Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 7/14/2003
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of July 14, 2003
- Inauguration of Jordanian parliament with a row between Islamists, Royalists
The first session of the meetings of the Jordanian parliament convened in the framework of the non-ordinary session of the nation's council witnessed the first confrontation between the parliamentarians of Islamist inclination and the liberals on the ground of taking the constitutional oath, at a time when the parliament elected the independent parliamentarian, Saad Hayel as its chairman, who is close to the throne. Jordan, Politics, 7/17/2003 - Jordan confiscates Iraqi assets to secure Jordan's interest
Jordan announced yesterday it will use the Iraqi financial assets it has to pay due sums for the Iraqi traders who exported commodities to Jordan, and these assets to be returned back after fulfilling the due Iraqi debts to Amman. Jordan-Iraq, Politics, 7/16/2003 - Jordanian prisoners in Israeli jails urges the king to interfere
Jordanian prisoners in the Israeli jails have urged the Jordanian King Abdullah II to interfere in order to release them. Jordan-Israel, Politics, 7/16/2003 - Ivanov in Jordan to strengthen UN Security Council role
Russia has called for the implementation of the Roadmap comprehensively and to enhancing the role of the UN Security Council in the process of rebuilding Iraq, while Jordan has stressed the need of enhancing security in Iraq and avoiding "sectarian representation" of the Iraqi political forces in the institutions of the forthcoming authority. Jordan-Russia, Politics, 7/15/2003