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2011 Jun 3 |
In Jordan pro-reform activists took to the streets, stepping up their calls for PM Marouf al-Bakhit to resign because they say he has failed to fight corruption. Links: Jordan, Mad Crowd 
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2011 Jun 12 |
Jordan’s King Abdullah II, in response to demonstrations in favor of reform, agreed that he will soon allow the election of Cabinets, rather than maintaining the current policy of appointing the members. Links: Jordan
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2011 Jun 27 |
Jordanian MPs failed to impeach PM Maaruf Bakhit for his alleged role in a suspected graft case about a multi-million-dollar deal that his government singed with a British-based company to build a casino, between 2005 and 2007 when he first served as premier. Links: Jordan, Govm’t Scandal
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2011 Jul 1 |
In Jordan about 2,000 people demonstrated across the country to demand the dissolution of the "parliament of shame," over a suspected corruption case involving a gambling. Links: Jordan, Mad Crowd
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2011 Jul 2 |
Jordan’s King Abdullah II issued a decree approving the first reshuffle of the cabinet, which was formed in February, bringing in nine newcomers, and changing the portfolios of two ministers. Links: Jordan
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2011 Jul 8 |
Hundreds of pro-reform Jordanians demonstrated in Amman and other cities, demanding the resignation of the government nearly a week after Prime Minister Maaruf Bakhit reshuffled his cabinet. Links: Jordan, Mad Crowd
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2011 Jul 15 |
In Jordan government supporters attacked pro-reform protesters to stop them from gathering in a main square in the capital. At least 17 people, including journalists and policemen, were injured when police tried to stop clashes between pro-reform demonstrators and government supporters in central Amman. Links: Jordan, Mad Crowd
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2011 Jul 16 |
In Jordan 4 policemen suspected of attacking journalists at a demonstration in the Amman were arrested. Links: Jordan, Journalism
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2011 Jul 22 |
More than Jordanian 300 youths demonstrated in Amman to condemn government "oppression" and "terrorizing" of the media, a week after several journalists were beaten up as they covered a pro-reform sit-in. Links: Jordan, Journalism, Mad Crowd
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2011 Jul 25 |
Israeli security forces intercepted on the Dead Sea carrying assault rifles and ammunition from Jordan. Links: Israel, Guns, Jordan
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2011 Jul 28 |
In Jordan a military court convicted the Palestinian-born mentor of al-Qaida in Iraq's slain leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi on terrorism charges and sentenced him to five years in prison. Isam Mohammed Taher al-Barqawi, better known as Sheik Abu-Mohammed al-Maqdisi, was found guilty of "plotting terrorism" and recruiting militants in Jordan to join the Taliban in Afghanistan. Three other Jordanian-Palestinians, including a fugitive who was tried in absentia, were found guilty of the same charges. Links: Jordan
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2011 Jul 29 |
In Jordan some 3,000 Muslim Brotherhood activists in Amman took an oath to continue peaceful protests until their demands for political reform are met. Links: Jordan
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2011 Aug 13 |
Jordan's Popular Democratic Unity party said at least 8 of its members were wounded in the southern city of Karak during a protest demanding government reforms. Links: Jordan
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2011 Aug 14 |
In Jordan a reform committee presented constitutional changes to King Abdullah II, but activists said the changes do not go far enough. The 42 proposed changes included limiting the jurisdiction of military courts to only terrorism and espionage cases. Links: Jordan
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2011 Sep 3 |
A Jordanian father shot and killed his 24-year-old widowed daughter in hospital after she gave birth to twins. Links: Murder, Jordan, Sociology
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2011 Oct 1 |
In Jordan ex-MP Leith Shbeilat, an outspoken opposition figure and former member of parliament, was pelted with stones while making a speech criticizing the slow pace of reform in the kingdom. Links: Jordan
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2011 Oct 17 |
In Jordan PM Marouf al-Bakhit (64) resigned after a majority of 70 out of 120 parliamentarians called for his ouster. Jordan's King Abdullah II designated Awn al-Khasawneh (61), a well known international judge, as the new prime minister. Links: Jordan
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2011 Oct 22 |
Jordan’s King Abdullah II urged the World Economic Forum meeting in Amman to create new strategies for the Arab region, insisting political change is needed for economic reforms. Links: Jordan, WEF
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2011 Oct 24 |
Jordan's King Abdullah II swore in a new 30-strong cabinet led by PM Awn Khasawneh, an international judge tasked with bringing in political reform. Links: Jordan
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2011 Oct 26 |
Jordan’s King Abdullah II said he will give lawmakers a say in appointing the Cabinet, beginning next year. The change will allow the 120-seat parliament to choose a prime minister, whom the king can either appoint or veto. Links: Jordan
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2011 Oct 26 |
A Jordanian man (46) was sentenced to death for raping and impregnating his daughter then cutting her open to remove the fetus and letting her bleed to death. The man had been charged with the murder of the 19-year-old in May 2010 and confessed to having had sex with his daughter for five years. Links: Sex, Murder, Jordan
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2011 Nov 10 |
In Egypt 2 explosions a gas pipeline halting supplies to Israel and Jordan. Links: Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Gas
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2011 Nov 14 |
