51.   The U.S. government asked Jordan to return him to stand trial, but lacking an extradition treaty, Jordanian officials said he would be tried in Amman.

52.   There was no official word on Thursday night on whether Jordanian officials intended to extradite him.

53.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat opened talks with Jordanian officials Tuesday on Israeli troop withdrawals from rural areas of the West Bank and the final shape of the Palestinian territories.

54.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, returning from talks in Amman with King Abdullah II and Jordanian officials, said Palestinians were still awaiting more information about U.S. proposals.

55.   Previously Jordanian officials have accused hard line Palestinian groups based in Syria of smuggling arms into the kingdom.

56.   Prince Nayef said the Iraqi plane came via Jordan, but Jordanian officials maintained it did not cross their air space.

57.   A gunmen shot at an Iraqi diplomat here Saturday, Jordanian officials and the Iraqi Embassy said.

58.   A Jordanian official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Jordan strongly backed the summit and the Saudi initiative.

59.   A gunman shot at an Iraqi diplomat here Saturday, Jordanian officials and the Iraqi Embassy said.

60.   A gunman shot at an Iraqi diplomat in Amman Saturday, Jordanian officials and the Iraqi Embassy said.