Capital punishment
March 22nd 2007 Considering the capital cities that surround it - Jerusalem to the west, Damascus to the north, Beirut and Cairo just a short flight away - it’s hard to get all fired up about Amman. This town is like the Nick Nolte of the Middle East: impossible to love or hate, largely forgettable, but able to make a good showing now and then. You don’t easily take to the dusty downtown, to the rows of apar
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