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Endowments to support research into legacy of legendary scholars
His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday attended a ceremony to announce the launch of two waqfs for integral chairs to study the legacy of Imam Al Ghazali and Imam Fakhr Al Din Al Razi.
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Region
Egypt to partially lift emergency rule
Egypt’s military ruler said the country’s decades-old state of emergency will be lifted on Wednesday except in cases of fighting “thuggery”, but human rights groups slammed the move as cosmetic.
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World
Pakistan scandal probe at risk from witness no-show
A probe into a major scandal threatening Pakistan's president on Tuesday appeared at risk of collapsing as investigators ruled out travelling abroad to hear the testimony of the star witness.
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Business
Planning minister urges banks to facilitate financing to SMEs
Planning and International Cooperation Minister Jafar Hassan on Tuesday urged local banks to facilitate financing to small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in the country.
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Sports
Interesting start to season
The 9th Jordan Basketball Cup has tipped off with seven teams competing as teams and fans gear up for the upcoming Premier Basketball League.
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Features
‘The American University of Beirut: Arab Nationalism and Liberal Education’
Some reviewers have called this book the definitive study of the American University of Beirut (AUB), but author Betty Anderson, associate professor of Middle East History at Boston University, writes more modestly that hers is "a history of AUB and only one of many stories that can be told". Whatever the eventual conclusion, the book is fascinating, comprehensive and extensively documented.
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Letters
Welcome campaign
The Central Traffic Department campaign encouraging the use of seatbelts and child seats is to be welcomed.
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- What's on
- Egypt to partially lift emergency rule
- Jordan to receive US wheat grant on Thursday
- No suspicion of corruption found in ATHENA project
- Jordan-Egypt trade weathers turmoil, continues to grow — envoy
- Libya ‘will strike back’ if Qadhafi men behind unrest
- Iraq hits out at Turkey as ties worsen
- UN envoys slam Russia for selling weapons to Syria
- US Marine faces 3 months at most for Haditha killings
- Premier to attend Davos forum
- Car bombs kill 14 in Baghdad
- Israel detains Palestinian speaker for six months
- Lebanon upholds verdict over general’s Israel leaks
- Moroccan dies of wounds after self-immolation — hospital
- Iran says sanctions to fail, repeats Hormuz threat
- ‘Britain not seeking military conflict with Iran’
- ‘Saleh seeks exile in reluctant Oman’
- Burayzat appointed as local watchdog chief commissioner
- Khasawneh sworn in as ambassador to Egypt
- Muslim Brotherhood preparing for internal elections
- ‘Jordan making progress in rights of people with disabilities’
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Arabs turn to UN on Syria
Gulf Arab states withdrew their observers from Syria on Tuesday after it rejected an Arab League plan for President Bashar Assad to surrender power, prompting the group’s chief to call for UN help in ending Syria’s bloody upheaval.
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Egypt to partially lift emergency rule
Egypt’s military ruler said the country’s decades-old state of emergency will be lifted on Wednesday except in cases of fighting “thuggery”, but human rights groups slammed the move as cosmetic.
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Palestinians take step towards elections, unity
Palestinian political rivals Hamas and Fateh on Tuesday took a first practical step towards elections and possible unity by opening an office for voter registration in the Gaza Strip, the Associated Press reported.
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Libya ‘will strike back’ if Qadhafi men behind unrest
Libya said it will strike back if diehards of slain dictator Muammar Qadhafi were behind deadly clashes in his former bastion of Bani Walid where confusion ruled Tuesday as to who was behind the unrest. Full story
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Lebanon to abide by Syria sanctions — central bank
Lebanon's banking sector will abide by international sanctions against unrest-swept Syria, central bank governor Riad Salameh said on Tuesday. Full story
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Algeria gives parties green light for election
Algeria's government on Tuesday authorised the creation of the first new political parties in more than a decade, four months before a parliamentary election when the authorities will be under pressure to allow more democracy. Full story
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Iran says sanctions to fail, repeats Hormuz threat
Iranian politicians said on Tuesday they expected the European Union to backtrack on its oil embargo and repeated a threat to close the vital Strait of Hormuz shipping lane if the West succeeds in preventing Tehran from exporting crude. Full story
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‘Britain not seeking military conflict with Iran’
Britain is neither planning nor advocating military action against Iran over its nuclear programme or its threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, Foreign Secretary William Hague insisted Tuesday. Full story
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‘Saleh seeks exile in reluctant Oman’
Outgoing Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh is seeking exile in neighbouring Oman but the sultanate is reluctant to host him for fear of harming relations with Yemen, diplomats said on Tuesday. Full story
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Israel detains Palestinian speaker for six months
An Israeli military court on Tuesday ordered the Hamas speaker of the Palestinian parliament be held in administrative detention for six months, his office told AFP. Full story
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Moroccan dies of wounds after self-immolation — hospital
One of two young Moroccans who set himself on fire in Rabat last week during a protest by unemployed university graduates died of his wounds on Tuesday, a hospital source said. Full story
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UN envoys slam Russia for selling weapons to Syria
Britain, France and the United States sharply criticised Russia on Tuesday for supplying weapons to Syria, where government forces have killed thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators over the last 10 months. Full story
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US Marine faces 3 months at most for Haditha killings
A US soldier accused over the deaths of 24 Iraqis faced a sentence Tuesday of three months at the most after charges of manslaughter were dropped as part of a plea deal. Full story
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Lebanon upholds verdict over general’s Israel leaks
Lebanon's military court on Tuesday upheld a verdict against a former army general and politician currently allied with Hizbollah who was convicted of leaking information to Israel, a judicial source said. Full story
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Iraq hits out at Turkey as ties worsen
Baghdad hit out on Tuesday at alleged Turkish provocations after Ankara said it would speak out if sectarian conflict erupted in Iraq, in a dramatic worsening of tensions between the two neighbours. Full story
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Car bombs kill 14 in Baghdad
Four car bombs exploded in mainly Shiite Muslim areas of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 14 people and wounding 75, underlining a political crisis that threatens to revive sectarian strife in Iraq. Full story
‘Jordanian killed in Syria by pro-regime militiamen’
A 27-year-old Jordanian man was killed in the Syrian city of Hama on.