1.   A former foreign minister who speaks Arabic and met often with the Jordanian king, Primakov seemed a likely representative.

2.   Neither Zoubi nor the Jordanian king had fully reckoned with the deep opposition to close ties with Israel still harbored in powerful quarters here.

3.   The new Jordanian king Abdullah is said to have met with Saadi recently -- yet another sign that new generations in the Mideast can move beyond the past.

4.   Yet Khalidi scorns the notion that the Jordanian kings were heroes.

5.   President Hafez Assad held talks with an adviser to the Jordanian king Monday, a day before the Israeli prime minister visits Jordan.

6.   Abdullah, the Jordanian king, has been an outspoken advocate of a more energetic U.S. effort to achieve a resumption of peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.

7.   Before visiting Paris, the Jordanian king met leaders of Germany, Italy and Turkey.

8.   In telephone calls Friday, Netanyahu told Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and the Jordanian king that he wanted to meet with them.

9.   Israelis closely monitored reports on the health of the Jordanian king on Wednesday, anxious for news of their closest ally in the region.

10.   Jordanian king says attack on Iraq would undermine terror war,