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Water - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06AMMAN4692

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• "Jordan's senior water officials - demand to treat water - more carefully !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "to limit domestic water in cities - and to better re-use water !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "Jordan has a complex series - of water swaps - in its peace treaty with Israel !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "Jordan sends to Israel - up to 20 million cubic meters of Yarmouk water - in the winter !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and Israel transfers that amount - back to Jordan - during the summer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "very important elements are better management - and re-use - of treated wastewater !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "and more water efficiency - at the farm level !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ( more than 50% !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! )"

 

 

 

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• "so that the crop - gets the water !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - ( and not saline groundwater or drains - into the Jordan River ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Energy - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09AMMAN1690

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• "Jordan has a plan - to reduce imports - of energy sources !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "the Jordanian government releases - a new national energy strategy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "to reduce - foreign oil !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "and to develop indigenous - renewable - energy sources !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Refugees - US cable - 2006: LINK ¤ 06AMMAN6781

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• "estimates of Iraqi refugees - in Jordan - were 500,000 !"

 

 

 

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• "they often were in - separate camps !"

 

 

 

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• "but they have support of UNO agencies - and international NGOs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Budget - US cable - 2004: LINK ¤ 04AMMAN9370

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• "compared to other states - the Jordanian security budget - was relatively high !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09AMMAN952

• "for all of us - to keep our eyes - on the prize !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and the prize is - peace and stability - for all the people - in this region !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "Abdullah II carried with him - the offer - of the entire Arab world !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "comprehensive peace - with Israel !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "in exchange for - returned land !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "a full - Palestinian state !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and a just settlement - to the refugee problem !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goldstone Report - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09AMMAN2201

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• "US embassy delivered demarche to Samer Naber - Americas bureau chief at the foreign ministry !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "Naber supported the Goldstone report - on Israeli actions - in Gaza !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "and Naber characterized Goldstone - as "a man of integrity"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "whose "quite serious" report - demands a response !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Human Rights - US cable - 2010: LINK ¤ 10AMMAN326

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• "Jordan's human rights record - should be bettered !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "for example - the electoral law !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "the status of - women's rights !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "and freedom of expression - in the media !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "( 90 percent of local journalists said - they practiced some kind of self-censorship ! )"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Petra - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07AMMAN3159

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• "Petra's candidacy - as one of seven - "old wonders of the world"  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "have dominated the news - and attention of Jordan !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "Petra - a stone city first settled - 2600 years ago !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "was the capital - of Nabataean nomads !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "who transformed the area into a - livable city !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "and a junction for silk - spice - and trade routes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "travelers who make the three-hour drive from Amman - to the southwestern Jordanian city !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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• "are rewarded with - awe-inspiring scenery !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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• "of rose-colored sandstone ruins - amidst a winding canyon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PETRA - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ PETRA