Daily Archives: June 15, 2009
Queen Rania Inaugurates Teachers Academy
In Amman Sunday, Queen Rania opened the Teachers Academy, which aims to train Jordanian educators the methods taught by Columbia University in New York.
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In her speech, the Queen explained the need for students to be taught according to international standards.
“Today, as boundaries blur and travel increases, a son of Jordan not only competes for a job with his fellow Jordanians, but with highly qualified people in the global marketplace. This should encourage us to pursue Read more [...]
Prince Ernst August of Hannover on Trial
The husband of Monaco's Princess Caroline is on trial starting today. Prince Ernst August of Hannover is being charged with assaulting a club owner in Kenya back in 2000.
Reuters
The Prince - who is a distant relative to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II - admits he did hit the owner but denied using anything but his hands.
Ernst August is looking to having his sentence and charge reduced after being convicted in 2004 of causing serious bodily harm and fined euro445,000 ($633,560).
In 2004, a German Read more [...]
Nasrah Al Shamery Released from Kuwaiti Jail
The Australian woman who was jailed for allegedly bashing the Emir of Kuwait at the country's airport, has been set free.
Nasrah Al Shamery will stay in the Kuwait jail that she's been in since December until she is at last deported back to Australia. She was originally given a two year sentence but now it has been suspended.
Al Shamery's family is overjoyed not only because they insisted she was innocent of the charges, but because they were concered for her health.
Al Shamery reportedly suffers Read more [...]
