31.   Also attending the regional summit are President Hassan Gouled Aptidon of Djibouti, President Isaias Afeworki of Eritrea and Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.

32.   As a result, Egypt threatened to cancel an upcoming regional economic summit it is to host in Cairo in November.

33.   At a regional summit in Brazil last month, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez expressed his fear that the U.S. military presence could increase the violence in the region.

34.   At a regional summit in neighboring Tanzania last month, Ntibantunganya and Nduwayo both called for outside help.

35.   Askanian was in Istanbul for a regional summit of Black Sea states.

36.   At their last meeting during a regional summit in Sri Lanka, the two men failed to agree on how to resume negotiations on Kashmir.

37.   Aznar and the group were expected to arrive in Panama following a regional summit in Venezuela.

38.   Balkan leaders and European Union officials at a regional summit in Skopje last week jointly expressed fears of unrest spreading.

39.   Burundi tensions raise concern at regional summit.

40.   But Qatari officials have adamantly denied the charges, suggesting that the arrests were made to disrupt a regional summit to be held in Qatar on Saturday.