Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
"Her Majesty Queen Rania tours Al Bokharyeh and Al Balabseh souks - two of the oldest markets in downtown Amman - on Sunday. Marking the Eid Al Adha holiday season, the Queen spoke with shopkeepers and salespeople to check on their situations during what is considered to be a peak shopping period." (thanks Marcy)
India eNews (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa Monday announced P. Munusamy and Amman T. Narayanan as the party's candidates for Tamil Nadu's Vandavasi and Tiruchendur constituencies for which by-polls will be held Dec 19.
Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
ERODE: Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam, will hold the sixth annual international conference on ‘Advances in Textiles, Machinery, Nonwovens and Technical Textiles (ATNT 2009)’. The event to be held ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Amman - The Governor of the Jordan Central Bank (CBJ) on Sunday defended tying the Jordanian national currency, the dinar, to the US dollar, saying the policy proved helpful for national exports. He said that the dinar-dollar peg, which was adopted i...
Power Line (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
One of the hacked East Anglia emails that has gotten considerable play on the web indicates that several alarmist scientists deleted emails that were subject to a Freedom of Information Act request rather than produce them. That's true; here is the context. On May 27, 2008, David Palmer, who is in charge of "data protection" at the University of East Anglia, wrote to Tim Osborn about a Freedom...
LAST KICK (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Afshin Afshar, lastkick.com On Sunday Iran will face Jordan for the return leg of their Asian Cup qualifier in Amman. Iran won the first leg and is sitting pretty on top of the Qualifying Group E, while Jordan is on the opposite end, all the way at the bottom. But, do not let that fool you; [...]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Amman - About 3,000 Jordanians demonstrated in Amman on Friday to protest what they called an Israeli conspiracy against al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, which the Jewish state seized from Jordan in the 1967 Middle East war. The rally, organized by ...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Amman - Most of Arab stock markets extended losses this week ahead of Eid al-Adha festivities due to start on November 27, financial analysts said Friday. They also attributed the plunge to declines on global markets, the foggy picture surrounding th...
Warning Signs (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
By Alan Caruba If the endgame were not so serious, I would confess to enjoying the way the Israelis and much of the rest of the world are getting ready to call the Iranian ayatollah’s bluff as they hope to avoid a military response to their nuclear quest and the threat it represents. It wouldn’t surprise me that the ayatollahs who have had Iran by the throat since 1979 are beginning to...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
As part of developing the Tunisian-Jordanian cooperation, a Tunisian businessmen mission led by Mr. Mounir Mouakhar, President of the Tunisian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TCCI) is visiting Amman, Jordan from November 16 to 18, 2009.
Antony Loewenstein (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
“The war on terror” is all about keeping our bastards on a short lease in an attempt to get them to abuse/kill/detain the pre-determined enemy. So simple and yet so costly: In the bleak and seemingly endless desert expanse that unfolds east of Jordan’s capital city, Amman, lies a crucial cog in the ambitious regional designs [...]
Eye On The World (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Widespread physical and sexual abuse of domestic workers from overseas is rampant throughout the Arab world. ( ANSAmed ) - DUBAI, NOVEMBER 18 - The parliamentary commission for Labour Affairs of the Philippines has urged the government to suspend the sending of domestic workers to the Middle East followed an inspection by three delegates to the region, who documented situations tantamount to "modern...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Eye on the Oscars: Preview: 2009 films use far-flung sites to enhance stories -- International locations have played a role in the stories of countless Oscar-winning pics. This year's contenders were shot in environments as far-flung as a shantytown in South Africa for Neill Blomkamp's "District 9" and the sandblasted streets of Amman, Jordan, for Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker."...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Amman - Jordan's Prime Minister on Wednesday expressed deep concern over a budget deficit of around 140 million dollars by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA). Jordan currently hosts more than 1.9 million Pal...
BLDGBLOG (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
[Image: Photo by Bas Princen, from Five Cities Portfolio ]. Photographer Bas Princen has a new book out, Five Cities Portfolio: Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Dubai, Istanbul , coinciding with a conference to be held this Friday, November 20, at the Netherlands Architecture Institute. That event, called " Refuge: Architectural Propositions for Unbound Spaces ," will feature—among many other...
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