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Article: Roundup: Leaders arrive for Arab League summit
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- March 29, 2009
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Roundup: Leaders arrive for Arab League summit
DOHA, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Arab leaders are arriving here for a
two-day summit aimed at unifying Arab stances on a series of
challenges facing the region, scheduled for Monday and Tuesday in
the Qatari capital city of Doha.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir arrived here Sunday afternoon
despite the International Criminal Court's (ICC?s) arrest warrant
for him. At Saturday's Arab League foreign ministers' meeting,
Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem
bin Jabr al-Thani said the Sudan issue will be one of the main
topics to be addressed at the summit.
Bashir was received in the Doha International Airport by Qatari ...