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Byline: Ruth Sherlock in Beirut and Suha Maayeh in Amman SYRIA is trying to stop women and children fleeing the country, refugees and activists have told The Daily Telegraph. The [...]

A court sentenced an Iraqi woman to death by hanging for her part in the bombings of three Amman hotels last November that killed more than 60 people. The woman, […]

A gunman opened fire on tourists visiting a popular site in downtown Amman on Monday afternoon, killing a British man and wounding six other people, Jordanian officials said. Hospital officials […]

The article reports that the opposition party Islamic Action Front withdrew from the nationwide municipal council elections in Jordan on July 31, 2007. The party cited voting irregularities in the elections as the reason for its withdrawal. According to the party, soldiers were allowed to cast multiple ballots. The party also charged that some voters were intimidated by government security personnel and were kept from reaching the polls.

The article discusses the rise of radicalism among Muslim professionals. The suspects behind the foiled terrorist attacks in Great Britain are doctors and engineers. Osama bin Laden, leader of the terrorist organization Al Qaeda, was once an engineer. Ayman al-Zawahri, No. 2 in the organization, is a trained doctor. Some scientists say that one reason behind the radicalization of Muslim professionals is that radical Muslims use science to enforce their religious belief.

The article discusses whether Palestinians staying as refugees in countries like Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon, would like to go back to Palestine, once peace is established. The organization, Arab League, is focusing on the Palestinian-Israeli dispute. The discussion is being centered at how to define the right of their return. The displacement and plight of the Palestinians and the ability to move back to their families in their own land are being seen as two separate issues.

The article reports on the condemnation of U.S. President George W. Bush's visit to Amman, Jordan in November 2006 to meet with Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq.

The article reports that several politicians in Europe and the Middle East opposed death sentence for Saddam Hussein, former president of Iraq. British Prime Minister Tony Blair is one of the leaders in Europe who oppose the sentence. Some of the leaders has warned that the sectarian tension in Iraq will worsen after the execution of Saddam Hussein.

The article reports that Hamas' overwhelming victory in the Palestinian elections has met with a mixture of jubilation and consternation in much of the Arab world.

The author reports that, while Arab governments criticized Hezbollah for recklessly starting a war at the onset of the crisis in Lebanon, the tide of public opinion in the Arab world has formed in support of the organization. Newspaper columns, political cartoons and blogs are praising Hezbollah and attacking the U.S plans for the Middle East. Attitudes of Al Qaeda, normally hostile to all Shiites, Egypt and Saudi Arabia are mentioned.

The article reports that as per Palestinian officials, King Abdullah II of Jordan has called off his visit to the West Bank due to bad weather. King Abdullah was scheduled to meet with Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president. As stated, the Al Jazeera news network attributed the cancellation of the visit, which is being cited as a setback to the Arab peace effort, to the Israeli denial to let Prime Minister Ismali Haniya of Harakat al-Muqawamah al-Islamiyah travel from Gaza to the West Bank.

The article provides information on the bomb blasts that struck three hotels in Amman, Jordan on November 9, 2005.

The article discusses planning by the U.S. Department of Defense for the potential collapse of the Syrian government amid a civil war in Syria. Defense planners envision protecting Jordan from an onslaught of refugees and possible hostilities by establishing a buffer zone for refugees along the Syria-Jordan border, to be under the command of Arab troops.

The article discusses a change in Arab attitudes in the wake of the execution of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. He has been portrayed as a Sunni Arab hero who remained composed while his executioners abused and tormented him. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in an interview with Israeli newspaper "Yediot Aharonot" said Saddam's executioners had made him into a martyr. For many in the Arab world, Hussein has gone from a hated killer to a sympathetic figure.

The article looks at how steps towards the U.S. goal of democracy in Arab countries are being set back due to changes in the Middle East, such as the rise of Islamists, the conflict and chaos in Iraq, and Shiite power in Iraq. The article discusses King Abdullah II of Jordan and the little headway his National Agenda reform document has made and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's delay of municipal elections.

The article reports on world reactions to the results of the November 2006 midterm elections in the U.S. Most of the responses echoed that the defeat of President George W. Bush's Republican Party was a protest to the U.S. Iraq policy. Jürgen Trittin, deputy leader of Germany's Green Party, described the defeat as the bill to the White House for disaster in Iraq. Giovanni Sartori, an Italian political analyst, said that defeat would affect America's aggression policy.

The article provides information on the reasons that motivated 11 top Jordanian advisers to resign from their services.