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Petra News Agency
February 8, 2018
Amman, Feb.7 (Petra) -- HRH Prince Raad bin Zeid, the Regent, visited the tomb of the late King Hussein on Wednesday, to mark the 19th anniversary of his passing. Prince Raad laid wreaths and recited verses from the Quran at the tomb. Several members of the Royal family and senior civic and militaryÃÂ ...
Jordan Times
February 7, 2018
AMMAN — Jordanians on Tuesday marked the 19th anniversary of the passing of His Majesty King Hussein, who died at the age of 63 on February 7, 1999, following a battle with cancer. Also on Tuesday, Jordanians marked the anniversary of King Abdullah's assumption of constitutional powers, as heÃÂ ...
Jordan Times
January 30, 2018
Born in Amman on January 30, 1962, King Abdullah is the eldest son of His Majesty the late King Hussein and HRH Princess Muna. A Royal Decree was issued on January 24, 1999 naming him Crown Prince. He assumed his constitutional powers as King on February 7, 1999, upon the passing away ofÃÂ ...
Royal Central
January 19, 2018
Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan paid a surprise visit to the King Hussein Business Park in Amman this week to meet with members of the local start-up community. Home to the 'Grow Startups' [sic] building, the King Hussein Business Park houses several companies which are pushingÃÂ ...
Haaretz
January 11, 2018
A newly-declassified CIA memo has revealed that the agency had a hand in setting up Jordans King Hussein with a Jewish Hollywood actress, who was later killed by their son. The document, first reported on by USA Today, explains the agencys role in assisting Husseins 1959 trip to the United States toÃÂ ...
Haaretz
January 11, 2018
King Hussein of Jordan and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin King Hussein of Jordan, left, holds light for Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's cigarette after the signing ceremony of the Israeli Jordanian peace treaty, October 26, 1994. AP Photo/pool/IGPOÃÂ ...
Forward
January 9, 2018
A newly-declassified CIA memo revealed that the agency had a hand in setting up Jordan's King Hussein with a Jewish Hollywood actress, who was later killed by their son. The document, first reported on by USA Today, explains the agency's role in assisting Hussein's 1959 trip to the United States toÃÂ ...
Telegraph.co.uk
January 9, 2018
The CIA encouraged a Hollywood starlet to sleep with Jordan's King Hussein during a visit by the monarch in 1959, leading to a relationship which reportedly resulted in a child who later bludgeoned his mother to death. The extraordinary saga was revealed in documents that were part of the investigationÃÂ ...
Jordan Times
December 31, 1999
Born in Amman on January 30, 1962, King Abdullah is the eldest son of His Majesty the late King Hussein and HRH Princess Muna. A Royal Decree was issued on January 24, 1999 naming him Crown Prince. He assumed his constitutional powers as King on February 7, 1999, upon the passing away ofÃÂ ...
The Times
December 31, 1999
The CIA engineered a relationship between King Hussein of Jordan and a Hollywood actress whose dwarf lovechild bludgeoned her to death, according to declassified government documents. An intelligence memo describes how the agency enlisted the help of a private investigator to find “femaleÃÂ ...
Newsweek
December 31, 1999
The CIA in 1959 played a key role in setting up Jordan's King Hussein with Jewish Hollywood actress Susan Cabot, with whom he would later father a child, according to new files. Documents made public show that the agency sought to please the Middle Eastern monarch by setting him up with womenÃÂ ...
Online Athens
November 21, 2017
(The only Mideast leaders to display such pragmatism since were Jordan's King Hussein, along with Israeli premiers Yitzhak Rabin, Ehud ...
Florida Flambeau
November 20, 2017
Hundreds of participants assembled for the inaugural Marching Chiefs 5k on Sunday, Nov. 19. The event aimed to honor the Marching Chiefs ...
Petra News Agency
November 20, 2017
The agreement which was signed at HTU campus in King Hussein Business Park, Amman, was signed by H.E. Prof. Labib Al Khadra; HTUÂ ...
MENAFN.COM
November 14, 2017
King Hussein was born on November 14, 1935, as the eldest son of King Talal and Queen Zein Al Sharaf. And he is a direct descendent of the ...
The Cairo Review of Global Affairs (blog)
November 13, 2017
In 1998 when the Wye River process was faltering, the late King Hussein of Jordan, who had dedicated his life to the pursuit of peace, left his ...
International Policy Digest
November 13, 2017
Nobody believed that we could hold on to the territory we had conquered, and we thought that King Hussein would make peace with us if we ...
Jordan Times
November 1, 2017
... said the relationship is a generational one, citing the special friendship between the Kazakh president and His Majesty the late King Hussein.
Construction Week Online
October 24, 2017
... 1 of Jordan's King Hussein Medical City (KHMC) expansion initiative. ... to replace the existing King Hussein Medical Centre in Amman.
Petra News Agency
October 24, 2017
The launch of the JY1-SAT is in memory of His Majesty the late King Hussein, the first founder of the HAM Radio in Jordan and holder of call ...
Jordan Times
October 24, 2017
The satellite carries the name JY1-SAT to commemorate His Majesty the Late King Hussein, for his radio call was JY1. His Highness listened to ...
