News: Jordan

We have started to collect the most important news related to Jordan in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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• November 11th 2005 – March 1st 2006
• March 8th 2006 – September 5th 2006
• September 19th 2006 – February 28th 2007
• March 1st 2007 – November 21st 2007
• November 22nd 2007 – August 11th 2008
• October 16th 2008 – July 28th 2009
• August 4th 2009 – April 25th 2010
• May 24th 2010 – January 18th 2011
• January 22nd 2011 – June 13th 2011
• July 4th 2011 – December 25th 2011
• January 2nd 2012 – April 17th 2012
• April 25th 2012 – July 29th 2012
• July 30th 2012 – October 9th 2012
• October 10th 2012 – November 13th 2012
• November 13th 2012 – January 22nd 2013
• January 23rd 2013 – March 22nd 2013
• March 23rd 2013 – May 10th 2013

Jordan: news

Dozens held over Jordan bombings

Friday, November 11th 2005, 14:51
related places: Amman

Police detain suspects over the Jordan bombings as al-Qaeda claims a man and wife were among the bombers.
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'Kingdom of boredom' no more

Saturday, November 12th 2005, 12:07

BBC Amman Correspondent Jon Leyne says that Jordan used to be known as the safe haven of the Middle East - but not any more.
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Jordan links al-Qaeda to attacks

Saturday, November 12th 2005, 14:28
related countries: Iraq
related places: Amman

Jordan says an investigation into the triple bombings in Amman concludes that al-Qaeda in Iraq was responsible.
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Bomber's wife arrested in Jordan

Sunday, November 13th 2005, 13:18
related countries: Iraq
related places: Amman

Police in Jordan arrest the Iraqi wife of one of the Amman bombers, suspected of wanting to blow herself up.
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Jordan shows 'would-be bomber'

Sunday, November 13th 2005, 17:23
related countries: Iraq
related places: Amman

An Iraqi woman suspected of being a failed suicide bomber from the Amman hotel attacks appears on Jordanian TV.
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Jordan king names new court staff

Wednesday, November 16th 2005, 12:05

Jordan's king sacks his royal court chief and names a new security adviser after last week's suicide bombings.
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Zarqawi 'defends Jordan attacks'

Friday, November 18th 2005, 21:31
related countries: Iraq

An audiotape purportedly from the al-Qaeda in Iraq head says the Jordan blasts were not meant to hit Muslims.
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Influential family spurns Zarqawi

Sunday, November 20th 2005, 14:18
related countries: Iraq

Relatives of Jordanian-born head of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, openly disown him.
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Jordan calls for war on extremism

Thursday, November 24th 2005, 18:01

King Abdullah of Jordan urges his new prime minister to wage a relentless war against Muslim extremists.
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Jordan uncovers 'militant plot'

Thursday, December 1st 2005, 15:18

Jordanian prosecutors say four alleged Islamists are to stand trial for plotting to kill Americans in the kingdom.
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Two UN soldiers killed in Haiti

Wednesday, January 18th 2006, 7:11
related countries: Haiti
related places: Port-au-Prince

Two Jordanian peacekeepers serving with the UN in Haiti are shot dead in the capital, Port-au-Prince.
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Jordan editor held in cartoon row

Saturday, February 4th 2006, 14:59

A Jordanian editor sacked after publishing cartoons of Prophet Muhammad is arrested.
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Death for Jordanian bomb plotters

Wednesday, February 15th 2006, 12:27
related countries: Iraq

A court condemns nine men to death, four in absentia, for plotting a chemical attack in Jordan.
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Israeli general in Jordan apology

Thursday, February 23rd 2006, 12:06
related countries: Israel

An Israeli general apologises to Jordan's king for saying he might be the last of the Hashemite ruler.
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Jordan prisoners release hostages

Wednesday, March 1st 2006, 14:05

Rebellious Jordanian prisoners release all seven of their police hostages, including the prison service head.
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Jordan 'thwarts al-Qaeda attack'

Wednesday, March 1st 2006, 23:13

Jordanian security forces have foiled a planned al-Qaeda suicide bomb attack, state media reports.
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