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DATE: THURSDAY, August 5, 1993                   TAG: 9308050220
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A9   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: AMMAN,JORDAN                                LENGTH: Short

HUSSEIN DISSOLVES JORDAN'S PARLIAMENT

King Hussein dissolved Parliament on Wednesday and scheduled Jordan's first multiparty legislative elections in 37 years.

State-run Radio Jordan said the king issued a royal decree dissolving the 80-member lower house of Parliament,elected in November 1989.

The new elections were scheduled for Nov. 8. The announcement ended months of speculation as Hussein found himself facing a bloc of Muslim fundamentalists challenging the government's policies. Fundamentalists captured 22 seats in the 1989 vote.

- Associated Press 


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