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A customer (L) speaks to a shop vendor at a market in Amman January 24, 2011. Jordan's Prime Minister Samir al-Rifai, under fire from an enraged public over high food prices, announced
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Jordanian Prime Minister Samir al-Rifai (L) accepts congratulations from President of the House of Representatives Faisal Al Fayez (R) after winning the vote of confidence in the House of Representatives in Amman
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