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Amman – The leaders of Jordan and Syria on Monday set Israel’s evacuation from all Arab territories it occupied in the 1967 Six Day War as prerequisite for establishment of peace in the region.

Amman – Pope Benedict warned Saturday against the “corruption” of religion on the first full day of his trip to the Middle East.
Speaking in Jordan, where he arrived on Friday ahead of planned visits to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, the pontiff said “Religion is disfigured when it is used in the service of ignorance, [...]

Amman- The Islamic Action Front (IAF), Jordan’s largest political party, on Thursday demanded the closure of all pig farms in the country, as the authorities stepped up measures to avert the arrival of swine flu in the kingdom. “We are extremely concerned over the possibility of the disease’s spread to Jordan particularly after the discovery [...]

Amman  – Jordanian Prime Minister Nader Dahabi apologized Friday for the beating by police of four al-Jazeera cameramen and the news network’s Amman bureau chief during a demonstration outside the Israeli embassy in Jordan’s capital.

Amman – The deficit in Jordan’s balance of trade grew by 43.4 per cent in the first seven months of the year, to 4.222 billion dinars (5.96 billion dollars) from 2.944 billion dinars in the same period of 2007, according to official statistics released Saturday.