41.   They returned after giving a Jordanian army officer a letter to King Hussein explaining their security fears because of the planned expansion of self-rule on the West Bank.

42.   Thirty Israeli soldiers were killed and a dozen tanks were destroyed during combat against the Palestinians, who were also supported by the Jordanian army.

43.   US military forces were also gathering at Aqaba to begin four days of joint military exercises on Friday with the Jordanian army that had been scheduled before the defections.

44.   Israeli public radio reported that shots were heard in Jordan and that the Jordanian army was chasing the gunmen.

45.   Jordanian army units restored order to Karak on Saturday and later took control of roads leading to major cities following the riots over a steep hike in bread prices.

46.   King Hussein and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat flew in from Amman in a Jordanian army helicopter piloted by the monarch.

47.   Palestinian guerrillas who shot dead three Israeli soldiers on the Jordan border did not launch the attack from Jordanian territory, an inquiry by the Jordanian army concluded Thursday.

48.   The assembly of a field hospital provided by the Jordanian army for medical aid to civilians would be completed Tuesday, the French officer said.

49.   The Jordanian army began clearing mines from the border area five days ago.