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...timing of the aborted terrorist raid came as no surprise. Only three days before, Jordan's King Hussein abruptly closed 25 offices of Yasser Arafat's Al Fatah branch of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the capital city of Amman. The terrorist operation was a clear reminder of the P.L.O.'s determination to continue its struggle against Israel in spite of the stinging blow from Hussein. Said an Israeli official: "The P.L.O. wants to demonstrate that it's still powerful in the West Bank and that peace cannot be achieved without...
...unrest flared two weeks ago, as students at Yarmouk University, 42 miles north of Amman, staged strikes and sit-ins demanding lower fees and student rights. When Communists and Brotherhood activists joined the demonstrations, baton-wielding riot police moved in. At least three students were killed and hundreds wounded...
...architect of a successful Middle East peace agreement involving Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization as well as his own kingdom. But the Hashemite monarch has seen his plans crumble in the face of P.L.O. intransigence. Happily Hussein's designs are doing better at the royal palace in Amman. The King, 50, and Queen Noor, 34, the former Lisa Halaby of Washington, recently welcomed a fourth child into their fold when Princess Raiyah al Hussein, or Banner of Hussein, joined the Princes Hamzah, 5, and Hashem, 4, and Princess Iman, 2. The queen, who earned her architecture degree at Princeton...
...AMMAN, Jordan--King Hussein said yesterday he has ended a year-long effort to work jointly with Yasser Arafat toward peace with Israel because the PLO did not meet its commitments...
...said the February 1985 agreement began "a grueling year of intensive effort" and ended Feb. 7 when Arafat concluded a 13-day visit to Amman without meeting condition the United States had set for dealing with...