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RJ delays launch of LagosAccra service
According to GDS inventory, Royal Jordanian has delayed the launch of its planned service on Amman - Lagos - Accra route, Routes Online has reported. The twice weekly service is now scheduled to begin from July 3, instead of June ...
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Nations pour in aid to Syria rebels
US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) speaks with Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague during the "Friends of Syria" meeting in Amman, Jordan on May 22, 2013. World powers early Thursday vowed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had no role in the future of Syria and pledged to boost support to the opposition until a transitional government is in place. The stark warning came ...
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Remarks At the London Eleven Plenary Meeting
Recently we have seen a disturbing increase in violence at the hands of the Assad regime. It's a trend that concerns every single one of us around this table, and we are convinced concerns people around the world. The massacres in Bayada and in Banias, the shedding of innocent blood, must end. And that is what brings us here. We don't need more proof that now is the time to act; ...
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Joint Statement of Amman Ministerial Meeting On Syria
Media NoteOffice of the SpokespersonWashington, DCMay 22, 2013The Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar and the Foreign Ministers of Egypt, France, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, U.A.E., U.K., USA and Jordan came together in Amman on May 22nd 2013 to deliberate on the developments in Syria and to reemphasize their support to find a political solution to the crisis ...
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Jordanian FM hopeful Kerry will relaunch talks
Nasser Judeh in Amman says US Secretary of State's round-the-clock-efforts may create "inducing environment" to relaunch Israeli-Palestinian negotiations; Kerry scheduled to meet Netanyahu, Peres, Livni in ...
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France seeks to brand Hezbollah as terrorist group
Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday. "Because of the decisions that have been taken by Hezbollah and the fact that they are fighting very harshly the Syrian population, we have decided to ask that the military branch of the Hezbollah would be considered as a terrorist organisation," Fabius told reporters in English. The United States has long designated the Lebanon-based militant group, ...
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Jordan thousands in candlelight procession for kidnapped bishops
More than two thousand people walked through Amman yesterday evening to pray for the release of the bishops and priests kidnapped in Syria and for peace in the Middle East. The candle light prayer procession went from from the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple to the Syriac Orthodox Church of St Ephrem, passing by the Catholic church of St Mary of Nazareth, at ...
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Kerry Remarks with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh
(Via interpreter) (In progress) there was a lengthy meeting with the U.S. Secretary of State in Rome, and we - our discussions focused on the peace negotiations in the region. And the Secretary of State for weeks now has been meeting on a continuous basis with all the stakeholders, all the main stakeholders in the region, with the President of Palestine and Palestinian leadership, the ...
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Friends of Syria demands withdrawal of Hezbollah Iran fighters
AMMAN (Reuters) - The Friends of Syrian alliance called on Iran and its Lebanese Hezbollah ally on Thursday to withdraw fighters immediately from Syrian territory and described their armed presence in the country as a threat to regional stability. In a communiqué issued after a meeting in Amman, the alliance said any transitional government in Syria being proposed as a core of a ...
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West Arab Allies Meet in Jordan
Amman, Jordan - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gave a stern warning to Syria's president Wednesday. Kerry arrived in Jordan's capital of Amman. There, he met with King Abdullah at his palace. Kerry is set to attend the "Friends of Syria" meeting, a gathering of Western and Arab nations. The goal is to find an end to Syria's civil war which has now dragged on for more ...
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Campus to share expertise with Middle Eastern research center
The University of California, Berkeley, plans to share scientific and engineering expertise with the Middle East's first major international research center, which is a unique collaboration among scientists from many countries in the region, including Iran, Israel, Egypt and the Palestinian ...
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Aqaba taking Jordan along for the ride
Aqaba is now officially the site of one of the largest infrastructure developments in the Middle East region, and certainly the largest development ever undertaken in Jordan’s history. Marsa Zayed is a mammoth project worth $10 billion and on its own is expected to more than double Jordan’s tourist revenues. Marsa Zayed is one in a long list of significant developments taking place in Aqaba, which is set to become the premier tourist destination of the country and a leading destination in the Gulf, but this project is notable for its sheer size.
Marsa Zayed envisions a marina development with room for 300 yachts and a cruise ship terminal all surrounded by a mixture of hotel, resort and luxury apartment complexes. The entire project is slated for completion in several years time, when Jordan first signed the development deal with Al Mabaar, a UAE-based real estate firm, in 2008, Jordan news media reported that it would be completed in 2013. Read more
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