Abdullah faces difficult mission as he picks up Hussein's mantle.

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | February 8, 1999| | Copyright

AMMAN, Jordan _ ``His Majesty, King Abdullah,'' announced a somber senate leader, Zeid Al Rafai, tears welling in his eyes as Jordan's new monarch walked to the podium, and indeed the world stage.

For most Jordanians, Sunday's swearing-in ceremony marked the first time they heard anybody other than Hussein addressed as their king, and even the act of uttering the title seems to stick in the craw.

Abdullah, Hussein's 37-year-old eldest son, faces a mission impossible as he tries to pick up the mantle of his beloved father.

Ruling Jordan for nearly ...

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