Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 2/11/2002
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of February 11, 2002
- Jordan investigates a big financial scandal
The Jordanian government has submitted the file of a controversial case concerning "illegal operations" against three banks at a sums involved estimated at USD 98 million to the state security court. Jordan, Economics, 2/16/2002 - Jordanian army chief inspected Jordanian force in Afghanistan
The chief of staff of the Jordanian army Lt. Gen. Muhammad Youssef Malakawi on Friday inspected the Jordanian force taking part in the UN force in Afghanistan which has been positioned at Qandahar airport to the southern East of Afghanistan. Jordan-Afghanistan, Politics, 2/16/2002 - Media conference in Jordan
A conference on the new media and the change in the Arab states will be held on February 27th in Amman and will last for three days attended by Arab and foreign experts in the area of information and its techniques. Jordan, Local, 2/15/2002 - On the Jordanian parliamentary elections
The Jordanian minister of state for political affairs and the minister of information Muhammad al-Adwan has expected parliamentary elections in Jordan to take place at the most in September and October this year. Jordan, Politics, 2/14/2002 - Some 5,000 Syrian saplings to the Jordanian university
The Jordanian state run Hashimite university on Wednesday celebrated the arbor day and on this occasion some 5,000 saplings of pistachio and other kinds of fruit trees were planted, offered as a present by the Syrian ministry of agriculture. Jordan-Syria, Culture, 2/14/2002 - Al-Hariri arrives in Amman Lebanon-Jordan, Politics, 2/13/2002
- Demands for seats for women at the Jordanian parliament Jordan, Politics, 2/13/2002
- Jordanian Islamic Labor Front party denies contacts with western sides
The Islamic labor front party in Jordan has denied to have had made any contacts between its leadership and western security sides at the arrangements by the Jordanian foreign ministry and stressed that this is groundless Jordan, Politics, 2/13/2002 - Jordan's exports and imports
A Jordanian economic publication has stated that Jordan's exports to Syria in 2001 reached 25.6 million Jordanian Dinars while its imports from Syria reached 46.5 million Dinars.. Jordan, Economics, 2/13/2002 - Iran's industrial fair opened in Jordan Jordan-Iran, Economics, 2/12/2002
- Jordan denies differences with Arab states involved in gas project
The secretary general of the Jordanian ministry of energy and mineral resources Azmi Khreisat has denied the existence of differences with states involved with the project to erect a natural gas pipeline from Egypt to al-Aqaba and then to Syria and Lebanon throughout the Jordanian territories. Jordan-Regional, Economics, 2/12/2002 - Death penalty to Raed Hijazi in Jordan
When Hijazi heard the sentence he screamed:" the Jews do not sentence to deathÉ You are worse than the Jews. You are worse than Sharon. He kills the Palestinians in Palestine and you kill Muslims here." Jordan, Local, 2/12/2002 - Jordanian- Russian media cooperation
During the meeting, al-Adwan underlined the importance of the Russian role in the region in order to achieve stability under political developments taking part in the region at the regional and Arab levels especially the Palestinian question. Jordan-Russia, Politics, 2/12/2002 - Exports of Jordanian- Israeli industrial zone increasing
The Irbid joint industrial zone between Jordan and Israel has announced that its exports has increased by 30% in January, 2002 to reach USD 23.8 million. Jordan-Israel, Economics, 2/11/2002 - Pascal Lamy in Amman
The Jordanian viceroy prince Faisal Bin al-Hussein on Sunday in Amman discussed with the European Union EU commissioner for trade Pascal Lamy Jordanian- European relations in light of the Jordanian- European partnership agreement in all economic fields. Jordan-European Union, Economics, 2/11/2002