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			<description><![CDATA[President condemns air strikes, Arab League calls for urgent meeting on Sunday.]]></description>
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			<title>Arab summit to focus on unemployment, poverty</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[First-ever economic talks planned for Kuwait will also look at boosting inter-Arab trade.]]></description>
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			<title>Failure to create Palestinian state 'serious mistake'</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Jordan's king says creating an independent Palestinian state would stablise region.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Chief Amr Mussa 'surprised', expresses reproach that gov't still has not been formed.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Months of feuding set to end as parliament convenes to elect army chief Michel Sleiman president.]]></description>
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			<title>Hezbollah handed deadline to respond to proposals</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Group has until Wednesday to decide on proposals aimed at solving political crisis.]]></description>
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			<title>Qatar pushes proposals to end Lebanon deadlock</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Saudi accuses Tehran of backing 'coup' in Lebanon that brought country close to civil war.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Arab ministers prepare team to try to stop nation descending into civil war.]]></description>
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			<title>Arab ministers divided over Lebanon</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Draft resolution draws opposition over implicit condemnation of Hezbollah.]]></description>
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			<title>Arab nations urged to pressure Iran on UAE islands dispute</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Issue to be raised at next session to Arab Parliament, deputy speaker says.]]></description>
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			<title>Arab League to hold Lebanon crisis meeting</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Foreign ministers to meet at emergency session to try and stem escalating violence. ]]></description>
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			<title>A 'device to shut the Arab mouth'</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Media experts slam controversial broadcast charter as 'censorial', 'overbroad' and 'harshly restrictive'.]]></description>
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			<title>Syria denies meddling in Lebanon affairs</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Al-Assad defends Syria in opening address at Arab summit boycotted by half region's leaders.]]></description>
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			<description><![CDATA[Rights group calls on Arab League to exert influence over country's gov't.]]></description>
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			<title>Broadcast charter must be watched closely</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Careful scrutiny needed to ensure freedom of expression not curbed, BBC official says.]]></description>
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			<title>Human Rights Watch calls to reject broadcast charter</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Charter will seriously impede right of people in Arab world, US-based group says.]]></description>
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			<title>Lebanon presidential vote pushed back yet again</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Vote postponed until March 11 due to continued deadlock, official says.]]></description>
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			<title>Mubarak in Saudi talks over Lebanon</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The first Arab Consumer and Brand Protection Forum has been developed to fight commercial fraud in the Middle East.]]></description>
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