Energy giant BP has signed a deal with Jordan to explore for natural gas reserves in the Risheh field near the border with Iraq in an investment that could reach billions of dollars.
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In this edition: the Web reacts to reports that the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Il, is dying of cancer; comments from Jordan on the nomination of King Abdallah’s successor; a guided tour of the International Space
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Jordan's King Abdullah II has pressed Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a two-state solution to help end Israel's decades-long conflict with the Palestinians.
On a visit to the site of Christ's baptism, Pope Benedict XVI called on the Middle East's Christian community to work for peace in the region. Earlier in the day the pope held mass before some 30,000 people at an open-air stadium in Amman.
On his last day in Jordan, Pope Benedict XVI held a public mass before tens of thousands at an open-air football stadium in Amman. The ceremony will be followed by a visit to the site believed to be where Jesus was baptised.
On his last day in Jordan, Pope Benedict XVI visits the site believed to be where Jesus was baptized. The pope is not scheduled to visit a rival site on the eastern bank of the Jordan River. He also says his first and only Mass in Jordan.
Pope Benedict XVI told Muslim and Christian leaders gathered in Amman's Al-Hussein mosque that all human beings, regardless of their faith, were God's creatures. He had earlier warned against "religion corrupted by violence".
Pope Benedict XVI called for the reconciliation of Jews and Christians and warned against "religion when it is corrupted by ignorance and prejudice, violence and abuse" during his visit to holy sites in Jordan.
Jordan's tech-savvy Queen Rania is offering her insight on the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to her country on Twitter, the popular micro-blogging website. Jordan is the first stop in the Pope's one-week tour of the Middle East.
