DOHA (AFP) - Uzbekistan wrote a new chapter in their footballing history on Friday by making the Asian Cup semi-finals for the first time with a tense 2-1 win against Jordan.
Both teams were gunning for a maiden last-four berth at the continent's premier football tournament and a brace from Ulugbek Bakaev earned his team the right to face either Australia or Iraq for a place in the final. [...]
AMMAN (AFP) - More than 5,000 people rallied in Amman and other cities after weekly prayers on Friday against Jordan's economic policies, demanding "bread and freedom" and that the government resign.
"(Prime Minister Samir) Rifai, out, out! People of Jordan will not bow," protesters chanted as they marched from the Al-Hussein mosque in central Amman to the nearby municipality building.
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DOHA (AFP) - Jordan came from behind to beat Syria 2-1 on Monday at the Asian Cup to march through to the knock-out stages at their neighbour's expense and set up a quarter-final clash with Uzbekistan.
Unbeaten Jordan, who are competing at the continental championships for only the second time, join Group B winners Japan in the next round after the East Asian giants thrashed a demoralised [...]
AMMAN (AFP) - More than 3,000 Jordanian trade unionists, Islamists and leftists held a sit-in on Sunday outside parliament to protest the government's economic policies.
"We have been suffering in Jordan the same way Tunisians have been suffering," Muslim Brotherhood leader Hammam Said told the protesters, referring to the popular revolt in Tunisia that ousted its strongman Zine El Abidine Ben [...]
DOHA (AFP) - The current edition of the Asian Cup is the best ever in terms of quality, Jordan's respected Iraqi coach Adnan Hamad said on Sunday, as the group stages reached their climax.
Asian coach of the year in 2004, Hamad, whose unheralded Jordan are in with a good chance of making the final eight, said: "This is the highest-quality Asian Cup in its history.
"Except for India, all [...]
AMMAN (AFP) - Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Amman and other Jordanian cities on Friday to protest at soaring commodity prices, unemployment and poverty, calling for the government to be sacked.
Despite government measures to create jobs and control increasing prices, around 8,000 people took part in peaceful demonstrations across the kingdom.
Carrying national flags [...]
DOHA (AFP) - Jordan dumped three-times champions Saudi Arabia out of the Asian Cup on Thursday with a 1-0 victory courtesy of a goalkeeping howler by Waleed Abdullah.
It has been a traumatic few days for Saudi Arabia, whose quest for a first Asian Cup since 1996 got off to a disastrous start when they were beaten 2-1 by outsiders Syria in their opening game on Sunday.
Portuguese Jose Peseiro, [...]
DOHA (AFP) - Saudi Arabia face Jordan on Thursday at the Asian Cup under a new coach following Jose Peseiro's dismissal after just one game at the tournament, but the new man warned he doesn't have a magic wand.
The Saudis' quest for a fourth Asian Cup title lay in tatters after their embarrassing 2-1 Group B defeat to unfancied Syria in their opening game, with Portuguese coach Peseiro sacked [...]
AMMAN (AFP) - The United States on Wednesday granted its cash-strapped ally Jordan $100 million to help improve the lives of its people, the US embassy in Amman said.
"We fully support the commitment of the government of Jordan to implement a bold development agenda to improve the lives of Jordanians -- especially the poor, young and underprivileged," an embassy statement quoted US ambassador S [...]
AMMAN (AFP) - Jordan's government is preparing to take urgent steps to reduce prices of commodities amid rising popular discontent around the country, a senior official said on Tuesday.
"King Abdullah II has instructed Prime Minister Samir Rifai to take immediate and effective measures to mitigate the impact of rising prices of commodities on citizens," the official told AFP, speaking on condit [...]
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