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...more refugees pouring out of Iraq, and Jordanian officials predict that as many as 1 million more may arrive in the coming weeks. Apart from the massive crowds in the border camps, Jordan is swamped with 110,000 refugees packed into dozens of transit camps in Amman. The cash-starved kingdom insists that it cannot cope with the additional tens of thousands still stranded at the border, waiting to cross. "The plight of these people has only evoked the faintest of responses from the world community," complains Crown Prince Hassan, King Hussein's brother...
...chartered flight carrying about 300 Americans landed in Frankfurt, West Germany, early yesterday from Amman, Jordan. After refueling, the flight took off for Charleston...
...have escaped so far; most of them remained in the country, with little food, water or money, because of - a shortage of outgoing boats and planes. After the U.S. and the European Community agreed to rush emergency food, medicine and clothes to the refugees, Amman relented, saying it would limit the influx to 20,000 people...
Samar Dudin Karajah has a sharp and beautiful face. She is 28, the daughter of a former Jordanian minister, and dresses like a European woman of privilege. Married to a young lawyer, she lives in Amman and teaches drama at the Aliya Girls School. She is now on a maternity leave...
...riots were over by the time King Hussein rushed home to Amman, but the damage had already been done. Four days of violent protests across the country had left eight dead, 89 injured and the government under fire. As soon as he arrived from Washington, Hussein moved swiftly to contain the trouble, replacing his Prime Minister of four years, Zaid Rifai. A few days later, the King announced "speedy steps" toward Jordan's first parliamentary elections in 22 years...