(L-R) Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi chats with Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during the opening of the two-day Arab Summit in Damascus March 29, 2008. The Arab summit opened in the Syrian capital Damascus on Saturday in the absence of Lebanon and of conservative Arab leaders critical of Syria's role in the Lebanese crisis. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi (SYRIA)