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Jordanians show little support for Ben Laden's group

Muslim majorities in Jordan, among an arc of five countries from Egypt to Pakistan, have little good to say about Al Qaeda one year after American commandos killed the terror group’s leader, a poll shows.
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Israel pushes plan for 1,100 East Jerusalem hotel rooms

Israel has approved a further stage in plans to build 1,100 new hotel rooms in a settlement neighbourhood of annexed East Jerusalem, Israeli officials confirmed on Tuesday.
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- Murdoch unfit to run major company — British lawmakers
Murdoch unfit to run major company — British lawmakers

Rupert Murdoch showed "wilful blindness" about phone hacking at his News of the World tabloid and is not fit to run a major company, a British parliamentary committee said in a scathing report Tuesday.
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- JSC restricts top executives from bourse trading
- Arab Bank Group’s profit increase by 10% to $205m during first quarter
JSC restricts top executives from bourse trading

The Jordan Securities Commission (JSC) barred board members, director generals and financial managers at several companies from trading shares starting April 30 and until a further notice.
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- Subtly indulgent
Subtly indulgent

Longer, wider and lower than ever, the third instalment of BMW’s 6-Series coupe is a rare breed of executive saloon-based two-door berlinetta that in the past was a more common segment offered by many prestige manufacturers as indulgently luxurious symbols of success.
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King urges Jordanians to adopt entrepreneurship

His Majesty King Abdullah on Tuesday urged workers to focus on entrepreneurship in their professional lives to help build and develop Jordan.

S. Arabia frees three Jordanians

Three Jordanian detainees who were released by Saudi authorities arrived in the Kingdom on Tuesday at the Queen Alia International Airport, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
Israel pushes plan for 1,100 East Jerusalem hotel rooms

Israel has approved a further stage in plans to build 1,100 new hotel rooms in a settlement neighbourhood of annexed East Jerusalem, Israeli officials confirmed on Tuesday.