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When it comes to deadly viruses whats in a name
novel coronavirus " - new crown-shaped virus - instead. While the World Health Organization (WHO) says the virus and the severe infections and deaths it has caused are "alarming" and need to be tracked, none of its names is especially helpful. "A virus is only 'novel' until the next one comes ...
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Syria denounces pro-opposition meeting
AMMAN, Jordan: Syria's ambassador to Jordan has denounced a meeting of nations that back the Syrian opposition, calling the gathering part of a U.S.-Israeli campaign to destroy his ...
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Statement by Bishops and Representatives of Jordan on Kidnapping of Syrian Prelates
Here is a statement released by the Bishops and Representatives of the Churches in Jordan regarding the kidnapping of two Metropolitans in Aleppo, ...
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Britain Iran Hezbollah increasing support for Assad
In Friends of Syria meeting in Amman, UK's foreign secretary Hague says Iran and its militant Shi'ite Lebanese ally Hezbollah are "propping up" Assad, whose regime is "increasingly dependent on external ...
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Saudi- AGFUNDs support for anti-poverty drive lauded
(MENAFN - Arab News) The Executive Director of Micro Credit Summit Campaign (MSC), Larry Reid, has underscored the initiatives of the Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND) with special reference to establish banks for the poor in the region, describing it as "the signs featured anti-poverty" ...
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Friends of Syria meet as conflict escalates
DAMASCUS (AFP) - Hezbollah fighters have poured across the border from Lebanon into Syria, a watchdog and others say, bolstering Syrian regime forces battling to retake the key rebel stronghold of Qusayr.Washington condemned Hezbollah's intervention on the side of President Bashar al-Assad's regime and diplomats said the European Union was poised to place the Shiite militant ...
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New Vision official partner of Luxurious Fashion Show 2013
New Vision - the exclusive distributor of LG Electronics' household appliances, home entertainment devices, ACs and mobile phones in Jordan - announced its participation as an official partner in Agenda Online Marketing, Communication and Events' Luxurious Fashion Show ...
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Commentary Israel Crises 360 degrees
John Kerry , on his fourth visit to the Middle East in two months, is chasing the brass ring of an Israeli-Palestinian agreement for the creation of an independent Palestinian state. Kerry's single most important foreign policy goal is solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that dates to the 1967 Six Day War, when Israel conquered the West Bank from Jordan ...
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WEF on ME North Africa to open in Jordan
The three-day meeting, convening under the theme Advancing Conditions for Growth and Resilience, will focus on shaping the region's economic, social and governance systems of the future. The meeting will convene over 900 leaders from the Gulf region, the Levant, North Africa and internationally. Representatives of business, government, civil society, youth and media will come together to ...
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Kerry to Address Syrian Opposition Supporters
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is to meet in Jordan Wednesday with top diplomats from 10 other nations as part of a U.S.-Russian push to end Syria's civil war. Kerry will address the Friends of Syria, a group of countries that back the Syrian opposition, as he tries to build consensus for a proposed international peace conference. He and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov want ...
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Friends of Syria to discuss peace proposal in Amman talks
The core ministerial members of the "Friends of Syria" group is due to meet in Amman on Wednesday, in a bid to put forward a solution that will bring the ongoing violence in Syria to an end, officials ...
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Tunisia announces first death from new coronavirus-20130522
Ibrahim Labassi said. It was the first death in Tunisia from the virus. "Tests showed that his two sons were infected by the same virus and they are under medical observation," Labassi said. ...
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ESKADENIA Software Sponsors the 10th Convergence Summit
Special to TAG-IT News Agency AMMAN - ESKADENIA Software, The leading Jordanian-based provider of software products & services, will participate as an Associate Partner at the Arab Advisor's 10th Convergence Summit to be held on the 3rd and 4th of June at the Four Seasons Hotel in Amman, Jordan. The summit will be opened under the royal patronage of HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan, ...
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Jordanian prisoners in Israel continue hunger strike in bid for better treatment
Jordanian prisoners in Israel have been on hunger strike for 20 days, campaigning for better treatment and family visits, among other things. Getty image, for illustrative purposes only. Five Jordanians imprisoned in Israel have entered their 20th day on open hunger strike, a prisoner rights groups said Tuesday."Five of around 30 Jordanian prisoners in Israeli jails are currently ...
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HSBC and Zurich Sign 10-Year Exclusive Agreement to Distribute General Insurance Products in MENA
DUBAI, UAE, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- HSBC Middle East has signed an exclusive 10-year agreement with Zurich Insurance Middle East to distribute its personal and commercial General Insurance products in the United Arab Emirates, with other Middle East and North Africa (MENA) markets to be considered in the future. The agreement marks the coming together of two global leaders in their ...
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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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