Zarqa, Jordan, known as a cradle of Islamic militancy, is now a breeding ground for would-be jihadists.
Sports icons Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan drew a massive crowd in the pro-am portion of this week's Wachovia Championship.
Jordan's Queen Rania and Hollywood actress Natalie Portman teamed up Wednesday to launch a major new microcredit program targeting global poverty that will focus initially on the Middle East.
The volume of real estate transactions in Jordan grew by 21 percent in the first four months in 2007 to 1. 88 billion Jordanian dinars (about 2.66 billion U.S. dollars) from 1.55 billion dinars in the same period of 2006, according to a report released by Jordanian Land and Survey Department on Thursday.
Jordan's Queen Rania, who launched a new microcredit campaign Wednesday, said offering banking services to the world's poor yields wider social benefits, but that more cash is needed to combat poverty.
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Tiger Woods, smiling and wise-cracking his way around the golf course, completed preparations for this week's Wachovia Championship in the company of basketball great Michael Jordan on Wednesday.
Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan will play together on Wednesday in a pro-am at the Wachovia Championship. Tournament officials announced Monday that Woods, Jordan and an amateur will be paired together and tee off at 7:30 a.m. at Quail Hollow Club.
Jordan's Queen Rania and actress Natalie Portman joined Wednesday in the launch of a major new microcredit program targeting global poverty that will focus initially on the Middle East.
When the trial of the five people accused of killing baby Jordan Norton is over, her family say the biggest obstacle to true healing will be their ability to draw on their religious beliefs and forgive those responsible for the six-month-old's death.
The organisers of the Jordan Rally have confirmed that a record 42 drivers have signed up to take part in the Kingdom's event next weekend, a dress rehearsal for the region's first FIA WRC round which is pencilled in for March 2008.