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Jordan risks unrest with subsidy cuts
Keep an eye on Jordan next week where King Abdullah is set to announce further subsidy cuts to water and electricity to ease the country’s economic crisis. The last time… Continue reading
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Jordanians protest against King Abdullah
Large protests have gripped parts of the Jordanian capital, Amman, today in a country where criticism of the king is punishable by three years in prison. King Abdullah has been… Continue reading
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Abu Qatada and the problem of freedom-stomping friends - Spectator Blogs
And so, once again, the judges are in the dock for insisting that due process be followed even when, as in the case of Abu Qatada, it is inconvenient to… Continue reading
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Abu Qatada evades deportation, again
On any normal day, the fact that Abu Qatada has won his appeal against deportation would be a major news story. But today it has been pushed down the running… Continue reading
35 CommentsA Victory for the ECHR
As Pete said yesterday, the arrest and presumed deportation of Abu Qatada to Jordan is worth a cheer or two. So too is the fact that the British government orefers… Continue reading
10 CommentsAfter Abu Qatada
It has been a mixed news day so far as Britain’s relationship with the ECHR is concerned. There’s been the good stuff: Abu Qatada has been arrested and is set… Continue reading
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Cameron’s ECHR problems won’t end with a Qatada deal
The news that Theresa May will fly to Jordan to continue talks about Abu Qatada shows how close the government thinks it is to a deal with the Jordanians that… Continue reading
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Making a call on Qatada
The Prime Minister, we are told, has been trying to reach the King of Jordan to see if some kind of arrangement can be made so that Abu Qatada can… Continue reading
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Ignore the European Court and deport Abu Qatada tonight
The Al-Qaeda preacher Abu Qatada is a Jordanian national who is in the UK illegally (having come here in 1993 on a forged United Arab Emirates passport). The headache he… Continue reading
105 CommentsQueen’s gambit
Is Queen Rania of Jordan turning into the Marie Antoinette of Jordan? She is loved in the West, and seen as the very model of a modern Muslim monarch. But… Continue reading
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