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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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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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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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Welcome campaign
The Central Traffic Department campaign encouraging the use of seatbelts and child seats is to be welcomed.
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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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Turkey slams genocide bill as racist, vows sanctions
Turkey on Tuesday slammed as discriminatory and racist a bill passed by the French senate making denial of the Armenian genocide a crime and vowed to impose unspecified sanctions against Paris on a "step-by-step" basis. Full story
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‘Jordanian killed in Syria by pro-regime militiamen’
A 27-year-old Jordanian man was killed in the Syrian city of Hama on.