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Gulf ministers in urgent meet over Arab uprisings

Foreign ministers of the six Gulf Arab states focus on unrest in Bahrain, Oman and Yemen

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The United Arab Emirates' Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan reads a statement at the opening of a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Foreign ministers, focused on the unrest in Bahrain, Oman and Yemen, on March 7, 2011 in Abu Dhabi. The six Gulf Arab states appealed to the UN Security Council to protect civil

Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah is pictured at the opening of a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Foreign ministers, focused on the unrest in Bahrain, Oman and Yemen, on March 7, 2011 in Abu Dhabi (AFP/Getty Images)

Omani Foreign Minister Yussef bin Alawi bin Abdullah is pictured at the opening of a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Foreign ministers, focused on the unrest in Bahrain, Oman and Yemen, on March 7, 2011 in Abu Dhabi (AFP/Getty Images)

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal is pictured at the opening of a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Foreign ministers, focused on the unrest in Bahrain, Oman and Yemen, on March 7, 2011 in Abu Dhabi (AFP/Getty Images)

Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor Al Thani is pictured at the opening of a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Foreign ministers, focused on the unrest in Bahrain, Oman and Yemen, on March 7, 2011 in Abu Dhabi (AFP/Getty Images)

United Arab Emirates’ Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan gives a press conference after a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) Foreign ministers on March 7, 2011 in Abu Dhabi. The Gulf Arab states announced their support for imposing a no-fly zone over Libya, amid divisions among the major powers over military intervention in the North African nation (AFP/Getty Images)

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal (L) and Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Mohammad Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah (R) to attend a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) (AFP/Getty Images)

Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) General Secretary Abdul Rahman bin Hamad Al-Attiyah addresses journalists as he arrives for a meeting of GCC’s Foreign ministers, focused on the unrest in Bahrain, Oman and Yemen, on March 7, 2011 in Abu Dhabi (AFP/Getty Images)

Omani Foreign Minister Yussef bin Alawi bin Abdullah addresses journalists as he arrives for a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) Foreign ministers, focused on the unrest in Bahrain, Oman and Yemen, on March 7, 2011 in Abu Dhabi (AFP/Getty Images)

General picture taken at the opening of a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Foreign ministers focused on the unrest in Bahrain, Oman and Yemen, on March 7, 2011 in Abu Dhabi (AFP/Getty Images)

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