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...Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan's King Hussein bin Talal died yesterday of lymphatic cancer at 11:43 a.m. local time (4:43 a.m. EST) at the age of 63. His son Abdullah II was sworn in as the nation's new monarch only four hours after Hussein's death in a Jordanian hospital...
...statement closed by expressing hope thatKing Abdullah II will "maintain this legacy...
...Jordan for 47 years, left abruptly for emergency cancer treatment in the U.S. last week, there was a brief royal decree, a kissing of cheeks and an elegiac command on behalf of his people. "Achieve for them," the 63-year-old monarch told his newly anointed successor, Crown Prince Abdullah, 37, "a dignified life...
...plane and was married to an American -- Queen Noor, formerly Lisa Halaby. (She was his fourth wife: A youthful marriage to a Palestinian woman ended in divorce, as did his union with Toni Gardiner, daughter of a British Army officer and mother of his heir, Crown Prince Abdullah; a third bride, the Palestinian Queen Alia, was tragically killed in a helicopter accident...
...last political act of the five-foot-three giant known affectionately by Westerners as the "PLK" ("Plucky Little King") was to intervene in Jordan's Shakespearean palace intrigue to ensure that he would be succeeded by his son, Abdullah, rather than his brother, Hassan. Despite being immersed in the modern concerns of diplomacy and statesmanship, the importance of the royal bloodline never diminished for Hussein...