Amman - A senior official of the International Air Traffic Association (IATA) on Sunday predicted that 2009 would be a difficult year for the global air traffic industry due to the deepening world economic crisis.
The revenues of the world's airlines are expected to go down by 5- 6 per cent, while the passengers traffic and cargo are expected to drop by 3 and 5 per cent respectively, Majdi Sabri, IATA's Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa, told Jordan's official Petra news agency.
Amman - Jordan's largest political party, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), on Saturday criticized the lower house of the Jordanian parliament for its failure to submit a memorandum on Thursday to the International Criminal Court (ICC) suing Israeli leaders on war- crimes charges.
"We are displeased over the abrupt decision go back on the idea which was unanimously approved by the House of Representatives last month," head of the IAF parliamentary bloc Hamzeh Mansour said in a statement.
Amman - Arab stock markets reflected mixed performance this week as investors, obsessed with global recession fears, resorted to speculative trading and hit-and-run tactics to avoid further losses, financial analysts said Friday.
"Speculation and short-term transactions were the prevalent state of affairs this week as investors continued to come under pressure of bad news coming from world markets," an Amman-based portfolio manager told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.
Amman - The Jordanian Interior Ministry on Thursday announced new facilities for Iraqis, particularly businessmen, wishing to visit or stay in Jordan.
The rules, which go into effect as of Sunday, provides for the establishment of a "special counter" on the border post for granting Iraqi businessmen, investors and officials entry visas without prior agreement from the interior minister as it was the case before, according to a ministry statement.
Amman - The judiciary would ensure a "fair trail" for Omar Mahmoud Othman, better known as Abu Qatada, if British authorities went ahead with measures to deport him to his Jordanian homeland, Jordan's Justice Minister Ayman Odeh said Wednesday.
"Jordanian legislation currently in force ensures a fair trial for Abu Qatada if the British government decided to deport him," Odeh said in an interview with the official Petra news agency.
London - A radical Muslim cleric who is wanted for trial in Jordan can be deported from Britain despite fears he could face torture, a British court ruled Wednesday.
The unanimous decision by Britain's Law Lords, the country's highest appeal court, to reject an appeal by 48-year-old Abu Qatada means that deportation proceedings can begin after years of legal wrangling.
Amman - A senior official of the International Air Traffic Association (IATA) on Sunday predicted that 2009 would be a difficult year for the global air traffic industry due to the deepening world economic crisis.
Amman - Jordan's largest political party, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), on Saturday criticized the lower house of the Jordanian parliament for its failure to submit a memorandum on Thursday to the International Criminal Court (ICC) suing Israeli leaders on war- crimes charges.
Amman - Arab stock markets reflected mixed performance this week as investors, obsessed with global recession fears, resorted to speculative trading and hit-and-run tactics to avoid further losses, financial analysts said Friday.
Amman - The Jordanian Interior Ministry on Thursday announced new facilities for Iraqis, particularly businessmen, wishing to visit or stay in Jordan.
Amman - The judiciary would ensure a "fair trail" for Omar Mahmoud Othman, better known as Abu Qatada, if British authorities went ahead with measures to deport him to his Jordanian homeland, Jordan's Justice Minister Ayman Odeh said Wednesday.
London - A radical Muslim cleric who is wanted for trial in Jordan can be deported from Britain despite fears he could face torture, a British court ruled Wednesday.
