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Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud called upon Jordanian tourists to travel by air to Lebanon instead of ground transport, saying that the price of a round ticket between Beirut and Jordan stands at only $206, which is considered to be low especially with the cancellation of the $80 tax imposed by the airports of the two countries.

With today's car-bomb striking at the heart of the Mideast's pleasure-capital Beirut, the real target of the Sassine Square blast has transpired to be Wissam al-Hassan. The senior security official was involved in intelligence work that put away pro-Syrian figures, and may be another Hariri-type assassination.

A glance back over the week's intrigue as Jordan got caught up with Libya: A Jordanian woman, who has worked as an adviser to embattled Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi for two decades, arrived in Amman last week, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.