Jordan's King Abdullah II said Syria’s Pres. Assad should step down for the good of his country, the first Arab leader to publicly make such a call. Links: Syria, Jordan
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2011 Nov 16 |
In Jordan Najm Zoubi (20) hung himself after he and two others were arrested for questioning in a case whose details remain unknown. Relatives, suspecting that policemen beat Zoubi to death, torched the state building and four cars in the northern town of Ramtha. Links: Jordan
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2011 Nov 18 |
More than 1,000 Jordanians marched after Muslim weekly prayers in a protest called by opposition Islamists pushing for political reform and an end to corruption. Links: Jordan
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2011 Nov 21 |
Jordan's King Abdullah II paid a rare visit to the West Bank to show support for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Links: Palestine, Jordan
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2011 Nov 24 |
A Jordanian prosecutor said the country's military court has freed 22 suspected Islamists on bail as a goodwill gesture. It brings up the total number of freed Salafis to 37. They were part of 103 Salafis on trial on charges of terrorism and stabbing policemen with swords during an April protest. Links: Jordan
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2011 Dec 11 |
Syrian troops battled army defectors in clashes that set several military vehicles ablaze. Opposition activists called for a general strike starting today in a bid to squeeze the government and push it to stop its bloody crackdown. About a dozen Syrians attacked their embassy in Jordan’s capital, Amman, injuring at least two diplomats and four other consulate employees. As many as 23 people were killed as government forces clashed with armed insurgents and protesters. Links: Syria, Jordan
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2012 Jan 3 |
Israel's Yitzhak Molcho and Palestinian Saeb Erekat met in Jordan in the presence of envoys from the US, Russia, the EU and the UN. The Palestinian president threatened to take "new measures" against Israel if a much-anticipated meeting in Jordan fails to bring about a resumption of peace talks. There were no significant breakthroughs but both sides agreed to continue the dialogue. Links: Israel, Palestine, Jordan
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2012 Jan 26 |
Jordanian activist Odai Abu-Issa (18) was found guilty of "harming the king's dignity" for burning a street poster of the monarch and has been sentenced to two years in prison. Abu-Issa torched King Abdullah II's poster in front of a government office in southwestern Jordan two weeks ago. Links: Jordan, Teens Amuck
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2012 Jan 29 |
In Jordan Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal met with King Abdullah II on his first official visit since his 1999 expulsion, calling the trip a "new good start" towards better ties with the kingdom. Links: Palestine, Jordan
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2012 Feb 9 |
Jordanian public school teachers ignored government calls to halt their strike to press for full annual bonuses, leaving hundreds of thousands of students at home. Links: Labor, Jordan, Education
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2012 Feb 9 |
A Jordanian prosecutor said he has ordered, Mohammed al-Dahabi, the former head of the General Intelligence Department, to be detained for 14 days pending a probe on charges of embezzlement of public funds, money laundering and abuse of office. Links: Jordan, Corruption
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2012 Feb 26 |
A Jordanian government official said more than 80,000 Syrian refugees have fled the nearly 11 months of violence in their homeland and settled in neighboring Jordan. Links: Jordan
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2012 Mar 23 |
Hundreds of Jordanians demonstrated against what they charged was "procrastination" on reform in the country, as opposition Islamists vowed to continue their protests. Links: Jordan, Mad Crowd
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2012 Mar 31 |
Amnesty International urged Jordan to free six political activists charged with insulting King Abdullah II, saying that at least three of them were beaten during interrogation. The men were arrested and charged by military prosecutors in mid-March after a demonstration in the southern city of Tafileh. Jordanian security forces arrested 12 activists for insulting the country's King Abdullah II in a rally in Amman. Links: Jordan
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2012 Apr 15 |
Jordan's King Abdullah II ordered the release of 19 political activists charged with insulting him during pro-reform demonstrations last month. Links: Jordan
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2012 Apr 17 |
British authorities arrested radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada (51), who is accused of ties to late Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden, as they resumed efforts to deport him to Jordan. The UK government has been trying to extradite the Jordanian since 2005 arguing that he is a threat to national security. He was convicted in Jordan in absentia of involvement in terror attacks in 1998, and faces a retrial on his return. Links: Britain, Jordan
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2012 Apr 24 |
Jordanian authorities detained journalist of Jamal Muhtaseb for publishing online statements alleging misconduct by royal officials. On May 13 Muhtaseb, chief editor of Gerasa News, was released on bail after publishing a report on a graft probe into a $7 billion housing project. Links: Jordan, Journalism, Corruption
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2012 Apr 26 |
Jordan's PM Awn Khasawneh (62) submitted his resignation to King Abdullah II, barely six months after he formed a government to bring in much-needed reforms. Khasawneh cited interference from the palace. Links: Jordan
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2012 Apr |
