News: Jordan

We have started to collect the most important news related to Jordan in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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• June 18th 2013 – March 23rd 2013
• March 22nd 2013 – January 23rd 2013
• January 22nd 2013 – November 13th 2012
• November 13th 2012 – October 10th 2012
• October 9th 2012 – July 30th 2012
• July 29th 2012 – April 25th 2012
• April 17th 2012 – January 2nd 2012
• December 25th 2011 – July 4th 2011
• June 13th 2011 – January 22nd 2011
• January 18th 2011 – May 24th 2010
• April 25th 2010 – August 4th 2009
• July 28th 2009 – October 16th 2008
• August 11th 2008 – November 22nd 2007
• November 21st 2007 – March 1st 2007
• February 28th 2007 – September 19th 2006
• September 5th 2006 – March 8th 2006
• March 1st 2006 – November 11th 2005

Jordan: news

Epiphany assembly on Jordan banks

Tuesday, January 18th 2011, 6:47

Thousands of Orthodox Christian pilgrims gather for Epiphany on the banks of the River Jordan, a sensitive military and environmental site.
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Floods boy saves brother's life

Thursday, January 13th 2011, 15:57
related countries: Australia

Jordan Rice, 13 year old boy from Australia lost his life in floods after he urged emergency services to save his brother
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Riots quelled in Jordanian town

Wednesday, January 5th 2011, 16:47

Jordanian police say they have restored order in the southern city of Maan, after two days of anti-government riots there.
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Jordan probes football stampede

Saturday, December 11th 2010, 10:44
related places: Amman

An investigation is launched in Jordan after clashes and a stampede at a football match in the capital Amman leave 250 people injured.
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Classy France expose poor England

Wednesday, November 17th 2010, 21:56
related countries: France, United Kingdom
related places: Sunderland, Wembley

France outplay England at Wembley as goals from Karim Benzema and Mathieu Valbuena earn them a 2-1 win in the friendly international.
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Jordan loyalists sweep election

Wednesday, November 10th 2010, 15:29

Pro-government candidates win the majority of seats in Jordan's parliament, in a poll marked by violence and an opposition boycott.
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Jordanian election doubts raised

Friday, October 22nd 2010, 9:04

Human Rights Watch calls on Jordan to "respect the right to free expression" in the run up to next month's general election.
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Man jailed for Dallas bomb plot

Tuesday, October 19th 2010, 21:58
related countries: United States
related places: Dallas

A US court sentences a Jordanian man to 24 years in prison for trying to blow up a skyscraper in Dallas.
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Jordan jails Islamist militants

Monday, October 4th 2010, 18:03

A Jordanian military court sentences the leader of a militant Islamist group to life imprisonment and nine others to 15 years each for plotting attacks.
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UN peacekeepers freed in Darfur

Tuesday, August 17th 2010, 14:57
related countries: Sudan

Two kidnapped Jordanian peacekeepers with the joint UN-African Union force in the Sudanese region of Darfur are freed unharmed.
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Jordanian workers banned from web for wasting time

Thursday, August 5th 2010, 14:24

Jordan bars public sector workers from accessing 50 websites after it was found they wasted 2.5 hours a day online.
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Jordan police give lettuce lady a dressing down

Monday, July 26th 2010, 3:32
related places: Amman

An animal rights protester clad in lettuce leaves to promote vegetarianism is detained by police in the Jordanian capital Amman.
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Am I a threat?

Wednesday, June 16th 2010, 22:14
related countries: United Kingdom

Jordan suspect on his life under UK 'house arrest'
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Israel 'blocks' Jordan atomic bid

Tuesday, June 15th 2010, 14:55
related countries: Israel

King Abdullah accuses Israel of trying to block Jordan from developing a peaceful nuclear programme, claims Israel denies.
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Turkey agrees to Arab trade plan

Thursday, June 10th 2010, 21:52
related countries: Syria, Turkey

Turkey agrees to set up a free trade zone to boost ties with its Arab neighbours Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.
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Jordanian 'murdered his daughter'

Monday, May 24th 2010, 16:21

A man who had been raping his daughter for years, is said to have killed her while trying to abort the baby he fathered.
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