Word: aqaba
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...tiny chink of the sea that belongs to her native Jordan, is the goal of Princess Basma Bint Ali, a cousin of King Hussein's. Princess Basma, 28, is president of the Jordan Royal Ecological Diving Society, which works to protect the delicate undersea world in the Gulf of Aqaba off Jordan's 16 miles of southern coast...
...billion canal could be dredged linking the Dead Sea with the Red Sea. The natural 1,300-ft. drop in altitude could power turbines, and the electricity generated could desalinate water to irrigate the desert in the Jordan Rift valley. A regional airport near the Jordanian port of Aqaba could relieve air traffic next door in the Israeli city of Eilat; an open border would attract many more tourists to the Red Sea riviera. The electrical grids of the region could be linked to share peak loads and save billions...
SHOPPING NETWORK. There are clear indications that Saddam has reopened his high-tech procurement network. In June 1993 the Egyptian navy intercepted a freighter carrying hydrochloric acid from India outside the Gulf of Aqaba. Experts said Iraq could use the chemical for uranium enrichment...
...premiums have been almost impossible. We even have to pay for the inspection of the ships. And we have noticed an increase in this last year rather than a decrease in these inspections and interceptions offshore. We have lost 16 regular lines * that used to serve the port of Aqaba, our only access to the sea. We have lost over $1 billion so far. And not a single ship that was interdicted since the beginning of this problem was found to be carrying anything that was illegal. We cannot understand why this continues. Is it the Security Council...
...sign as soon as possible. Without benefit of a formal treaty, the two countries cooperate on matters like sharing the waters of the Jordan River. At the last round of peace talks in June, their negotiators fell to discussing pest control in the neighboring towns of Eilat and Aqaba. Says Shimon Peres: "We were left without subjects except for mosquitoes and flies...