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‘Islamists need time to undo damage caused by ousted Arab regimes’
Post-Arab Spring Islamist rulers cannot be expected to improve the situation in their countries overnight, observers said on Saturday.
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Kerry meets Palestinian, Israeli officials in bid to revive talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry held separate talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials on Thursday and acknowledged there was considerable scepticism that the two sides would resume peace negotiations.
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Meeting expected to draw disaster risk reduction strategy
As the US is still reeling from a devastating tornado that hit the state of Oklahoma, around 5,000 government representatives, researchers and other stakeholders are meeting in Geneva to draw a strategy on disaster risk reduction (DRR).
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Business
WEF, EBRD fire up private sector to curb unemployment in Arab world
Unemployment in the Arab world is the highest globally, according to the Arab World Competitiveness Report 2013 launched Saturday by the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
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Salem wins 3rd round of Speed Test Championship
Jordan’s Husam Salem on Friday battled the scorching heat and 82 drivers from Palestine, Syria, Egypt, the UAE and Jordan to win the 3rd round of the Speed Test Championship “Zain Aqaba Speed Test”.
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Downside, health hazards and future of high-tech
The already known health issues caused by long hours of computing had so far been somewhat limited to the infamous carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) and to back pain resulting from prolonged, bad sitting posture. Excessive gaming is also known for causing more or less severe, more or less permanent mental disorder, among the young more particularly.
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Official name
Having read the news item “Jordan’s ambassador to Macedonia presents credentials” (The Jordan Times, May 23, 2013), I would like to stress that no such country is a member of the United Nations.
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- Responsible media are partners in shaping Jordan’s future — King
- Outline of Jordan’s reform process
- Jordan turning to alternatives amid energy crisis
- Economic correction plan will serve as regional model — minister
- Sada coffee a staple of Jordanian culture
- Experts warn of decline in Jordan’s ICT sector
- Armouti urges authorities to work on solving challenges hampering industrial growth
- Authorities brace for ‘unprecedented’ water demand in summer across Jordan
- Higher capital inflows projected for 2013
- ‘Healthcare sector offers investment opportunities, continues to grow’
- Initiative seeks to encourage children to ‘read for pleasure’
- ‘Expatriate demand on housing set to increase sales this summer’
- Six Jordanians continue hunger strike in Israeli prisons
- Red Cross seeks $8.3 million for Syrian refugees in Jordan
- Ensour checks on preparations for municipal elections
- Prince Raad inaugurates art exhibition by students with visual disabilities
- ‘Jewish family returned to Israel after infiltrating Jordan’
- Turkey debates alcohol sales and advertising restrictions
- Barred from poll, Rafsanjani calls Iranian leaders ignorant
- SARS-like virus patent complicating diagnosis — Saudi Arabia
- Downside, health hazards and future of high-tech
King to open World Economic Forum Saturday
His Majesty King Abdullah today opens the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the Middle East and North Africa, held on the shores of the Dead Sea for the seventh time since 2003.
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Arab League to submit Syria proposals to UN council
The Arab League said on Thursday it will submit to the UN Security Council a list of proposals for a June peace conference aimed at ending the conflict in Syria.
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Responsible media are partners in shaping Jordan’s future — King
Outline of Jordan’s reform process
Jordan turning to alternatives amid energy crisis
Economic correction plan will serve as regional model — minister
Sada coffee a staple of Jordanian culture
Experts warn of decline in Jordan’s ICT sector
Armouti urges authorities to work on solving challenges hampering industrial growth
Authorities brace for ‘unprecedented’ water demand in summer across Jordan
Higher capital inflows projected for 2013
‘Healthcare sector offers investment opportunities, continues to grow’
Initiative seeks to encourage children to ‘read for pleasure’
‘Expatriate demand on housing set to increase sales this summer’
Six Jordanians continue hunger strike in Israeli prisons
Red Cross seeks $8.3 million for Syrian refugees in Jordan
Ensour checks on preparations for municipal elections
Prince Raad inaugurates art exhibition by students with visual disabilities
‘Jewish family returned to Israel after infiltrating Jordan’
Turkey debates alcohol sales and advertising restrictions
Barred from poll, Rafsanjani calls Iranian leaders ignorant
SARS-like virus patent complicating diagnosis — Saudi Arabia
Downside, health hazards and future of high-tech
Protests against Iraqi embassy take violent turn in.
Members from the tribe of a lawyer who was beaten by Iraqi embassy.
