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Gov’t has tight six weeks to meet key constitutional requirement
The deadline for amending laws to be compatible with the new version of the Constitution is approaching, while the government is yet to submit to the Lower House at least one key law, officials and legislators said on Saturday.
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10-metre whale caught in Tunisia fisherman’s nets dies
A 10-metre whale died on Sunday after becoming tangled in a Tunisian fisherman’s nets off the coast of Sidi Bou Said town north of the capital Tunis.
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World
‘Missing jet may have disintegrated in mid-air’
Officials investigating the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner with 239 people on board suspect it may have disintegrated in mid-flight, a senior source said on Sunday, as Vietnam reported a possible sighting of wreckage from the plane.
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Business
Russian ruble, Turkish lira, S. African rand most vulnerable to another sell-off — poll
Turkey’s lira and South Africa’s rand will weaken more this year, caught in the crosshairs of emerging market capital outflows and an ascendant US dollar, according to a Reuters poll that also showed Russia’s ruble losing more ground.
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‘Pitiful’ Barca in danger of drawing trophy blank
Barcelona coach Gerardo Martino needs to find a quick fix for whatever is ailing his team or his first season in charge at the Nou Camp is likely to end without major silverware.
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Features
Saving planet goes from video game to real-world craze
It is the peak of the Cold War, a secret agent has launched nuclear weapons and a small team of sleuths has one hour to prevent the end of the world.
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Letters
Missed opportunity
Jordan missed a unique opportunity to have a 4th mobile operator who would have introduced 4G LTE technology to the market and help modernise and shape the ICT sector.
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- Nuns held in Syria have been freed –– security source
- Project to ‘expand dialogue’ on human rights
- ‘Eight illegal pipes used to steal Jerash water dismantled’
- Toukan, Gammoh to discuss nuclear energy on Jordan TV
- Second Women’s Film Week opens
- Princess Alia meets with Bahrain king
- Two suspects detained in JD151,000 theft
- Jordanian students in Ukraine in good health — minister
- PM urges joint efforts to offer services to Syrian refugees
- ‘No Jordanians on board missing Malaysian plane’
- Cabinet issues guidebook on strategic planning partnerships
- EU’s Ashton in Iran amid nuclear talks thaw — media
- Aslan sworn in as commissioner of free zones commission
- Gaza fighter killed, 6 hurt in ‘bomb-making exercise’
- Saudi Arabia lists ‘terror’ groups, orders foreign fighters home
- Iraq attacks kill 13, including parliament candidate
- Libya threatens to bomb North Korean tanker if it ships oil from rebel port
- ‘Iran weapons ship’ arrives in Israel
- Egypt issues election law; general to quit post
- Syria gov’t forces take village near Lebanese border
- Gazans turn to solar power as fuel crisis bites
Cold air mass expected to bring this year’s ‘first heavy rain’
The country will be affected by a depression accompanied by a cold air mass on Sunday expected to bring the “first heavy rain” since last December, according to the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD).
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King meets Kerry on Mideast peace
His Majesty King Abdullah on Friday reiterated Jordan’s higher interests, especially those pertaining to final-status issues of the Middle East peace process, according to a Royal court statement.
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Warning shots fired to turn monitors back from Crimea
Warning shots were fired to prevent an unarmed international military observer mission from entering Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Crimea on Saturday, as new confrontations between Russian and Ukrainian troops raised tension ever higher.
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Nuns held in Syria have been freed –– security source
Project to ‘expand dialogue’ on human rights
‘Eight illegal pipes used to steal Jerash water dismantled’
Toukan, Gammoh to discuss nuclear energy on Jordan TV
Second Women’s Film Week opens
Princess Alia meets with Bahrain king
Two suspects detained in JD151,000 theft
Jordanian students in Ukraine in good health — minister
PM urges joint efforts to offer services to Syrian refugees
‘No Jordanians on board missing Malaysian plane’
Cabinet issues guidebook on strategic planning partnerships
EU’s Ashton in Iran amid nuclear talks thaw — media
Aslan sworn in as commissioner of free zones commission
Gaza fighter killed, 6 hurt in ‘bomb-making exercise’
Saudi Arabia lists ‘terror’ groups, orders foreign fighters home
Iraq attacks kill 13, including parliament candidate
Libya threatens to bomb North Korean tanker if it ships oil from rebel port
‘Iran weapons ship’ arrives in Israel
Egypt issues election law; general to quit post
Syria gov’t forces take village near Lebanese border
Gazans turn to solar power as fuel crisis bites
Three French tourists die while mountain climbing in.
Three French tourists fell to their deaths on Saturday while.
