeli press of having received a request from the US to host Syrian - sraeli negotiations after their launch in Washington. Jordan-Regional, Politics, 12/15/1999 - Jordan developing contingency plan for water Jordan, Politics, 12/15/1999
- King Abdullah renews confidence in al-Rawabdeh's government
Jordan's King Abdullah II on Monday renewed his confidence in his prime minister, Abdul Raouf al-Rawabdeh, after the king attended a special session of the Jordanian Cabinet. Jordan, Politics, 12/14/1999 - Report: Jordan prepares military base for the negotiations
The London-based al-Sharq al-Awsat daily said on Sunday, according to well-informed Jordanian sources, that Jordan actually started preparations to host the Syrian- Israeli negotiations more than two months ago and that it had prepared a military base at Um Qeis district near the Syrian borders to receive the Syrian negotiators. Jordan-Regional, Politics, 12/13/1999