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U.S. President George W. Bush listens to Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Maher, during a roundtable meeting with Middle East leaders at an Arab-U.S. summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, Tuesday, June 3, 2003. Bush is joined by Secretary of State Colin Powell, left, and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice.

Arab Leaders Back Mideast Peace Road Map

SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt - Arab leaders, meeting with President Bush as he plunged into the labyrinth of Mideast peace talks, pledged on Tuesday to fight terror and violence and called on Israel to "rebuild trust and restore normal Palestinian life."

"We shall continue to work for a Middle East that is free of strife and violence, living in harmony without the threat of terrorism or dangers of weapons of mass destruction," Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said, reading a statement on behalf of the leaders of Jordan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian Authority — all friendly U.S. allies.

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Chirac Raps Iraq War, Sees No Iran Attack

EVIAN, France (Reuters) - French President Jacques Chirac repeated his condemnation of the Iraq war Tuesday and said a Group of Eight summit statement about weapons of mass destruction was not a green light for a similar attack on Iran.

Chirac, whose active opposition to the Iraq war caused a transatlantic rift that overshadowed the three-day summit, said he reiterated his stand to President Bush on Monday but agreed to work together to help reconstruct Iraq.