Arabic News Weekly Edition for Jordan, 9/19/2005
Weekly Edition, Jordan - Week of September 19, 2005
- David Hale appointed US ambassador in Jordan Jordan-USA, Politics, 9/24/2005
- Bush asks Jordan's king to visit Sharon; Syria's cooperation very limited
The US President George W. Bush said on Thursday that Syria's cooperation to control the border with Iraq is very "limited," and renewed his demands to stop the "crossing of suicide bombers" through its lands to Iraq. Jordan-USA, Politics, 9/23/2005 - Warrant against former Iraqi minister over corruption
An investigator in corruption issues in Iraq expected the issuance of a warrant of arrest against the former Iraqi minister Hazem al-Shaaar over the disappearance of more than USD one billion dollars from the budget of the ministry when he presided over it. Iraq-Jordan, Politics, 9/20/2005 - Jordanians spend night in streets from earthquake fears
A false rumor on a likely destructive earthquake in Jordan raised fear among the citizens, as thousands of them spent their night in the pavements of streets, according to the Jordanian official news agency Petra. Jordan, Local, 9/19/2005