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3 May 2010, 9:00 am
Lawyers - On April 28, 2010, a meeting was held in Amman, Jordan, to review the United Nations program to provide legal assistance to detainees in Iraq. [read post]
1 May 2010, 5:35 pm by Hedge Fund Attorney
. **** May 2-4 Sponsor: Institutional Investor Event: Global Hedge Fund Summit Location: Southampton, Bermuda May 3-4 Sponsor: AFAQ Group Event: 2nd Jordan AFAQ Economic Forum Location: Amman, Jordan May 3-5 Sponsor: AlHuda CIBE Event: The International Conference on Islamic Banking and Finance in Afghanistan Location: Kabul, Afghanistan May 4 Sponsor: Infovest21 Event: Due Diligence on Non-US Managers Location: New York May 4 Sponsor: Zero2IPO Event: 5th China Venture… [read post]
29 Mar 2010, 8:45 am
The caravan was traveling on the “highly dangerous” Amman-to-Baghdad highway when terrorists stopped the lead cars and took twelve of the workers hostage. [read post]
22 Feb 2010, 7:20 am by EEM
"Advocacy: A Good Word Gone Bad," Journal of Humanitarian Assistance (21 Feb. 2010) [text]"The Burden of Acute Respiratory Infections in Crisis-affected Populations: A Systematic Review," Conflict and Health 4:3 (2010) [text]"Immigrant Integration: Acculturation and Social Integration," Journal of Identity and Migration Studies, vol. 3, no. 2 (2009) [text]"Outbreak of Chickenpox in a Refugee Camp of Northern Thailand," Conflict and Health 4:4 (2010)… [read post]
20 Feb 2010, 8:15 am
. -- Navy Admiral Mike Mullen's sense of what concerns today's active-duty troops, based on a Q&A session between Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and "two dozen or so" rank-and-file servicemembers at a U.S. military facility in Amman, Jordan. [read post]
6 Feb 2010, 4:33 pm by Andis Kaulins
The book has a 20-page two-column keyword index which we reproduce unformatted below for search purposes for those who might be interested in the immense scope of the subject matter covered by this book:380 – The Keyword Index to Stars Stones and Scholars- the numbers refer to the page numbers in the book where the keyword appearsAAaran – 52 Aberdeen - 42, 43, 63Aborigines – 10 Aboyne - 44Abruzzo – 275 Abydos - 34, 115, 308Achernar - 160, 299 Aegean Sea - 22Aeniad – 30… [read post]
29 Jan 2010, 8:30 am by EEM
As part of its ongoing effort to highlight the challenge of urban displacement, UNHCR has been running a series of stories on this issue, a list of which can be found below.27 January 2010: Down and out in Budapest: Somali refugees face winter struggle [text]22 January 2010: Lancet article calls for changes in health care practice for conflict-afflicted [text]11 January 2010: You can't grow crops in asphalt: displaced Colombians struggle in the city [text]4 January 2010: Displaced Colombians… [read post]
24 Jan 2010, 11:46 am by constitutional lawblogger
ConLawProf Blog's own Steven Schwinn is in Amman, Jordan this week with his colleague Mark Wojcik, both from John Marshall School of Law. [read post]
24 Jan 2010, 9:56 am by legalwritingprofessors
Mark Wojcik, one of the co-editors of this blog, and his colleague Steve Schwinn who also teaches legal writing at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, are in Amman, Jordan this week. [read post]
4 Dec 2009, 6:39 pm
The ratio and the threshold value which was set for it by Wahl and Amman was carefully calculated. [read post]
7 Oct 2009, 6:45 am
., Detroit, San Diego, and Amman, Jordan.The full report is available here (pdf).REPORT IS EMBARGOED UNTIL OCTOBER 7, 2009 AT 10:00 A.M.The project was proposed and designed by members of the student group Georgetown Human Rights Action, in partnership with the Georgetown Law Human Rights Institute. [read post]
21 May 2009, 2:27 pm by Zahir Janmohamed
In a statement, Amnesty International said: Amnesty International is greatly distressed by the news of the death of Libyan opposition leader Fathi el-Jahmi earlier today in an Amman, Jordan, hospital following his recent “release” and transfer from detention at the Tripoli Medical Center in Libya. [read post]
29 Apr 2009, 8:47 am by Christoph Koettl
More than 1,000 troops killed. 1998, 25 January: Suicide bomb attack on Sri Lanka’s holiest Buddhist shrine, Dhaladha Maligawa (Temple of the Tooth), in the central town of Kandy, kills 17 people. 1998, 26 September: Tigers overrun Kilinochchi army camp, killing more than 1,000 government soldiers. 1999, December: LTTE attempts to assassinate President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunge; he survives. 2000, April: LTTE recaptures Elephant Pass, inflicting heavy damage on the Sri Lankan forces… [read post]
13 Mar 2009, 8:00 am
"   Standing with the Comptroller were: award-winning actress Lorraine Bracco; actor and former Screen Actors Guild (SAG) National President Richard Masur; former Sopranos actor Matt Servitto; the President of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 52 Studio Mechanics, John Ford; President and Business Representative at United Scenic Artists Local 829, Beverly Miller; East Coast Representative at IATSE Local 600 International Cinematographers Guild, John… [read post]
12 Dec 2008, 7:00 am
You can separately subscribe to the IP Think Tank Global Week in Review at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com]     Highlights this week included: Intergovernmental Meeting on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness, Geneva: tension over IP issues related to virus and vaccine sharing (Intellectual Property Watch) (Intellectual Property Watch) Actos (Pioglitazone) – US: CAFC affirms attorney fee of over $16 million in connection with ANDA patent challenge: Takeda v Mylan (Hal… [read post]
8 Oct 2008, 10:01 am
"... 2002, at 3 a.m. at the Manhattan detention center where U.S. officials had held him since his September 26 arrest at JFK airport on his way from Zurich back home to Ottawa, Maher Arar, a 30-something tech worker, was chained and placed on a private jet that hopscotches 3 continents before landing in Amman, Jordan. [read post]
6 Oct 2008, 4:08 pm
Via Law.com: Diane Amman, IntLawGrrls Monica Bay, The Common Scold Kathleen Bergin and Josie F. [read post]
24 Jul 2008, 8:01 pm
If we could create NATO to face down the Soviet Union, we can join in a new and global partnership to dismantle the networks that have struck in Madrid and Amman; in London and Bali; in Washington and New York. [read post]
30 Jun 2008, 10:30 pm
He was flown to Amman, Jordan, and then taken to Syria, where he asserted he was held for ten months with repeated beatings and other forms of torture, until released to Canadian officials in December 2003. [read post]