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A soldier climbs up a rope lader attached to the side of a ship during the 'Eager Lion' military exercise off the Red Sea coast city of Aqaba, some 330 km south of the Jordanian capital Amman, on June 19, 2013. Some 8,000 personnel from 19 different nations are participating in the exercise in Jordan from June 9 to June 20, according to officials.
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Obviously they’re all sitting in Amman getting worried about Hezbollah
Salehi arrived in Damascus from Amman and was received by President Bashar al-Assad
Andrew Weir is the only shipping company who can arrange transport for yachts to and from St Helena itself, which can be arranged in both our London and Cape Town offices. Our Cape Town office manager Claude Amman skippered the winning entry in the 2006 Governor’s Cup, which was made up of crew members from the RMS St Helena. So we have direct experience of the race itself!More quotes »
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Syrian exiles get taste of home: Beloved ice cream
at the Bakdash branch in Amman, Hashish reminisces with other Syrians.Jordanians familiar with the ice cream also cram the Amman store.Amman taxi driver Raad Abdel-Majid said whenever he and his family used to visit Damascus, one of the first things they would 4:16 PM Read more »
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Syria warns Jordan over aiding rebels
entry into Syria." State radio accused Jordan of "playing with fire."A front-page editorial in the government daily al-Thawra accused Amman of adopting a policy of "ambiguity" by training the rebels while at the same time publicly insisting on a "political Read more »
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'We couldn't help them all, we had to leave them there': Plight of Syrian refugees revealed as witnesses tell how dehydrated and injured children are dying on the roadsides
Lebanon, Iraq and Egypt Makeshift home: Rania, nine, (right), sits on a swing inside her extended family's home in East Amman, an area where many Syrian refugees have rented apartments. Her father and all the men in the family are still in Syria Poignant: 9:42 PM from Daily Mail - UK Read more »
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Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Surgeons Return from Medical Mission to Amman, Jordan
Medical Center. Doctors from Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Children of War Foundation briefing Her Majesty Queen Rania in Amman, Jordan. From Left: Jeffrey A. Hammoudeh, MD, DDS,(CHLA), Amel Najjar, executive director and co-founder COWF; Hany Haddad, 7:34 PM from Children's Hospital Los Angeles Read more »
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Syrian exiles get taste of home: Beloved ice cream
Jordan — For Syrians, no visit to Damascus' Old City is complete without a stop at a more than century-old ice cream parlor in its main souq where you can watch them make their distinctive desert by pounding it into shape with giant wooden mallets, then enjoy 5:48 PM from KansasCity.com Read more »
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Syrian women refugees face forced early marriages and restricted mobility: UN Women report
both a protection and empowerment tool, focusing on prevention, participation, protection, relief and recovery. 20 June 2013, Amman, Jordan — On the occasion of World Refugee Day, UN Women today launched a new programme and released the findings of a new report 5:30 PM from UN Women Read more »
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Syrian exiles get taste of home: Beloved ice cream
Jordan (AP) -- For Syrians, no visit to Damascus' Old City is complete without a stop at a more than century-old ice cream parlor in its main souq where you can watch them make their distinctive desert by pounding it into shape with giant wooden mallets, then 4:32 PM from ReadingEagle.com Read more »
