Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 3/4/2002
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of March 4, 2002
- Jordan: Jailing a businessman fleeing in a Fraud case Jordan, Local, 3/9/2002
- Nasrullah officially discloses sending Katyusha to the Intifada
In his first "official" declaration on a practical support for the Palestinian Intifada, the secretary general of the Hizbullah party Hassan Nasrullah on Friday said that there are detainees for the party held by the Jordanian authority "while trying to bring into Palestine amounts of Katyusha." Lebanon-Jordan, Politics, 3/9/2002 - Demonstrations in Jordan denouncing Israeli massacres of Palestinians
The Jordanian capital Amman on Friday witnessed a large demonstration denouncing the massacres committed by the Israeli forces against the Palestinians. The demonstrators denounced the debated settlement projects and called on the Jordanian government to cancel the peace agreement with Israel. Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 3/9/2002 - Jordanian comprehensive change in military leadership, nine detainees of Maan incidents released
Jordanian governmental sources said on Thursday that the Jordanian King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz appointed his younger brother prince Faisal as a commander of the Jordanian Royal force within comprehensive changes in the higher leadership of the military establishment Jordan, Politics, 3/8/2002 - Syria stresses commitment to building al- Wahda dam
The Syrian minister of irrigation Muhammad al-Mardini said on Thursday that his country is committed to the agreement to build al-Wahda dam and developing al-Yarmouk basin according to specifications agreed upon with Jordan. Syria-Jordan, Economics, 3/8/2002 - Tension between Jordan, Iran
The Jordanian weekly al-Bilad issued on Wednesday accused Iran of planning for attempts to launch missile attacks against Jordan and Israel though training members in Iran to carry them out. Jordan-Iran, Politics, 3/7/2002 - Jordan gets an American grant
The Jordanian and the American governments on Wednesday signed an agreements provides that the US will give a grant to Jordan estimated at USD 37.137 million in support of the Jordanian economy. Jordan-USA, Economics, 3/7/2002 - Jordanian king visits Bahrain, UAE Jordan-Regional, Politics, 3/6/2002
- Jordanian resident representative for AL Jordan, Local, 3/6/2002
- A Jordanian- European memorandum of understanding
Jordan and the European Commission on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding which permits, according to the European MEDA 2 program, Jordan will be granted 142 million EURO for three years 2002-2004. Jordan-European Union, Economics, 3/6/2002 - Al-Assad meets prime minister Abu al-Ragheb
Abu al-Ragheb conveyed to President al-Assad a message from the Jordanian King Abdullah dealt with several issues pertaining to the Arab summit in its coming ordinary session. Syria-Jordan, Politics, 3/5/2002 - Muslim brothers elections in Jordan Jordan, Local, 3/5/2002