Archive for October 4th, 2008
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Paul AmmanShirley Kautman-Jones ATLAS TOWNSHIP, Michigan —Despite losing the Republican primary, Paul Amman isn’t giving up on his chance at keeping his position as township supervisor. Amman lost in the primary to Shirley Kautman-Jones by 25 votes. There is no…
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An estimated 460,000 students in public schools will today start receiving a nutritious snack under the School Nutrition Programme (Photo by Hassan Tamimi)
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AMMAN (JT) – Minister of Foreign Affairs Salah Bashir has reiterated Jordan's support for the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations that were launched in Annapolis. The minister made the remarks on Thursd…
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AMMAN (JT) – A Royal Decree was issued yesterday appointing Nasser Lozi as Royal Court chief as of Saturday, succeeding Bassem Awadallah, who resigned as of October 1. His Majesty King Abdullah sent a…
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By Rana Husseini AMMAN – The criminal prosecutor on Saturday charged a physically disabled man with the manslaughter of his niece in the latest so-called honour crime this year, according to an offic…
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Jordan will switch to wintertime on Friday, October 31. Clocks are to be set back by one hour as of midnight on Thursday, October 30, making the Kingdom two hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time -
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By Mohammad Ben Hussein AMMAN – His Majesty King Abdullah will inaugurate the second ordinary session of the 15th Parliament today with a Speech from the Throne in which he is expected to focus on va…
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BAGHDAD (AP) – The US military said Saturday it has killed an Al Qaeda in Iraq leader suspected of masterminding one of the deadliest attacks in Baghdad as well as recent bombings and the 2006 videota…
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By Mohammad Ghazal AMMAN – The Civil Defence Department (CDD) dealt with a total of 1,295 traffic accidents, fires and rescue operations across the Kingdom during Eid Al Fitr and the weekend, resulti…
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Cereal leaf miner, first reported in Jordan more than 50 years ago, threatens wheat and barley crops mainly in the south because of drought and a lack of proper crop rotation (JT file photo)
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