The death toll from flash floods in Jordan rose to 12 on Saturday and the kingdom's main tourist attraction, the ancient city of Petra, was closed for cleanup after what local officials said was the biggest deluge in the area in decades.
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carat diamond for $35.3 million Friday, breaking a record as the highest price ever paid for a rough diamond.
Analysts had estimated the value of the stone, one of the 20 biggest high-quality rough diamonds, at around $25 million.
“It is fitting (...)
Jordan's King warned Wednesday that it would be a «serious mistake» to miss the chance for an Israel-Palestinian peace this year, as called for by U.S.
President George W. Bush.
King Abdullah II said that the Middle East must
«move out of this (...)
