Sat Mar 1, 6:37 AM ET Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi laughs before the start of an Arab League summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, March 1, 2003. Arab foreign ministers dismissed on Friday U.S. pressure to urge President Saddam Hussein to resign, as Arab leaders meet for talks on bridging long-standing rifts and averting war. REUTERS/Aladin Abdel Naby