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** FILE ** In this undated image from video seized from the walled compound of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and released on Saturday, May 7, 2011, by the U.S. Department of Defense, a man whom the American government identified as Osama bin Laden watches television with an image of President Obama on the screen. Bin Laden was killed by U.S. troops. (AP Photo/U.S. Department of Defense)

CIA nabs Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law; federal court date Friday

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

UK patient dies from SARS-like coronavirus

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Current stars celebrate Jordan at 50

By KRISTIE RIEKEN - Associated Press

SARS-linked virus may have spread between people

By MARIA CHENG - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, file photo, is a general view of a destroyed pottery shop inside the Old City of Aleppo, Syria, a listed UNESCO World Heritage Site that was gutted in October and which is now controlled by the Free Syrian Army. Syria’s top antiquities official is calling for U.N. intervention and cooperation from neighboring countries to halt the illicit trafficking of its artifacts as the 23-month civil war rages on.(AP Photo/Monica Prieto, File)

Syria official warns of trafficking in antiquities

By Dale Gavlak - Associated Press

Syrian refugee boys look Jan. 7, 2013, outside their tent at a temporary refugee camp in the eastern Lebanese town of Marj near the border with Syria. (Associated Press/File)

Official: Syrian refugees straining Jordan’s resources

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

** FILE ** President Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Monday, March 5, 2012. (Associated Press)

Obama to visit Israel for first time as president

By Josh Lederman - Associated Press

In this image taken from video obtained from the Ugarit News, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Free Syrian Army fighter speaks in front of a government intelligence complex in Deir el-Zour, Syria, on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Ugarit News via AP video)

U.S. sending $155 million in ‘nonlethal’ aid to Syria

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

King Abdullah II of Jordan (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Jordan’s king sees elections as central to political reform

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Syrians struggle to get pillows and blankets distributed at a camp for displaced civilians, in the village of Atmeh, Syria. Other Syrians have escaped the conflict by going to neighboring countries, taxing the ability of those nations and international relief agencies to help them. "In terms of the overall numbers, it is very clear the region is facing a humanitarian disaster that is deepening by the day," said Sharon Waxman, of the International Rescue Committee's Commission on Syrian Refugees. (Associated Press)

Refugees flood Syria’s neighbors

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

A playwright on the rise: Quiara Alegria Hudes

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

Syrian refugee boys look Jan. 7, 2013, outside their tent at a temporary refugee camp in the eastern Lebanese town of Marj near the border with Syria. (Associated Press/File)

Riot breaks out in Syrian refugee camp in Jordan

By Dale Gavlak - Associated Press

Utah school stops musical with Elvis songs as racy

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

King Abdullah II of Jordan (center) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (left) walk past honor guards prior to their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Dec. 6, 2012. Jordan’s King Abdullah II has begun a brief visit to the West Bank in support of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ successful bid for U.N. recognition of a state of Palestine. (Associated Press)

Jordan king in West Bank to support Palestinians

By Dalia Nammari - Associated Press

Jordanian police stand guard during a protest against the government's decision to raise prices for subsidized fuel in Amman, Jordan, on Nov. 19, 2012. Nearly a week after the announcement, which sparked unrest that left one person dead and scores wounded, protests across the country continued. The protests have included rare demands for King Abdullah II to be deposed. (Associated Press)

Pushing for change, some in Jordan point to king

By Jamal Halaby - Associated Press

Jordanian forces stand on alert near the Interior Ministry Circle in Amman on Wednesday during a protest after an announcement that Jordan would raise fuel prices. The protests are the largest and most sustained to hit since the start of the Arab Spring. (Associated Press)

Jordan’s opposition vows to hold more protests

By Jamal Halaby - Associated Press

Jordanian policemen prepare to disperse protesters blocking a main road in Amman on Wednesday during a demonstration against the spike in fuel prices after the government lifted subsidies. Protesters denounced the king and threw rocks at police. (Associated Press)

Protests against Jordan’s king rock capital

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Islamic cleric Abu Qatada is driven out of Long Lartin high security prison in Worcestershire, England, after winning the latest round in his battle against deportation, Tuesday Nov. 13, 2012. British authorities say radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada has been freed from prison after a court ruled he cannot be deported from Britain to Jordan to face terrorism charges. (AP Photo/ Rui Vieira/PA)

Radical cleric Abu Qatada released from British jail

By David Stringer - Associated Press

An elderly and disabled Syrian man who fled from the violence in his village prays Nov. 10, 2012, in front of his tent at a displaced persons camp in the Syrian village of Atma, near the Turkish border. (Associated Press)

Israel drawn into Syria fighting for first time

By Josef Federman - Associated Press

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, center, walks with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, second left, and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative to Jordan Andrew Harper, right, during his visit to Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. British Prime Minister David Cameron, visiting a camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan, said the U.S., Britain and other allies should do more to "shape the opposition" into a coherent force and open channels of communication directly with rebel military commanders. Previously, Britain and the U.S. have acknowledged contacts only with exile groups and political opposition figures inside Syria. (AP Photo)

Western allies expecting a re-elected Obama to take bolder action in Syria

By David Stringer and Dale Gavlak - Associated Press