Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 6/24/2002
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of June 24, 2002
- Abul Ragheb warns trade unions form politicizing its works
Hashem Gharebah, the chairman of the vocational trade union said that the government insisted during that meeting on its position in "rejecting to permit trade unions to organize a festival for boycotting the American goods." Jordan, Politics, 6/29/2002 - Toujan al-Faisal vows to go after corruption
Former Jordanian parliamentarian Toujan al-Faisal who was given amnesty by the Jordanian King Abdullah II after she was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment under the charges of undermining the state's sovereignty has stressed she will continue work to chase corrupters. Jordan, Politics, 6/28/2002 - Sankei Shimbun: Bush calls on Japan to cancel Jordanian debts
The Japanese daily Sankei Shimbun said that US President George Bush has urged Japan to meet a request raised by Jordan to exempt it from official development loans estimated at 170 billion Japanese Yen ( USD 1.4 billion) and also to increase the Japanese donation aid provided to Jordan. Jordan-USA, Economics, 6/28/2002 - Moroccan women delegation inquires about situation of Palestinian refugees in Jordan
A delegation of Moroccan women visited the Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan where they inquired about the situation of refugee women. Jordan-Morocco, Politics, 6/28/2002