Word: jordanization
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...Dreese of Newbury Comics. In a nod to modern technology, albums known as picture discs come with an image of the band or artist printed on the vinyl. "People who are used to CDs see the artwork and the colored vinyl, and they think it's really cool," says Jordan Yates, 15, a Nashville-based vinyl enthusiast. Some LP releases even come with bonus tracks not on the CD version, giving customers added value...
Rathgeber had a busy day, taking the 400 medley relay title with teammates Pat Quinn, Bill Jones, and Jordan Diekema. Quinn and Jones also factored in to the 200 freestyle relay victory, teaming up with Will Heyburn and David Guernsey...
...departure lounge for commercial flights from Amman, Jordan, into Baghdad is made up almost entirely of men, sizes XL through XXXL. Most wear baseball caps; all have long faces, sitting silently. When boarding is announced they arise, and like buffaloes stampeding in soft slippers across tiled floors, shuffle into one thick, single-file line...
...Affecting up to 90% of women in Egypt, Sudan and Somalia, FGM is widely seen as an African phenomenon. But it also happens to a lesser extent throughout the Middle East, particularly in Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Iraq...
Humanitarian agencies reckon that there are 750,000 Iraqis in Jordan and 1.5 million in Syria. Fewer than 30,000 have returned, and many of them will simply join the ranks of the 2.4 million who are classified as "internally displaced persons"--living in Iraq but unable to return to their old neighborhoods because they are now run by sectarian militias. That hasn't stopped the Iraqi government from declaring that peace is at hand. Welcoming one recent batch of returnees, Ali Dabbagh, spokesman for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, said, "We are eager to have Iraqis return and live...