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  • 2016-06-26 (xsd:date)
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  • King Abdullah II Kills Queen Rania in Rome (id)
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  • On 24 June 2016, a shocking story suddenly appeared out of nowhere: Queen Rania, Jordan's beautiful consort to King Abdullah II bin al-Hussein, famous for her humanitarian work, was murdered by her husband in Rome. Why? Because of an affair she had, claimed the indifferently-punctuated article, with none other than the frontman to the band U2: The story quickly spread through social media and aggregation sites, but there's no truth to it. AWD News, the web site on which the story originated, doesn't have more than a nodding acquaintance with facts, instead playing on nationalistic fantasy and conspiracy theory to create alarming (and thus clickable and shareable) stories. AWD News' story also included the following passage: No such quote was published in the Moscow Times, nor could we find it reproduced in any article that is not a copy of the AWD News story. Other extremely dubious headlines that have appeared on the site include the following: European Union Unveils the Creation of 'EU Army' Hidden from British Voters Over the 'Danger of Russia,' Saudi Arabia offers Mark Zuckerberg $250 billion to buy Facebook and arrest the pro-democracy activists, say reports, and Assassins Who Killed British MP Jo Cox and Targeted Donald Trump Tied to UK Military, CIA. That last story alleges documents from the Kremlin's Foreign Intelligence Service show that the man who murdered Jo Cox and a man who threatened Donald Trump could be traced back to the same mental hospital. (Needless to say, no such documents exist.) If Queen Rania had indeed been murdered by King Abdullah II in Rome, the news wouldn't be leaked by a conspiracy-oriented web site out of Berlin. Also, if Queen Rania was indeed murdered on or before 24 June 2016, it's news to her, as she's still posting on social media: (en)
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