In Jordan girl (14) was shopping in the northern city of Zarqa when a man (19) kidnapped her, took her to the desert where he had a pitched a tent, and raped her for three consecutive days. Within days news emerged that the boy had agreed to marry the girl, while all charges against him were dropped. Article 308 allows rape charges to be dropped if the perpetrator agrees to marry the victim. He cannot divorce the woman for five years. Jordanians, particularly women activists, have held several street protests against the law. Links: Jordan, Sociology, Rape
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2012 May 19 |
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development approved investment of 1.0 billion euros for expansion into north Africa and the Middle East under its first British president, Suma Chakrabarti, who a day earlier replaced Thomas Mirow from Germany. The EBRD is planning to invest specifically in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia and Jordan. Links: Britain, EU, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Tunisia
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2012 May 27 |
In Jordan Vivian Salameh (45) a Christian woman, said she is suing her Gulf Arab employer for arbitrary dismissal after she refused a new dress code forcing her to cover her head. She had worked at Jordan's Industrial Development Bank for 25 years when it was acquired in 2010 by the Jordan Dubai Islamic Bank, an offshoot of the Dubai Islamic Bank. Links: Labor, Jordan, Dubai, Hair, Islam, Banking
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2012 Jun 14 |
Jordanian schoolboy Omar Botush (17) pleaded "mistreatment" as prosecutors pressed murder charges over the killings of his father, mother, two brothers and an uncle. Links: Murder, Jordan, Teens Amuck
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2012 Jun 21 |
Syrian pilot Colonel Hassan Merei al-Hamade sought political asylum after landing his MiG fighter jet in neighboring Jordan, in the first such defection of the revolt. 4 senior army officers also defected from the regime. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 168 people were killed today in violence across the country. Links: Syria, Jordan
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2012 Jul 10 |
Jordan said it has set up a camp to accommodate a growing number of refugees fleeing violence in Syria. Links: Syria, Jordan
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2012 Jul 12 |
In Jordan the Muslim Brotherhood's shura advisory council voted to boycott parliamentary elections because of "lack of political reform." Links: Jordan
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2012 Jul 15 |
Jordanian anti-riot police fired tear gas to break up a crowd of some 200 angry Libyans who attacked Tripoli's embassy with stones, over unpaid medical bills. Links: Jordan, Mad Crowd
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2012 Jul 22 |
A top US official said that Washington has given $100 million in aid to Jordan to help host tens of thousands of Syrians who have fled the unrest back home and taken refuge in the kingdom. Links: USA, Syria, Jordan
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2012 Jul 25 |
The International Monetary Fund announced it had reached a preliminary deal with Jordan for a $2 billion loan to steady the country's battered economy. Jordan currently is hosting more than 140,000 Syrians, and is building more camps to house the refugees. Links: Syria, IMF, Jordan
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2012 Jul 29 |
Jordan opened its first tent camp for Syrians fleeing violence in their country, as government officials said a surge of refugees left them no other choice. Links: Syria, Jordan
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2012 Aug 6 |
A Jordanian official and a rebel spokesman said Syria's PM Riad Hijab has defected and fled to neighboring Jordan. Links: Syria, Jordan
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2012 Aug 19 |
Jordan's government spokesman sternly criticized Syria for artillery shelling on its northern border that wounded a Jordanian girl and panicked other civilians. Four shells landed in Jordan during clashes between the Syrian military and rebel forces on the Syrian side of the border. Links: Syria, Jordan
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2012 Aug 29 |
Jordanian PM Fayez Tarawneh said that Syrian refugees responsible for violence in a camp near the border will be deported. About 200 of 21,000 refugees went on a rampage the previous evening at Zaatari Camp to protest conditions there. Links: Syria, Jordan
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2012 Sep 1 |
Jordan and the UN's refugee agency issued an urgent call to international donors for $700 million to handle the rapidly rising number of Syrian refugees seeking safe haven in the country. Links: UN, Syria, Jordan
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2012 Sep 4 |
A Jordanian teenager (17) stabbed to death Cheryll Harvey (55), a Texas missionary living in the kingdom, during an argument that broke out when she caught him stealing from her apartment. Links: USA, Murder, Jordan, Teens Amuck
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2012 Oct 5 |
Thousands of Jordanians rallied to call for a boycott of upcoming legislative elections, a challenge to King Abdullah II who has promoted a parliament-centered reform process to stave off an Arab Spring uprising in his country. Links: Jordan, Mad Crowd
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2012 Oct 10 |
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said the United States has sent 150 military troops to the Jordan-Syria border to bolster that country's military capabilities in the event that violence escalates along its border with Syria. Links: USA, Jordan
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2012 Oct 10 |
Jordan's King Abdullah II appointed Abdullah Ensour, a veteran independent politician, as his new caretaker prime minister ahead of parliamentary elections. The new parliament will choose the next prime minister. Links: Jordan
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2012 Oct 11 |
Britain asked Jordan to pardon radical Islamist preacher Abu Qatada (51) because evidence used to convict him of terrorism there was obtained through torture. The Palestinian-born Jordanian cleric, whose real name is Omar Mahmoud Mohammed Othman, has been convicted in absentia in Jordan over bomb plots and faces retrial if extradited. Links: Britain, Jordan
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