The following cable details the biographies of key figures in the Jordanian government following current Prime Minister-designate Marouf Bakhit's first-term resignation in November of 2007. The cable

AMMAN - Standing in the rain, holding their umbrellas, banners and a guitar, a group of Jordanians on Tuesday cheered for the people of Egypt, Tunisia and the Arab world. In a peaceful symbolic

To understand what is happening in the Arab world today one needs to know only two things: that the majority of Arabs are young and for the most part connected to the net, and that despite the fear

AMMAN - Prime Minister-designate Marouf Bakhit told lawmakers on Wednesday that a new elections law might adopt a proportional representation voting system and revisit the constituency map in a way

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Reform movement still calls for a democratic election law for parliamentary elections, to make a legitimate choice of Prime Minister.

Former president of the committee supervising the National Ngenda, Marwan Muasher, has asked the new Prime Minister Marouf Al-Bakhit to concentrate on the National Agenda that has been valid for the

The Civil Status Department has recently refused to renew the passports of some citizens because their fathers were born in Palestine, an alternative means of withdrawing their national numbers. These