BBC Gets It Right

Better coverage from BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12866531

A man has died after Jordanian security forces used batons and sprayed water to disperse a clash between pro-monarchy and pro-reform demonstrators in Amman.

Amer Khairy Saad told Reuters that his father, Khairy, had died in hospital.

He said police had beaten him as they were trying to disperse the opposing crowds who had gathered near the interior ministry in the capital.

Medics at Prince Hamzeh hospital confirmed his death to AFP news agency, without specifying the cause.

BBC was the only one to get things right back in February: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12341039

Many people in Jordan have questioned the wisdom of King Abdullah in appointing Marouf Bakhit to head the country’s new government.

Other critics point out that he did not achieve many of the reforms he promised during his last tenure and they wonder what he will accomplish this time around.