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Attarat power plant is seen Wednesday, June 7, 2023, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of Amman, Jordan. The $2.1 billion Attarat power plant that began officially operating on May 26 has fueled tensions between Beijing and the resource-poor kingdom and set off an international legal battle. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

A troubled new power plant leaves Jordan in debt to China, raising concerns over Beijing’s influence

By Isabel Debre - Associated Press

Samer Qraih, a Jordanian car dealer, sits in his apartment holding old business licences, bank statements and documents, in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, March 14, 2021. The 45-year-old, and father of four was sent to nine months in prison after he sank in into massive debts. Hundreds of thousands of Jordanians like Qraih are faced with incarceration because of draconian debt laws that violate international human rights law, according to the report published Tuesday by Human Rights Watch. (AP Photo/Omar Akour)

Rights group: Jordan’s debt prisons violate human rights law

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This still image made from video released by Islamic State group militants and posted on the website of the SITE Intelligence Group on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, purportedly shows Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh standing in a cage just before being burned to death by his captors. The death of the 26-year-old pilot, who fell into the hands of the militants in December when his Jordanian F-16 crashed near Raqqa, Syria, followed a weeklong drama over a possible prisoner exchange. (AP Photo/SITE Intelligence Group)

Muath al-Kaseasbeh to be avenged with ‘earth-shaking’ response, says Jordan

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times