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Opposition pulls out of Jordan elections (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:37:35 GMT

Jordan's largest opposition party withdrew from the country's first-ever elections for city mayors Tuesday, marring a vote the government has touted as an important democratic reform.


Islamists pull out of Jordan municipal vote (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:38:40 GMT

Jordan's municipal elections were thrown into turmoil on Tuesday when the main opposition Islamist party withdrew its candidates in protest after polls opened.


Islamists pull out from Jordan municipal vote (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:31:48 GMT

Jordan's first municipal elections since a new law gave women a 20 percent quota was thrown into turmoil Tuesday when the main opposition Islamist party withdrew its candidates after the start of balloting, citing fraud.


Islamist opposition pulls out of Jordan elections (International Herald Tribune)
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Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:17:19 GMT

The Islamic Action Front, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan and the most influential political opposition group in the country, said that violence and allegations of corruption would lend legitimacy to the government's efforts to weaken the group.


Opposition pulls out of Jordan elections (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:23:10 GMT

The Islamist main opposition group withdrew from Jordan's first mayoral elections on Tuesday and accused the government of fraud, marring a vote that this key U.S. ally described as an important democratic reform.


Jordan municipal vote marred by Islamists pullout (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:06:18 GMT

Jordan's Islamist Action Front (IAF) party on Tuesday pulled out all its candidates from municipal elections citing "fraud", IAF MP Zuhair Abu al-Ragheb told AFP.


Jordan's first private TV station (AME Info)
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Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:34:49 GMT

Jordan's first private television station ATV starts broadcasting today (Wednesday), the Middle East Times reported. Officials said the channel would offer viewers an alternative to state-run Jordan Television. ATV will run news bulletins, sport, and cultural and children's programmes.


Now Jordan and Granite school splits look doomed (The Salt Lake Tribune)
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Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:34:21 GMT

Posted: 5:24 PM- The Salt Lake County Council has sour news for those seeking to split the Granite and Jordan school districts: You're losing.


Jordan election marred by boycott (BBC News)
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Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:59:20 GMT

Jordan holds council elections for the first time under a new law guaranteeing quotas of women officials.


Alma D. Stringer, 94, worked at Jordan Hospital (Old Colony Memorial)
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Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:05:32 GMT

PLYMOUTH - Alma (Davis) Stringer, 94, of Plymouth, died Monday, July 30, at Jordan Hospital. She was the wife of the late Reginald W. Stringer.