Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 10/23/2000
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of October 23, 2000
- Turkish president to visit Jordan Jordan-Turkey, Politics, 10/28/2000
- Jordanian prime minister is to visit Baghdad soon
Jordanian sources said the prime minister Ali Abu Raghab is to head to Iraq in the coming week on board of a Jordanian airliner affiliated to the Jordanian royal airlines to become the first Arab official of such a rank to visit Baghdad since the second Gulf War and that the visit will form a beginning for systematic weekly air flights between Amman and Baghdad. Jordan-Iraq, Politics, 10/27/2000 - Egyptian - Jordanian business council begins today in Sharm EL-Sheik
The annual meetings of the Egyptian - Jordanian business council are to begin today in Sharm El-Sheik city under the chairmanship of the two heads of the businessmen councils in the two states Saeed El-Taweel and Hamdi El-Tabaa. Egypt-Jordan, Economics, 10/27/2000 - Jordan, US sign a free trade agreement
The US and Jordan on Tuesday at the White House signed a bilateral agreement on free trade provides for, for the first time, items on protecting workers rights, the environment and electronic trade. Jordan-USA, Economics, 10/26/2000 - 100 wounded in Jordanian march in support of Palestine
Bloody confrontations lasted for 4 hours near king Hussein's bridge. Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 10/25/2000 - Jordanians project to march to borders with Palestine
Jordanian trade unions are projecting to hold this Tuesday a march from Amman and other cities to the border with occupied Palestine. Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 10/24/2000 - King Abdullah heads for the USA
Jordanian King Abdullah II headed for the US on Monday in a visit which will last for several days during which he will attend, together with the US President Bill Clinton the free trade area signing agreement to be held today in Washington. Jordan-USA, Economics, 10/24/2000