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<title>Unimondo - Giordania</title>
<description>Giordania</description>
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<title>Back to School for Some Iraqi Refugees [photoessay]</title>
<link>http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82755</link>
<description>Although Jordan opened its schools to Iraqi students last August, many refugee youth struggle to study and live normal lives as their families remain mired in poverty.</description>
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<title>UN Urged to 'Fully Engage' in Iraqi Refugee Crisis</title>
<link>http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/79609</link>
<description>Although the UN's refugee office has recently amplified its efforts, a U.S.-based group is insisting that other UN agencies have yet to respond adequately to the Iraqi refugee crisis and must do so promptly.</description>
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<title>Palestine, Israel Unite to Form No-Fruitfly-Zone</title>
<link>http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/77911</link>
<description>Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority have united in their fight against the Mediterranean fruit fly, one of the world's most destructive agricultural pests.</description>
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<title>Still No Info on Terror War's 'Ghost Detainees'</title>
<link>http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/138219/1/</link>
<description>SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 23 (OneWorld) - The human rights group Amnesty International is appealing decisions by the United States government to withhold as secret information detailing the incarceration of so-called ghost detainees as part of the Bush administration's self-styled &quot;war on terror.&quot;</description>
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<title>Vanishing Jordan river needs global rescue effort</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/72219</link>
<description>The Jordan river is dying and Jordanian and Israeli governments are failing to come to its aid, according to local officials and environmentalists from both sides of the revered river.</description>
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<title>Jordan-US summit urged to tackle torture</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70325</link>
<description>King Abdullah needs to root out continuing serious rights abuses in Jordan, a leading rights group urged ahead of his meeting with US President George Bush.</description>
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<title>The Media's Role in Global Development</title>
<link>http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/68452</link>
<description>The inaugural Global Forum for Media Development addressed the issues facing media professionals and highlighted the role independent media plays in political and economic development. This year's event, in Amman, Jordan, drew over six hundred journalists and media experts from nearly 100 countries.</description>
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<title>UNESCO supports global forum for media development</title>
<link>http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/118301/1/</link>
<description>Over 300 media professionals from all over the world will gather on 1-3 October 2005 in Amman, Jordan, at the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) to discuss challenges and opportunities facing the media development sector.</description>
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<title>Torture risk 'makes UK deportations to Jordan illegal' </title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/67487</link>
<description>Britain cannot deport security suspects to Jordan without violating the international prohibition against sending people to countries where they face a serious risk of torture, a leading international rights group said today.</description>
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<title>Jordon to host the World Assembly of Community Radio Broadcasters conference</title>
<link>http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/115881/1/</link>
<description>Jordan will be the first Arab country to host the World Assembly of Community Radio Broadcasters conference, expected to take place in the second half of 2006.</description>
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<title>Jordan assurances 'not worth the paper they are written on'</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/67011</link>
<description>An agreement under which the UK will be able to deport Jordanian nationals on the understanding that they will not be tortured or ill-treated is not worth the paper it is written on, warned Amnesty International.</description>
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<title>The global networked readiness in education survey</title>
<link>http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/114653/1/</link>
<description>The Global Networked Readiness in Education survey seeks to aid school leaders and policymakers by helping them to examine the role and effects of integrating information and communication technologies (ICTs) into formal learning.</description>
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<title>World Links reaches Jordan</title>
<link>http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/103846/1/</link>
<description>The Jordan Pilot Expansion Program, launched in cooperation with the Jordonian Ministry of Education, will train 1,000 teachers in using technology in providing quality learning in classrooms. Through this Project, World Link will integrate ICTs into the school curriculum.</description>
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<title>Equality Now opens London office</title>
<link>http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/101639/1/</link>
<description>Equality Now marked its launch in London with an event to honour the work of Rana Husseini, the Jordanian journalist who broke the silence on ‘honour’ killings. Speakers included Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda and Charles Wheeler. Anuradha Vittachi, Director of OneWorld UK and herself a writer on women’s rights, reviews the event and the work of Equality Now.</description>
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<title>Jordan Opens First Computer Clubhouse for Youth</title>
<link>http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/61560</link>
<description>Even the Queen came out for the inauguration of Jordan's first &quot;Computer Clubhouse,&quot; a state-of-the-art technology center where young people will find a supportive learning environment to build skills and self-confidence, working together with adult mentors who provide inspiration and serve as role models.</description>
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