France to lend Jordan 200 million euros for Disi

(MENAFN - Jordan Times) France will extend a 200-million-euro loan to Jordan "under special terms" to help the Kingdom implement the multimillion Disi Water Conveyance Project, a visiting senior French official announced.The French Development Agency will sign the loan agreement in few weeks with Jordan, French Secretary of State for Foreign Trade Anne-Marie Idrac told reporters at a press conference on Wednesday.She did not elaborate on the deal but said that this loan is part of the French government's assistance to Jordan to face the growing water challenges.Also yesterday, the Power Company signed an agreement with the French studies firm, Elec-Promotion.

The deal includes a 500,000-euro grant from the French government to finance the study which aims to evaluate whether the national power grid has a capacity fit for a planned 1,000-megawatt nuclear power plant.At the start of the three-day visit, Idrac met with Prime Minister Nader Dahabi and discussed ties between the two countries including means to boost economic cooperation and French private sector investments in the Kingdom.

Accompanied by several businessmen and investors, the minister met separately with Minister of Industry and Trade Amer Hadidi on bilateral ties.The two sides discussed a proposal to encourage French companies planning to join efforts in rebuilding Iraq, Idrac indicated.She met also with Minister of Water and Irrigation Raed Abu Saud and Chairman of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission Khaled Toukan to review Jordanian-French cooperation.

Feb 25 2009 , MENAFN Press A growing percentage of toys imported into Dubai remains within the country for local consumption, as re-export of toys in the GCC dropped continuously during the last two years...



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Travel Leaders Announces New Education, Training Programs

In addition to its successful Academy of Business Excellence training and its proprietary Certified Travel Specialist program, Travel Leaders is offering everything from live workshops to training modules specifically designed for Travel Leaders experts to access and study at their leisure.

"Differentiating true travel experts from mere travel agents is the first-hand knowledge of everything from specific niches to destinations, the capacity for counseling clients with recommendations based on experience over handing out brochures, and the understanding gained from carefully listening to each client from the outset," said Roger E.

Academy of Business Excellence (ABE) -- A three-day in-depth training program that not only introduces new Associate owners and managers to Travel Leaders resources, strategies and products, but it also serves as an excellent refresher course for existing Associates and agents on how they can maximize marketing, preferred suppliers, technology and public relations to their agency's benefit.

Web-based Training -- Because Travel Leaders encourages its Associates to take advantage of its full suite of products and tools, it offers training on its proprietary Q3 CRM tool and its ability to query data via a Web-based program.



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Lifestyle by Boursorama

Le XV de France l'a appris à ses dépens sur la pelouse de Croke Park.

A l'image de Lionel Beauxis, pourtant auteur d'un bon match pour son retour chez les Bleus, il a manqué de l'alternance dans le jeu de cette équipe de France.

Contre un des meilleurs alignements du monde, les hommes de Marc Lièvremont ont laissé filer trop de munitions.

En touche, la médiocre qualité des ballons ne nous a pas permis de lancer notre jeu comme les Irlandais l'ont fait à de nombreuses reprises.



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