Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 9/15/2003
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of September 15, 2003
- Jordan's parliamentarians wants resignation of central bank governor
Some 70 Jordanian parliamentarians have called for the resignation of the Jordanian Central Bank governor Umaya Touqan because of the decision taken by the bank to freeze dealings with six leaders of the Palestinian Hamas movement and five Palestinian charity societies. Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 9/19/2003 - King Abdullah; Iran is ready to cooperate to avoid Iraqi civil war
The Jordanian King Abdullah II said yesterday that Iran can be ready to cooperate with neighboring states and with the US to avoid a civil war in Iraq and the partition of it. Jordan-Iran, Politics, 9/18/2003 - Snow discusses in Jordan fighting terrorism sponsoring; Chalabi asks Jordan for frozen debts and assets
Jordanian- American talks were held yesterday on "fighting terrorism sponsoring" while the Jordanian government of Ali Abul Ragheb dismissed the decision of the Central Bank in Jordan to freeze assets relating to the Hamas movement. Jordan-USA, Politics, 9/18/2003 - Jordan gives up decision to freeze Hamas assets
The Jordanian government yesterday backtracked from its decision to freeze the assets of the Islamic resistance movement, Hamas and other five Palestinian societies following criticism addressed to it over this decision. Jordan-Palestine, Politics, 9/17/2003 - Jordanian King gets a message from Kusharraf Jordan-Pakistan, Politics, 9/16/2003
- Riyadh: Saudi embassy denies links to terrorist cells discovered in Jordan Saudi Arabia-Jordan, Politics, 9/16/2003
- Arresting one Lebanese who tried to highjack a Jordanian plane
The Jordanian minister of information Nabil al-Sharif has announced that guards of the Jordanian royal plane no. 184 foiled on Saturday an attempt made a Lebanese named Jamal Hamad Seif to highjack the plane which was heading from Amman to Kuala Lumpur through the transit station in Bancock. Jordan-Lebanon, Local, 9/15/2003