Jordan’s King Hussein received a jubilant welcome home following six months of cancer treatment at the Mayo Clinic in the United States. Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat was among those welcoming the monarch, who was beaming after he piloted his plane into the airport in the Amman airport. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent Hussein a message of well wishes, and two Israeli air force jets escorted the king’s plane as it flew over Israeli airspace en route to Jordan.
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