Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 3/25/2002
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of March 25, 2002
- Toujan al-Faisal released, still legally sued
The state security court in Jordan on Wednesday released ex- parliament member Mrs Toujan al-Faisal after 12 days of holding her in custody in the case of "publishing false statements that may defame the state and its officials." Jordan, Politics, 3/28/2002 - Syrian - Jordanian trade exchange volume increases by 50%
Jordanian official economic sources have announced that the volume of trade exchange, exports and exports between Jordan and Syria, has increase at 50% and reached 72 million Jordanian dinars in 2001, from 48 million Jordanian dinars in the year 2000. Jordan-Syria, Economics, 3/28/2002 - Reasons for King Abdullah's absence from summit
A Jordanian official said that the reason who the Jordanian King did not attend the summit was because of health reasons, stressing that there is no political dimensions for his being absent. Jordan-Regional, Politics, 3/28/2002 - Bush wants $ 100 million extra to Jordan as expression of support
The US embassy in Amman on Tuesday announced that the US President George Bush asked the Congress to approve an extra aid of USD 100 million to Jordan for the Fiscal year 2002. Jordan-USA, Economics, 3/27/2002