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Ben Gittleson 24 Nov 2012
AMMAN –– A demonstration in the Jordanian capital was a wash on Friday, as rain soaked the city a week...
AFP 16 Nov 2012
Thousands of demonstrators in Amman made unprecedented calls on Friday for Jordanian King Abdullah II to go, as police...
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AFP
15 Nov 2012
Riots that broke out in Jordan after the government raised fuel prices left one protester dead on Thursday, the first...
AFP 04 Oct 2012
Jordan's King Abdullah II dissolved parliament and called early elections on Thursday, the royal palace announced...
Thousands of Jordanians, including Islamists, trade unionists and leftists, demonstrated on March 4, 2011 in Amman to demand "regime reforms," a day after Prime Minister Maaruf Bakhit rejected calls for a constitutional monarchy. Last month, King Abdullah II sacked the government of Samir Rifai and named Bakhit to head a government charged with introducing general reforms to face popular discontent and protests inspired by the revolts in Tunisia and Egypt.
AFP 15 Jun 2012
More than 2,000 Jordanians braved blistering temperatures on Friday to demonstrate across the country against recent...
محمد كامل عمرو، وزير الخارجية المصري، يتحدث خلال مؤتمر صحفي مشترك مع نظيرته الأمريكية هيلاري كلينتون، واشنطن، 28 سبتمبر 2011.  >
MENA 14 May 2012
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr headed to the Jordanian capital of Amman Monday for a brief visit during...
Egypt Independent 13 May 2012
A documentary set to broadcast Monday purportedly will show violence against children with special needs at a special...
AFP 01 Apr 2012
Jordanian military prosecutors on Sunday charged 13 political activists with incitement against the regime, rioting and...
Exiled Hamas supremo Khaled Meshaal addresses the media in Damascus on May 23, 2010. The leaders of Russia and Turkey said earlier this month after a meeting between Meshaal and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in the Syrian capital on May 11 that the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas should not be excluded from peace efforts in the Middle East.
Egypt Independent 31 Jan 2012
Hamas has denied reports that it is seeking to move its headquarters from Syria to Jordan, following its leader’s...
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Laila El Refai 14 Apr 2011
Many travelers to Jordan believe there is little to do in Amman. For one thing, most of Jordan’s travel...