Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 9/25/2000
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of September 25, 2000
- Giving up Jerusalem is a taboo, Jordanian scholars say
Islamic Sharia scholars in the Islamic Action Front in Jordan on Wednesday released a Fatwa which prohibits giving up the city of Jerusalem or any part of it, or accepting Israeli sovereignty over it or over any part there or transferring any part of al-Aqsa Mosque to the Jews. Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 9/28/2000 - Queen Rania gives birth to her third Child Jordan, People, 9/27/2000
- First Arab plane breaks sanctions on Iraq
The Jordanian Cabinet has decided in a special session held on Tuesday to send a Jordanian plane to Baghdad today to be boarded by a large Jordanian delegation including a group of ministers, parliament members and doctors. Jordan-Iraq, Politics, 9/27/2000 - Limited cabinet reshuffle in Jordan Jordan, Politics, 9/27/2000
- A Lybian official does not exclude Ghaddafi's visit to Iraq soon
Ali Abd El-Salam El-Tereiki, the secretary general of the Libyan public committee for the African unity who is currently visiting Jordan, said that President Moammar El-Ghaddafi will make an Arab tour soon and it is possible that he will visit Iraq, adding that Ghaddafi will officially visit Jordan soon and that there are current communications to set its date which could be October the 3rd. Libya-Jordan, Politics, 9/27/2000 - Work to start very soon at al-Wahda dam
Well-informed sources at the Jordanian ministry of waters and irrigation said that an announcement will be made in October for a bid to qualified world companies to implement al-Wahda dam, at a cost of 140 million Jordanian dinars. Jordan-Syria, Economics, 9/26/2000 - Bin Ami discusses with king Abdullah peace process developments
Following his visit to Egypt the acting Israeli foreign minister Shlomi Bin Ami headed yesterday to Jordan where he held talks with King Abdullah II of Jordan that tackled peace process developments. Jordan-Israel, Politics, 9/26/2000 - Saudi defense minister meets with Jordanian naval forces commander Saudi Arabia-Jordan, Military, 9/25/2000