Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 12/4/2000
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of December 4, 2000
- Royal jordanian operates second flight to Iraq in a week
A plane of Jordanian national carrier, Royal Jordanian (RJ), flew to Baghdad on Thursday on the second two-way flight to the Iraqi capital within a week following stoppage of regular Iraqi-Jordanian air flights some 10 years ago. Jordan-Iraq, Economics, 12/8/2000 - UAE president confers with Jordanian King United Arab Emirates-Jordan, Politics, 12/7/2000
- Jordanian Islamic resistance movement announces responsibility over shooting Israeli diplomat Jordan-Israel, Politics, 12/7/2000
- Israel doubts Jordanian security measures to protect Israeli embassy in Amman
The director of Jordan's department at the Israeli foreign ministry Ofeir Afeiran has doubted the Jordanian security measures taken to protect the Israeli embassy team in Jordan. Jordan-Israel, Politics, 12/7/2000 - Families of Israeli diplomats in Jordan returned back to Israel Jordan-Israel, Politics, 12/7/2000
- A Jordanian suspected to be involved in USS Cole explosion
The London- based al-Sharq al-Awsat daily quoted judicial sources in Amman as saying that the Jordanian security investigate with a Jordanian of Palestinian origin called Raed Muhammad Hassan Hijazi recently handed over from Syria to know whether he has links to exploding the US warship Cool at Aden airport or if he has information about this operation or those who carried it out. Jordan-USA, Local, 12/7/2000 - King Abdullah arrives in Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates-Jordan, Politics, 12/6/2000
- An assassination attempt against an Israeli diplomat in Amman
It was announced in Amman on Tuesday evening that an Israeli diplomat work at the Israeli embassy in Amman was hit by several bullets in an attempt to assassin him. Jordan-Israel, Politics, 12/6/2000 - Jordan returns Israeli Toxic Wastes
The last truck of nine others loaded with Israeli chemical wastes will reportedly return to Israel on Wednesday or Thursday at the latest. Jordan-Israel, Economics, 12/6/2000 - Jordan ratifies naval agreement with Syria
Jordan has ratified the sea navigation agreement with Syria. This was approved in a royal decree which also stressed the deep fraternal and trade relations between Jordan and Syria and the desire to deepen cooperation relations and trade and economic relations as well as joint cooperation in the naval area. Jordan-Syria, Politics, 12/5/2000 - Jordanian air company promotes low prices for flights to Iraq
A Jordanian commercial air company said on Sunday it has started cutting price of travel tickets to Baghdad by 30 percent Jordan-Iraq, Economics, 12/5/2000 - On Jordanian detainees
The Jordanian charge de affairs in Damascus said in an exclusive statement to the Jordanian daily al-Dostour issued on Monday that he had submitted a request to the Syrian authorities to get lists of names of prisoners who were recently released according to the Presidential Amnesty. Jordan-Syria, Politics, 12/5/2000 - Two new industrial zones between Jordan and Israel Jordan-Israel, Economics, 12/4/2000
- Al-Refa denies resignation from Abu al-Ragheb government
Jordanian minister of information Taleb al-Refa has denied information which talked about submitting his resignation from the government of Ali Abu al-Ragheb. Jordan, Politics, 12/4/2000 - Jordan returned poisonous wastes to Israel
Jordan at last could return back some 150 tons of items suspected to be poisonous chemical wastes to Israel that Israel had transported to the Jordanian side of the borders illegally and refused to return it back despite the repeated Jordanian requests and protest to transport this shipment to Jordan. Jordan-Israel, Environment, 12/4/2000