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February 27, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://nytimes.com/2004/02/25/international/middleeast/25MIDE.html

Israel and Jordan Cooperate in Desert Project

(New York Times) Greg Myre - Israel and Jordan have agreed to build an environmental studies center on their shared desert border, officials said Tuesday. The countries will donate a total of 150 acres of parched land along the frontier, about 30 miles south of the Dead Sea. A private group, Bridging the Rift, will develop the center with two American universities, Cornell and Stanford. Supporters describe it as a serious scientific effort to focus on biological sciences in the desert environment, as well as the kind of bridge-building that was envisioned when Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty a decade ago.

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