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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Jordan's king puts half-brother under formal house arrest

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Jordan king has gone public with a royal rift with his half-brother and formalized the former crown prince's house arrest, calling him “erratic” in an unprecedented harshly worded public letter published Thursday.

King Abdullah II said in a public letter that he had approved measures to detain Prince Hamzah in his palace and restrict his communications and movements, citing his half brother’s “erratic behavior and aspirations.”

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