- Jordan Times
The "Jordan Times" is an English daily newspaper in
Amman ,Jordan . The newspaper was established in 1975 and is owned by the Jordan Press Foundation, which also runs the Arabic-language daily "Al-Rai", the Kingdom's best selling daily. [ [http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?storyid=1093191789 | MENA Financial Network | Jordan Press Foundation Makes Further Leap] ]The Jordan Press Foundation has been majority government-owned since its inception, but it's unclear how much the government's stake has fallen since a plan to sell some of its shares was announced in 2000.
Missing Americans
On October 8 2008 the U.S. Embassy in
Lebanon said that two American reporters who work for the Times,Holli Chmela andTaylor Luck , had not been heard from since October 1. The pair had left Jordan to vacation in Lebanon on September 29. On October 1 they told a friend they were leavingBeirut to travel to the northern town ofTripoli viaByblos . The embassy said they were planning to travel to Syria, before returning home to Amman on October 4. [ [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081008/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_lebanon_missing_americans/ 2 American Journalist Missing in Lebanon] ]On October 9, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said it had arrested and was questioning the two Americans. The ministry statement said the two had entered the country illegally, with the help of smugglers, and that the two would soon be turned over to the US Embassy in
Damascus . [ [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/09/world/main4511457.shtml | 2 Missing Americans Arrested in Syria] ] Later that day, the couple were released and were reported to be safe at the US Embassy in Damascus. [ [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/09/world/main4511457.shtml | Missing Americans Freed From Syrian Jail | AP via CBS News] ]Alumni
Notable journalists who have worked at the Times include:
*Rami George Khouri , journalist and commentator on the Middle East. Former editor-in-chief.
*Jill Carroll , Christian Science Monitor reporter kidnapped in Iraq. Former Times reporter.References
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List of newspapers in Jordan External links
* [http://www.jordantimes.com Jordan Times website]
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