Posted on August 26th, 2008 by Zuk
As a result of these confident projections of growth in the Jordan property market, major development projects such as the Abdali project and King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz City are already well underway. As well as this, new large-scale projects in destinations such as Aqaba are also under consideration, and ... more
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Posted on July 14th, 2008 by Albert
The ancient city of Petra, (Rock in greek), is a beautiful archeological city in Jordan. It is world renowned for its natural rock shape architecture. In July 2007, Petra was named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. The city lies on the slope of Mount Hor, enclosed ... more
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Posted on June 11th, 2008 by Klick
The other countries that border Jordan are Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and the Syrian Arab Republic. The Red sea is to the south west of the country with The Dead Sea to the north west. The rolling hills in the north west of Amman are both cultivated and covered in ... more
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Posted on May 6th, 2008 by Alex Smith
Health is wealth. A healthy mind can think and work effectively. Today, people are suffering from various types of unheard and unseen diseases. Costs of treatment of some diseases are also very high. Some people can afford it, whereas, some people cannot afford it. The cost of treating the same ... more
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Posted on April 22nd, 2008 by Linda Greens
Travellers to Jordan should exercise caution in popular public sites and be informed at all times of the current political situation. Borders with Israel and Iraq are obvious potential trouble spots. Some travellers have been tempted to use Jordan as an easy route into Iraq - not a good ... more
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Posted on February 26th, 2008 by Julia Carrie
1. Amman. Amman is a city of contrasts. Its vibrant history lives side by side with a modern day metropolis. Amman was originally built on 7 hills and was at one point a village, yes a village of just 2,000 people. Amman became the capital in the 1920’s and ... more
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Posted on January 28th, 2008 by Jenifer Katy
When it comes to luxury on the patio, Brown Jordan patio furniture has no obvious equal in quality, design and service. Since their beginnings in 1945 the company has made its priority offering only the best in the leisure living category of outdoor living. With the beginning in welded tubular ... more
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Posted on January 1st, 2008 by David Simon
Some Arab countries periodically go through spastic reforms only to submerge once more in backwardness and venality. Oil-producers attempted some structural economic adjustments in the 1990s. Jordan and Syria privatized a few marginal state-owned enterprises. Iran and Iraq cut subsidies. Almost everyone - especially Lebanon, Egypt, Iran and Jordan ... more
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Posted on December 13th, 2007 by Jennifer
Jordan’s free zone areas were established to promote export-oriented industries and transit trade. Commodities and goods of various origins are deposited in the free zone areas for the purpose of storage and manufacturing, without having to pay the usual excise fees and other taxes, as they are treated like goods ... more
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Posted on November 22nd, 2007 by Michelle
American tanks and Humvees are inching down the streets of Amman, Jordan’s capital. A crack US bomb squad carefully approaches a roadside bomb as a crowd of civilian spectators watches in silence. As a bomb squad officer kneels down wearily by the unexploded device, tension in the air is suddenly ... more
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