1. A new newspaper hit the news stands on Saturday, taking to four the number of Arabic dailies in this Arab kingdom where relatively free press exists. 2. A four-day heat wave has killed three Jordanians and sparked grass fires throughout the parched Arab kingdom, a government official said on Tuesday. 3. A top-ranking U.S. Army general met Saturday with Jordanian leaders to discuss the American military aid to this impoverished Arab kingdom. 4. Bahrain becomes the fourth Arab kingdom, after Morocco, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. 5. His visit is seen here as a major step toward formally restoring economic ties between the two Arab kingdoms. 6. In a sign of improving ties, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi arrived in Jordan on Wednesday on his first visit to the Arab kingdom in nearly two decades. 7. In Arab kingdoms like Jordan, father-to-son succession is tradition. 8. In Cairo, on his way to Washington, al-Faisal aligned the Arab kingdom with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. 9. Israel expects Jordan to approve this month the credentials of its new ambassador to the Arab kingdom, an Israeli Embassy spokesman said Thursday. 10. Jordan and a visiting U.S. congressional delegation on Thursday discussed progress in Arab-Israeli peacemaking and reviewed efforts by the Arab kingdom to strengthen its infant democracy. |