Jordan king urges unity after unrest

2011-03-27T15:30:13Z

Jordan's King Abdullah II called for national unity on Sunday, two days after a man died and 160 people were injured in clashes between protesters and government supporters.

"The most important thing now is our national unity, which must not be touched," the king told tribal leaders in the southern town of Petra, a major archaeological and tourist site.

"We need to stay away from any behaviour or attitude that wo...

Iraqi minister hurt, two Britons killed in Jordan accident

2010-07-30T02:15:45Z

Iraqi Minister of Science and Technology Raed Fahmi was injured on Friday in a road accident in Jordan which killed six people including two British women, police said.

Police spokesman Mohammed Khatib said 28 other people were injured in the accident on the

Iraqi minister hurt, two Britons killed in Jordan

2010-07-30T00:15:50Z

Iraqi Minister of Science and Technology Raed Fahmi was injured on Friday in a road accident in Jordan which killed six people including two Britons, police said.

Police spokesman Mohammed Khatib said 28 other people were injured in the accident on the King Abdullah II, in preparation at a counting center in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010. Frustration with the interminable deadlock in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process is bleeding over into Jordan during campaigning for the parliamentary electi...

Mideast Jordan Elections

2010-11-08T23:01:33Z

Jordanian election workers, check ballot boxes as they receive them at a polling center, a day ahead of the parliamentary elections in Amman, Jordan, Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. Jordan's largest political opposition party has suspended seven members for defying its decision to boycott the country's parliamentary elections. (AP Photo / Raad Aday...

Mideast Jordan Women In Elections

2010-11-08T05:32:14Z

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, Jordanian candidate for the parliamentary election Nuf al-Hadid, right, talks to her supporters at her electoral headquarter, in Amman, Jordan. The 50-year-old former school principal hails from a large Bedouin tribe face an uphill battle along with 133 other women hopefuls, to win seats in Jo...

Mideast Jordan Women In Elections =

2010-11-08T05:32:12Z

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, Jordanian candidate for the parliamentary election Nuf al-Hadid, right, talks to her supporters at her electoral headquarter in Amman, Jordan. The 50-year-old former school principal hails from a large Bedouin tribe face an uphill battle along with 133 other women hopefuls, to win seats in Jor...

Mideast Israel Palestinians Borders

2010-10-30T01:31:18Z

FILE - In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 18, 2010, Christian Orthodox pilgrims take part in a traditional Epiphany baptism ceremony at the baptismal site of Qasr el Yahud along the border with Jordan. Though all countries are literally defined by their borders, few have had their history, society and national mindset shaped by their frontiers as much as Israel. With their barbed-wire coil...