Word: amman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...local authorities arrested a man thought to be bin Laden's head of procurement in Europe, allegedly on the prowl for weapons of mass destruction. And earlier this month, acting on a tip, Jordan rounded up 13 terrorists with possible links to bin Laden who were plotting, says an Amman official, to blitz the U.S. embassy, Christ's baptismal place on the Jordan River and the tomb of Moses near Mount Nebo, all haunts of foreign tourists...
...problem for Cornell last season was the lack of a frontcourt presence. With the return of senior Jumana Salti from a knee injury, some players can return to their natural position. Salti, a 6'2 center from Amman, Jordan, was the team's leading scorer before suffering the season-ending injury...
...beyond the different responses to the shortage manifested in Israeli and Palestinian society, the droplets themselves have been transformed into key political pawns. Many of the Palestinians and Jordanians I have met accuse Israel of stealing their water. When I was driven around Amman by my host family's father, he pointed to a little boy in the street, playing in the runoff sewer water, as a dramatic explanation of Jordanian pessimism concerning the peace process. How can we, the Jordanian people, be optimistic about some high-falutin peace between kings and prime ministers when we do not have enough...
...hearts. Intelligent and family-oriented, Rania took child-psychology courses in school and was an honors student in business administration at the American University in Cairo. She had two children in their first three years of marriage but is hardly a submissive wife. She likes to hang out at Amman's first Internet cafe and take spins with Abdullah on his Harley-Davidson. Throw in Rania's support for Jordanian charities and causes like child-abuse awareness, and you start to see a figure much like Princess Diana. But Rania has good relations with her mother-in-law--actually, both...
...hearts. Intelligent and family-oriented, Rania took child psychology courses in school and was an honors student in business administration at the American University in Cairo. She had two children in their first three years of marriage but is hardly a submissive wife. She likes to hang out at Amman?s first Internet caf? and take spins with Abdullah on his Harley-Davidson. Throw in Rania?s support for Jordanian charities and causes like child-abuse awareness, and you start to see a figure much like Princess Diana. But Rania has good relations with her mother-in-law -- actually, both...