The Jordanian authorities are violating people’s right to free speech and undermining the credibility of reform efforts, Human Rights Watch says.
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Jordan ‘suppressing free speech’
BEIRUT — Pressure mounted on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Monday after the Jordanian king suggested he step down ahead of a crucial Arab meeting in Morocco on Wednesday aimed at exploring specific measures to sanction Syria for its ongoing crackdown against protesters. Jordan’s King Abdullah offered the most explicit condemnation yet of Assad by an Arab leader in an interview with the BBC. ‘If Bashar has the interest of his country, he would step down. But he would also create an ability to reach out and start a new phase of Syrian political life,” he said. Read full article > >
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Jordan’s King Abdullah suggests Assad step down as pressure on Syria mounts
AMMAN, Jordan — Israel’s ambassador to Jordan returned to his post Friday, two days after he and his staff were brought back to Israel ahead of a planned march on the Israeli embassy. The protest Thursday, in which demonstrators demanded the expulsion of the ambassador, drew only about 200 people and was kept well away from the embassy building by a tight cordon of Jordanian police. Read full article > >
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Israeli ambassador back in Jordan
JERUSALEM — Nearly all the staff have been cleared out of the Israeli embassy in the Jordanian capital ahead of an anti-Israel protest in Amman on Thursday, for fear the mission could be attacked like the Israeli embassy in Cairo was last week, Israeli newspapers and radio stations reported. A convoy transporting the Israeli diplomats left Jordan for Israel overnight, the Haaretz newspaper said. Read full article > >
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A man dies after Jordanian security forces use batons and spray water to disperse a clash between pro-monarchy and pro-reform demonstrators in Amman.
Amman, Jordan – King Abdullah II of Jordan fired his government in a surprise move on Tuesday, in the face of a wave of demands of public accountability sweeping the Arab world and bringing throngs of demonstrators to the streets of Egypt. The Jordanian news agency Petra announced that after recent protests in Jordan itself, read more
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Jordan’s King Dismisses Cabinet as Tremors Spread Through Region
Before a Jordanian doctor bombed an Afghanistan base last December, a C.I.A. officer was told he might work for Al Qaeda, an investigation revealed.
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C.I.A. Was Warned About Man Who Bombed Afghan Base, Inquiry Finds
A 20-year-old Jordanian man was sentenced Tuesday to 24 years in federal prison after he was caught, in a FBI undercover operation, trying to use a truck bomb to destroy the 60-story Fountain Place office building in Dallas, Texas, authorities said.
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Prison for Jordanian in Texas terror plot
Two kidnapped Jordanian peacekeepers with the joint UN-African Union force in the Sudanese region of Darfur are freed unharmed.
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Jordan’s King Abdullah suggests Assad step down as pressure on Syria mounts
Monday, November 14th, 2011Israel clears out embassy staff in Jordan ahead of anti-Israeli demonstration
Thursday, September 15th, 2011Jordan’s King Dismisses Cabinet as Tremors Spread Through Region
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011C.I.A. Was Warned About Man Who Bombed Afghan Base, Inquiry Finds
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