World English News » Jordan http://worldenglishnews.com International English Language News Articles and Blog Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:17:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Jordan stops Syrian monitoring mission http://worldenglishnews.com/2012/02/03/jordan-stops-syrian-monitoring-mission/ http://worldenglishnews.com/2012/02/03/jordan-stops-syrian-monitoring-mission/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:02:17 +0000 admin http://worldenglishnews.com/?p=2126 [Al Arabiya]-  Jordan’s Foreign Minister confirmed that the country has withdrawn its monitors from the Arab League mission in Syria.  The League withdrew from the mission due to increased violence.  Syria’s president has blamed foreign intervention for the worsening attacks.

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]]> http://worldenglishnews.com/2012/02/03/jordan-stops-syrian-monitoring-mission/feed/ 0 Denmark dumps Iraqi refugees in favour of Burmese http://worldenglishnews.com/2009/09/20/denmark-dumps-iraqi-refugees-in-favour-of-burmese/ http://worldenglishnews.com/2009/09/20/denmark-dumps-iraqi-refugees-in-favour-of-burmese/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:31:21 +0000 admin http://worldenglishnews.com/?p=645 The Danish immigration minister has made an about turn on her policy of accepting Iraqi refugees under the United Nations agreement. Just eight weeks ago Immigration Minister Birthe Ronn Hornbech announced that Denmark would be accepting a quota of refugees from the Arabic nation.

However, this week she reversed the decision, saying that priority would now be afforded to refugees from Burma residing in Malaysia. The minister also announced that Denmark would be refusing refugees from fellow Muslim countries Jordan and Syria.

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