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Jordan's King Abdullah II. (AP)
Last update - 15:39 22/04/2008
Jordan's King to ask Bush to defer or cancel trip to Israel
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Jordan, U.S., King Abdullah 

adopted by Saudi Arabia and Egypt, who have been holding intensive talks with Abdullah over recent days ahead of the Jordanian king's visit to Washington on Wednesday.
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Abdullah was planning to travel to Washington for two days. The goal of this trip, sources in Jordan explained, was to assist in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and promote the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit has also visited Washington recently and met with senior U.S. government officials.

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      2.   Sheesh! Even the hired men are out of control 13:40  |  Natallie Durson 22/04/08
      3.   Makes sense! 13:55  |  lakshmi 22/04/08
      4.   HRH. Abdullah. Its not the peace accord. 14:01  |  Stephen. 22/04/08
      5.   Not such a statesman, this little King 14:08  |  x-ray 22/04/08
      6.   JORDAN IS PALESTINE - DEALWITH IT 14:24  |  steve 22/04/08
      7.   One of the Mid East Clowns Speaks 14:29  |  Mary 22/04/08
      8.   To Mr David Teich 14:38  |  Zouzou 22/04/08
      9.   Jordan`s King to ask Bush to defer or cancel trip to Israel 14:56  |  Hasan Hasan 22/04/08
      10.   Completely agree 14:57  |  Kay 22/04/08
      11.   Jordan`s King is upset.... 15:28  |  Lynn 22/04/08
      12.   Bush will wear a Zionist party hat 15:40  |  Harold 22/04/08
      13.   Heil Bush Das Chancellor 16:00  |  POP 22/04/08
      14.   FREE ISRAEL FROM PALESTINIANS..... 16:02  |  -)---- 22/04/08
      15.   I`m confident his father would have shown up 16:09  |  Raymond in DC 22/04/08
      16.   #2 16:15  |  Tam Tam 22/04/08
      17.   Anything To Save His Own Self 16:24  |  Yosemite 22/04/08
      18.   the king is right 16:24  |  abraham 22/04/08
      19.   Internal use, folks 16:45  |  Mark B. 22/04/08
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      21.   reply to David No. 1 16:56  |  Jackie 22/04/08
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      23.   Israel Is Our Best Friend In The Middle East 17:47  |  Dish It Out 22/04/08
      24.   # 13Actually that goes more like :Heil Bush, dem Kanzler(Fuehrer) 18:17  |  Kris Lazar 22/04/08
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      26.   Who Cares What Yet Another un-Elected Dictator has to Say ! 19:55  |  MIKE 22/04/08
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      31.   re exray 21:16  |  billy jack 22/04/08
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