Topic: Amman
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian forces arrested Saturday opposition leader Walid al-Bunni, a veteran opponent of Baath party rule who has called for a national conference to work out a peaceful transition of power after a five-month uprising, a rights group said.Bunni, who ...
AMMAN (Reuters) - Staunch U.S. ally Jordan said on Monday it hoped the death of Osama bin Laden would end an era of "terror" by radical groups in the region that damaged global support for the Palestinian cause.A Jordanian source told the ...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - There might be little to link New York and Tora Bora, Bali and Madrid, London and the holy shrines of Kerbala were it not for Osama bin Laden.Since the 1990s, and attacks in the United States, Saudi Arabia and ...
Roadside bomb blows up near Israeli Embassy convoy in Jordan; no one hurtA roadside bomb exploded Thursday near a convoy of Israeli diplomats traveling through Jordan on their way home for the weekend, but no one was hurt, officials in both countries ...
Jordan contacts US over Jordanian citizen suspected in Dallas bomb plotJordan's government spokesman says Amman has asked the United States for information of a Texas terror plot involving a Jordanian citizen.Nabil al-Sharif says the Jordanian Embassy in Washington has contacted the U.S. ...
Jordan's King Abdullah II inaugurated on Tuesday a regional counter-terrorism training centre at a ceremony attended by General David Petraeus, the top US commander in Iraq and Afghanistan.The 200-million-dollar King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Centre in Yajuz, on the northern outskirts ...
Major international hotels draw foreign visitors, society's elite _ and threats from militantsConsider how a city looks to a terrorist seeking targets. Their business model demands openness and accessibility for visitors and guests, making total security virtually impossible despite security barriers, metal ...
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