Posted in Day 1 - press panel, Dean's blog on Jul 24th, 2008
Earlier this week, Barak Obama delivered a speech facing the ruins of the Umayyad Palace, adjacent to the Temple of Hercules, both located on the historic Hill of the Citadel. Known as Jabal al-Qal’a as in the Arabic, or Rabbath-Ammon to afficianatos of antiquity, the site offers travelers to Amman an opportunity to take at least 9,000 of history … contrary to the chronology offered by ABC New Senior National Correspondent Jake Tapper. Here are 24 things Senator Obama may have seen while there:
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Posted in Day 1 - press panel on Dec 7th, 2007
Founded by a Prince and based in Amman, Jordan, Royal Institute for Interfaith-Studies seeks to foster religious and cultural dialogue between Islam and Christianity - so writes Micahel Ireland, chief correspondent for the ASSIST News Service.
AMMAN, JORDAN (ANS) — Two representatives of the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies recently addressed questions relating to Human Rights, [...]
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Posted in Day 1 - press panel on Nov 28th, 2007
The international community must increase its humanitarian assistance to Iraqis displaced by the ongoing U.S.-backed war, a group of Jordanian religious and human rights leaders told a visiting delegation of U.S. Christian journalists here Nov. 4.
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Posted in Day 1 - press panel on Nov 4th, 2007
Hang in there for updates - I’m sitting in on a press panel lead by His Excellency, Senator Aqel Biltaji. I have stories outside of the touristic sites that I’ll be writing about for weeks. Some of the topics will include:
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