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Jordan's King Abdullah meets with Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron at the Royal Palace in Amman November 7, 2012.
Yousef Allan / Royal Palace / HO / Reuters
King Abdullah of Jordan, center, is greeted by residents as he waves from his vehicle during a visit to the southern tribal area of Tafila on June 13, 2011
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King Abdullah II of Jordan
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King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, left, welcomes Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari in Riyadh in 2008
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King Abdullah Economic City being built in Saudi Arabia, when completed. in 20 years, it will be the size of Washington DC and have a projected population of over 1.4 million people.
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King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz of Saudi Arabia.
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Vice President Dick Cheney walks with Saudi King Abdullah, in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, May 12, 2007. The man between them is a translator.
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King Abdullah
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Saudi King Abdullah (L) welcomes Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa on his arrival at Riyadh Airport, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 23rd, 2011.
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audi King Abdullah, left, and Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, talk to eachother as they step off the plane upon their arrival at Rafik Hariri international airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday, July 30, 2010.
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Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, right, speaks with U.S. President Barack Obama during a welcoming reception at the King's ranch outside Riyadh
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Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud (L) greets US President Barack Obama at the King Khaled international airport in Riyadh on June 3.
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Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz addresses the closing session of the Arab Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 29, 2007.
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Saudi King Abdullah greets President Bush at King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh, on May 16.
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King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud
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King Abdullah II of Jordan
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King Abdullah and Queen Rania with food and medicine for Palestinians
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Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, left, and Syrian President Bashar Assad at al-Shaab palace in Damascus on Oct. 7, 2009
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From right: Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Jordanian King Abdullah II, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas listen to U.S. President Barack Obama make a statement on Middle East peace at the White House on Sept. 1, 2010
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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, meets with King Abdullah II of Jordan in Amman
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President Bush and Saudi King Abdullah watch a display of the King's horses at Al Janadriyah Farm in Al Janadriyah, Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah (R) talks with Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh (L) and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal after their meeting in Jeddah Tuesday 06 February 2007.
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The first office and residential towers rise in King Abdullah Economic City
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Jordan's King Abdullah backs the war on terror
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U.S. President George W. Bush meets Jordan's King Abdullah II at the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, shakes hands with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as Jordan's King Abdullah II, second from right, and Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, sit, during their statements in the East Room of the White House.
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Barack Obama, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and King Abdullah II of Jordan gather in the White House for Middle East peace talks on Sept. 1, 2010
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Barack Obama, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan's King Abdullah II, from left, walk through Cross Hall on their way to the East Room to give a joint statement on the Middle East peace talks at the White House on Sept. 1, 2010
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