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DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 29JAN10 – H.M. King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is captured during the session ‘Conversation with the King of Jordan’ at the Annual Meeting 2010 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 29, 2010.
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Islamic Opposition Calls For Sweeping Reforms as Thousands Protest in Jordan Amid Dictatorship Stalling on Democracy

Islamists protest after Jordan king calls early polls

AFP – Thousands of Islamists demonstrated in central Amman to call for reforms on Friday, just hours after King Abdullah II dissolved parliament and called early polls without any major political change. “We demand constitutional reform before the people revolt. The people want to reform the regime. | Democracy, elections and voting

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