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41% of teenage school students smoke
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AMMAN - Around 41 per cent of Jordanian students aged 13 to 18 are smokers, a study released recently by the National Jordanian Anti-Smoking Society found.
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Syrian schoolgirl dropouts rise
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DAMASCUS - Before going to work at a tailoring factory every morning, Laylas helps her mother with household chores. She is just 13 years old and has not been to school for four years.
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Palestinian refugee marks a lifetime with UNRWA
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AMMAN - Suleiman Alqam has spent nearly 60 years with UNRWA. As a child he attended UNRWA schools and received food aid in the West Bank. Later he worked for UNRWA’s health department and food distribution centres in Amman. As he approaches retirement, the years he has spent with the Agency have left him grateful for the opportunities given to him.
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No ‘Israelis’ in the Jewish State?
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A group of Jews and Arabs are fighting in the Israeli courts to be recognised as “Israelis”, a nationality currently denied them, in a case that officials fear may threaten the country’s self-declared status as a Jewish state.
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King to visit Washington next week
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AMMAN – His Majesty King Abdullah will start a visit to the US early next week where he will meet with President Barack Obama to discuss efforts to achieve peace in the region as well as bilateral cooperation, a Royal Court statement announced Wednesday.
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Jerusalem patriarch: Hamas protecting Christians
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Occupied Jerusalem -Arabs in Palestine Christians or Muslims are the same people, with the same culture and the same history, a nation that is in conflict with another nation. A nation that is living under military occupation has no need of compassion but of justice. In a very tense political context we are trying to cope with the same challenge, Jerusalem Patriarch Michel Sabah said.
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Egypt frees senior Muslim Brotherhood members
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CAIRO - Egyptian police released 16 senior Muslim Brotherhood leaders, including deputy chief Mahmud Ezzat, who are charged with organising "terrorist groups," Ezzat said on Thursday.
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Spain's Muslim immigrants well integrated
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MADRID - The vast majority of Muslim immigrants to Spain are well integrated in the country even if 27 percent of them are currently unemployed, according to a government study published Wednesday.
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