Arab syndrome reaches Jordan: 100 injured in street clashesMarch 25, 2011 - 20:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - More than 100 people were injured on March 25 as pro-reform protesters and government supporters clashed in Amman, prompting police to use water cannons to disperse them. Anti-riot police also broke up a protest camp for students and arrested several of them, a security official told AFP. "There are more than 100 people injured, including policemen. Two of the injured are in critical condition," a medical source at the scene said. An AFP journalist at the scene said police used water cannons to break up clashes between the students protesting to demand reforms and government supporters. The clashes erupted after around 200 government supporters hurled large stones at more than 2,000 young demonstrators from different movements, including the powerful Islamist opposition, took part to call for reforms to the current regime and more efforts to fight corruption. Spots of blood marked the location of the demonstration next to Amman's Interior Circle, or Gamal Abdel Nasser Square. On March 24 night, government supporters attacked the young protesters with stones, injuring at least 30 people. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |