1.   Arafat, for example, registered strong objections about convening a summit in the first place.

2.   But the situation was so acute last year, FSB chief Nikolai Kovalyov convened a summit with former KGB officials now in the private sector.

3.   For more than a month, Clinton had been eager to convene a summit.

4.   However, Jones is concerned about voter fraud and will convene a summit on the problem, Washington added.

5.   In January, the president convened a summit of political, corporate and labor leaders and announced an emergency plan to fix the economy.

6.   Instead, he has indicated he will focus on welfare reform, convening a summit on the issue early next year.

7.   Pastrana canceled a trip to Paris and convened a summit of top security officials to deal with the attacks.

8.   A week later, the broader, multi-party, multi-sectoral summit was convened at PICC.

9.   Abdel Rahim said Arafat would tour Arab countries and urge them to convene a summit of foreign ministers to work on a unified Arab position.

10.   Abdel Rahman said a full Arab summit should be convened at which Arab countries take real action against Israel.