Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 1/24/2000
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of January 24, 2000
- Hamas tries to contains a dispute with Muslim brothers’ in Jordan
The Islamic resistance Movement ( Hamas ) has announced that leader of the Movement Sheikh Ahmad Yassin has made a telephone call with the general observer of the Muslim brothers in Jordan Sheikh Jamil Abu Baker. Jordan, Politics, 1/28/2000 - Water cooperation between Jordan, Libya and Turkey
Jordanian minister of waters Kamel Mahadin has stated that Jordanian experts will head for Libya to establish the foundations for developing cooperation between Amman and Tripoli in order to execute a key water project in the Kingdom. Jordan-Libya, Economics, 1/28/2000 - Jordanian deputy attempts to assault his colleague by 'a shoe'
In the first incident in the parliamentary work in Jordan, deputy Megahed Sakour attempted to assault a colleague with a shoe during a session of the parliament yesterday, but other deputies interfered and stopped the assault. Jordan, Politics, 1/27/2000 - German defense minister to visit Jordan Jordan-Germany, Politics, 1/25/2000
- Necessity to remove obstacles hampering peace tracks
President Hosni Mubarak's visit to Jordan Sunday afternoon and his meeting with King Abdullah II represents a link in continued consultations between the two leaders. Egypt-Jordan, Politics, 1/25/2000 - Egyptian - Jordanian talks stress deep links, full understanding
"The talks held by President Mubarak Friday and Saturday in Damascus and Amman were successful and have stressed the deep links and full understanding between Cairo on one side and Syria and Jordan on the other," Foreign Minister Amr Moussa said. Egypt-Jordan, Politics, 1/25/2000 - Mashaal refuses Jordanian offer
The chairman of the political bureau in the Islamic resistance movement (Hamas) Khaled Mashaal has announced his rejection of an offer proposed by the Jordanian government to permit four expelled members of the movement, including Mashaal himself, to visit Jordan for ten days. Jordan-Regional, Politics, 1/25/2000 - Iraq and Jordan agreed on renewing the petroleum agreement
Iraq and Jordan agreed to renew the annual petroleum agreement between them, according to which Jordan gets its petroleum needs from Iraq for one year. Jordan-Iraq, Politics, 1/25/2000 - Jordan fights drug trafficking
The director of the drug trafficking fighting department in Jordan, Tayel al-Majali, has announced that his department has seized during the last three years amounts of drugs hidden between pages of the Holy Koran and the Bible as well as in cows' stomachs. Jordan, Politics, 1/25/2000 - Jordanian- Egyptian summit voices backing for Middle East peace process
The two sides discussed bilateral relations and prospects for developing and strengthening them in various fields, as well as developments of conditions in the region, especially those pertaining to the peace process and issues of mutual concern. Jordan-Egypt, Politics, 1/24/2000 - Jordanian information minister: The Arab summit must be well prepared for
Jordanian Information Minister Saleh El-Khallaf said the peace process was on the top of the subjects that were discussed in the Egyptian - Jordanian summit between Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and King Abdullah II of Jordan, saying there was a complete conformity in the points of view between Mubarak and King Abdullah. Jordan-Egypt, Politics, 1/24/2000 - Hamas criticizes the Muslim Brothers in Jordan
The official spokesman for the Hamas resistance movement, Ibrahim Ghoushe, has strongly criticized the Muslim Brothers group in Jordan and accused it of taking a "wrong" stand during the crisis that erupted last year between the Jordanian government and the Hamas movement. Jordan, Politics, 1/24/2000