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- ‘Turkey free to act as it pleases without attracting criticism or condemnation’ - By Michael Jansen, The Jordan Times
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- End the US stranglehold on the World Bank - By Jesse Griffiths, The Jordan Times
- Europe and the new nuclear-arms race - By Sigmar Gabriel, The Jordan Times
Jordan in Brief
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- Court upholds sentence for man convicted of attempting to murder relative
- Ambassador to Turkey presents credentials to president of Kosovo
- Health minister inaugurates intensive care unit at Jordan University Hospital
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From the Arabic Press
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Society on the Move
- UN official to visit Amman in bid to boost volunteerism
- Tkiyet Um Ali, Dar Abu Abdullah sign separate deals with partners
- The Winter 2019 Exhibition
- Abu-Ghazaleh calls for invention-oriented education, warns of fallback on artificial intelligence frontier
- ‘Youth Empowerment’ project holds media literacy workshop for principals, students
- Start-up competition concludes tour through Kingdom
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