Hussein visit
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King Hussein of Jordan is planning to perform a minor Muslim pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia next week, his first trip to the kingdom since ties were damaged by the Gulf war crisis, Reuter reports from Amman. It was not immediately clear whether King Hussein would be received by King Fahd, who normally grants courtesy audiences to most heads of state visiting his country to perform this Islamic ritual.
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