Guardian Unlimited: Jordan jitters over swelling Syrian refugee influx

Events in Syria are now causing real nervousness in neighbouring Jordan. Seventeen months into the uprising against Bashar al-Assad, the flow of refugees across the Hashemite kingdom's northern border is touching a raw nerve: the fear that another influx of needy foreigners will upset the country's much-vaunted stabilty. That's closely linked to the serious financial and logistical burden for a small and aid-dependent country that is already facing severe shortages of water and electricity...