(L-R) Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Sudan's President Omar Hassan

(L-R) Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi, Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and Tunisia's President Zine al Abidine Ben Ali talk during the opening of the two-day Arab Summit in Damascus March 29, 2008. The Arab summit opened in the Syrian capital Damascus on Saturday in the absence of Lebanon and of conservative Arab leaders critical of Syria's role in the Lebanese crisis.
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