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Assad forces build up for Aleppo offensive
Forces loyal to Syria's embattled President Bashar Assad are reported to be tightening a cordon around the northern city of Aleppo, once the country's commercial heart, in a major offensive against rebels who hold 60 percent of the ...
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Palestinian party toughens line on Israel talks
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- An adviser to the Palestinian president says Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement wants him to stick to long-standing demands for resuming talks with ...
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Terengganu defends move to send students to Jordan
KUALA TERENGGANU: The issue of sponsorship of students to overseas universities dominated the state assembly session today as the opposition questioned the choice of universities that Terengganu students were sent ...
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Blair says time running out for Mideast peace
Tony Blair talks to other delegates at a conference in Jordan last month. Time is running out for the Middle East peace process, which must move forward or face total failure, the former British prime minister said on ...
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HM King Abdullah II Ibn Al-Hussein of Jordan departs from Amman to London today
Amman: June 19 -- (BNA)-- HM King Abdullah II Ibn Al-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan departed from Amman today embarking on an official visit to the British Capital, London. The Jordanian News Agency (Petra) reported that HM King Abdullah II is expected to hold talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign Minister William Hague. The Jordanian King is also expected ...
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Crawford brothers unite kids NBA players
The first time the Crawford brothers saw an NBA player in person was during a camp in Detroit. It was former Pistons forward Grant Hill. The boys were mesmerized. They knew they wanted to follow in his footsteps. ...
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DFA orders embassy staff to come home
Akbayan Rep Walden Bello, Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, and DFA spokesperson Raul Gonzales exit Bello's office at the House of Representatives after a meeting Wednesday, June 19. Photo by Carmela Fonbuena/Rappler.com MANILA, Philippines - Foreign Secretary Albert Del Rosario has ordered the 3 alleged sex "predators" abusing overseas Filipino workers in the Middle ...
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U.S. war games in Jordan send signal to Assad
The U.S. is preparing Jordanian forces for their potential role in securing Syria's chemical weapons stockpiles should Bashar Assad's regime lose ...
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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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