Jordanian Americans
Overview
Jordan is a kingdom near the Mediterranean Sea in the Southwest Asia area known as the Middle East or Near East. Its neighbors are Israel to the west, with which it shares...
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Jordan
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Al-Mamlaka al-Urdunniyya al-Hashimiyya
CAPITAL: 'Amman
FLAG: The national flag is a tricolor of black, white, and green horizontal stripes with a seven-po...
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Jordan
Located in the Middle East, Jordan has a landmass of 89,200 square kilometers (34,440 square miles). With Amman as its capital, it is bordered by Syria on the north, Iraq on the east, Saudi Ara...
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Jordan
POPULATION 5,611,202SUNNI MUSLIM 93 percentCHRISTIAN 5.5 percentSHIITE MUSLIM 1 percentDRUZE 0.3 percentBAHAI 0.2 percent
Country Overview
Introduction
Jordan, situated in southwestern Asi...
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Area: 89,342 sq km (34,495 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 5,505,000 (including about 1,850,000 Palestinian refugees, most of whom hold Jordanian citizenship; excluding 700,000 Iraqi refugees)Capital...
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This key U.S. ally must walk a delicate path to appease its own large group of Palestinian refugees, as the bloody conflict between Hamas and Fatah erupts across the Middle East.Egypt and Saudi Ara...
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Author Robert Jordan, whose "Wheel of Time" series of fantasy novels sold millions of copies, died Sunday of a rare blood disease. He was 58.Jordan, whose real name was James Oliver Rigney Jr., was...
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American political scientist and diplomat (b. Nov. 19, 1926,
Duncan, Okla.
—d. Dec. 7, 2006, Bethesda,
Md.
), was foreign policy adviser and UN ambassador (1981–85) under
U.S.
Pres...
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Michael Jordan and his wife, Juanita, divorced Friday after 17 years of marriage."Michael and Juanita Jordan mutually and amicably decided to end their 17 year marriage," the couple said in a state...
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Amman (dpa) - A senior Iraqi official said Tuesday that his
country sought to establish a "strategic" relationship with Jordan,
particularly in the fight against terrorism. ...
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The United States has signed an accord with Jordan aimed at supporting the peaceful development of the kingdom's nascent nuclear program, the U.S. Embassy said Sunday.The agreement comes at a time ...
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