Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 9/10/2001
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of September 10, 2001
- Egypt-Jordan gas pipeline implementation starts
Works to install a 278-kilometer-long gas pipeline from the Egyptian border town of Al-Arish to the Jordanian port city of Aqaba have started, Petroleum Minister Sameh Fahmi said on Friday. Egypt-Jordan, Economics, 9/15/2001 - Jordanian, Iranian relations highlighted Jordan-Iran, Politics, 9/13/2001
- American embassy in Amman closed
Sources at the American embassy in Jordan said on Wednesday that the embassy has closed its doors before the public and confined its activities to necessary works only, following the attacks at American cities launched on Tuesday. Jordan-USA, Politics, 9/13/2001 - Hizbullah and Jordan
The Jordanian weekly al- Majd said on Monday that the state of emergency and alert is prevailing all Jordanian security forces of fears of any acts, measures or supplies that might be carried out by internal or foreign sides to support al-Aqsa Intifada, especially the Lebanese Hizbullah party. Jordan-Lebanon, Politics, 9/11/2001 - On al-Wahda dam project
The Jordanian minister of waters and irrigation Hazem al-Nasser has stressed that the Jordanian government is proceeding in preparations for implementing al- Wahda dam in cooperation with Syria as soon as possible. Jordan-Syria, Economics, 9/10/2001 - Jordan halts water talks with Israel
Jordan has announced the suspension of talks with Israel on establishing a station for desalinization of springs waters from Beisan region to provide Jordan with 50 million cubic meters of waters of the annual additional waters agreed upon between Israel and Jordan. Jordan also declared rejection to reduce the amounts of waters arrived to it from Israel under Israeli pretext of the water level at Tiberies Lake as a result of drought. Jordan-Israel, Economics, 9/10/2001