Jordan Releases 60 Detained Communists
From Reuters
AMMAN, Jordan —
The government Saturday freed about 60 members of the banned Communist Party detained since April on suspicion of inciting price riots, police officials said.
The Communists were rounded up April 20, accused of distributing leaflets urging people to take part in the riots.
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