ARAB SUMMIT ADOPTS REFORM DOCUMENT
(al Jazeera)
The 13-point blueprint approved on Sunday affirms the determination of Arab leaders to pursue and intensify the process of political, economic, social and educational reforms according to the choice of their individual societies, their cultural and religious values and their own possibilities.
Other points call for fighting terrorism and expanding the bases of democracy and promoting human rights as well as women's rights.
In its preamble, the document links reforms to a just settlement of the conflicts facing the region, particularly the Palestinian conflict.
ARAB LEADERS ADOPT AGENDA ENDORSING SOME CHANGE
(The New York Times)
In hammering out the agreements at the Arab League meeting, there were endless arguments among members over everything from semantics to how the response to the Americans would be organized. It even delayed the final session for two hours on Sunday. Arab diplomats said, for example, that Syria had objected to the use of the word "reform," since its antonym in Arabic is "corruption" - implying by default that all current Arab governments are corrupt. So the final document stresses "development and modernization."
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