1) Hundreds of Arab and foreign dignitaries have gathered in the Syrian city of Aleppo for the opening ceremony at the start of its time as the Arab world's capital of Islamic culture for 2006
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2) President al-Assad Meets Prince Karim Agha Khan
DAMASCUS,(SANA)-President Bashar al-Assad received at al-Rawda Palace on Sunday His Highness Prince Karim Agha Khan, the Ismaelite Moslems Spiritual Leader.
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