Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 12/17/2001
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of December 17, 2001
- Foreign correspondents in Jordan to observe a strike over 'security harassment'
Foreign correspondents club in Jordan has decided to stop working for one hour next Monday in protest of what they described as " increased acts of harassment" imposed on journalists by the security departments, including arresting and detaining them. Jordan, Politics, 12/22/2001 - Former Jordanian Islamist parliamentarian arrested in the US
Former Jordanian member of Parliament Zeib Anis, who is member in the Islamic Labor Front, the largest opposition Jordanian party, was arrested recently in the US for a matter relating to the entry visa, according to the party on Thursday. Jordan-USA, Politics, 12/22/2001 - Al- Buqa'ee denies holy land foundation connection to terrorism
The representative of the " holy land" ( al-Ardh al-Muqaddasah) in Jordan has denied any connection for the charity society which he heads, which the US had closed its premises in the US recently, to terrorism. Jordan-USA, Politics, 12/21/2001 - A free trade agreement signed between Kuwait, Jordan
Jordan and Kuwait will sign a free trade agreement in conclusion of discussions to be held in Amman by the Kuwaiti minister of commerce and industry and his Jordanian counterpart Salah al-Bashir by the end of next week. Jordan-Kuwait, Politics, 12/20/2001 - Jordanian minister calls for settling stalemate in ME peace Jordan-Regional, Politics, 12/19/2001
- Jordanians to change their IDs
Civil status offices in Jordan have been witnessing great turnout by the Jordanians to change their personal IDs by elections cards in preparation to take part in the legislative elections due to be held in July 2002. Jordan, Local, 12/18/2001