Jordan Times
October 24, 2017
In 1967, Jordan, under the late King Hussein, participated in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war following immense Arab pressure and accusations by ...
Jordan Times
October 23, 2017
In 1967, Jordan, under the late King Hussein, participated in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war following immense Arab pressure and accusations by ...
Petra News Agency
October 23, 2017
Amman, Oct. 23 (Petra)--Utah Governor Gary Herbert and an accompanying delegation on Monday visited the King Hussein Business Park (KHBP) where they ...
MENAFN.COM
October 19, 2017
(MENAFN - Jordan Times) KING HUSSEIN BRIDGE — The Ministry of Public Works and Housing is planning to renovate the King Hussein ...
Breaking Israel News
October 18, 2017
He pointed out that King Hussein and others have made similar declarations “when it serves Hashemite interests to include Palestinians in the ...
Xinhua
October 16, 2017
The event is organized by the Jordan Breast Cancer Programme (JBCP) led by the King Hussein Cancer Foundation (KHCF). At a press ...
Construction Week Online
October 16, 2017
Aecom has been named lead design consultancy for Phase 1 of Jordan's King Hussein Medical City (KHMC) expansion initiative. The contract ...
Emirates Woman
September 28, 2017
The son of Jordan's King Hussein and Queen Noor tied the knot with Princess Noor bint Asem bin Nayef in 2003. The couple wed at al-Baraka Palace in Amman ...
Jordan Times
September 28, 2017
The 39th Jafar Bin Abi Taleb Mechanised Battalion was formed on March 20, 1965, by order of His Majesty the late King Hussein in the Central ...
Jordan Times
September 26, 2017
... the King, who apologised for “not being able to see you yesterday”, promised the boy to meet with him again after his surgery at King Hussein ...
The National
September 22, 2017
Abdullah and his father, the late King Hussein, had far less time to prepare. Hussein was only 17 when he became king two years after the ...
Jordan Times
December 31, 1999
This week also, the country remembered the great legacy of King Hussein who, after 47 years of relentless struggle and outstanding leadership ...
Asharq Al-awsat English
December 31, 1999
Jordan's Ministry of Public Works has singed an agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank ...
Jordan Times
December 31, 1999
IFC will provide advisory services to Ministry of Public Works and Housing to develop the new King Hussein Bridge crossing terminal, it said in ...
Petra News Agency
December 31, 1999
Upon departing the King Hussein International Airport in Aqaba, the Hungarian president was seen off the chief commissioner of the Aqaba ...
Petra News Agency
December 31, 1999
Amman, Oct. 15 (Petra)--Chinese Ambassador to Jordan Pan Weifang and King Hussein Foundation (KHF) CEO Hana Mitri-Shahin on Sunday, signed a ...
Petra News Agency
October 3, 2017
Basel, Oct. 3 (Petra) -- HRH Princess Ghida Talal, Chairperson of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation (KHCF) and Center (KHCC), has signed a memorandumÃÂ ...
Al-Monitor
October 3, 2017
“A new scanner has been set up at the King Hussein Bridge, which will eliminate the long delays and costly method of transporting goods usingÃÂ ...
New York Times
October 3, 2017
... el-Qaddafi of Libya, Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt, the Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat, King Hussein of Jordan and Hafez al-Assad of Syria.
Petra News Agency
October 1, 2017
... and the Chinese Ambassador to Jordan H.E. Mr. Pan Weifang at the University's premises at the King Hussein Business Park – Amman.
ABC News
September 21, 2017
Abdullah and his father, the late King Hussein, had far less time to prepare. Hussein was only 17 when he became king two years after theÃÂ ...
The National
September 14, 2017
A high-profile delegation from the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, ADFD, the leading national entity for development aid, has attended theÃÂ ...
Jordan Times
September 13, 2017
AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah, accompanied by Her Majesty Queen Rania, inaugurated the new buildings of the King Hussein CancerÃÂ ...
Middle East Monitor
September 9, 2017
The King Hussein Bridge which connected the occupied West Bank with Jordan. The crossing is controlled by Israeli occupying forces.
Jordan Times
September 7, 2017
... hospital is affiliated with the first JCI Diseases Specific Certificate-accredited Cancer Centre outside the US, the King Hussein Cancer Centre.
Emirates Woman
September 3, 2017
They're titled The King's Gift (dedicated to the late monarch of Jordan, King Hussein), Eternal Beauty, Maha of the Mountains and TheÃÂ ...
Jordan Times
August 24, 2017
Since 1979, the initiatives of the Noor Al Hussein Foundation and, since 1999, the King Hussein Foundation (KHF), which she founded andÃÂ ...
Jordan Times
August 20, 2017
Located within the King Hussein Medical City compound, the hospital provides services in 25 medical specialties to the nation's children,ÃÂ ...
Emirates Woman
August 17, 2017
American-born Lisa Najeeb Halaby became Queen Noor when she married Jordan's monarch King Hussein in 1978. The couple tied the knot in Amman in aÃÂ ...
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