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Arab nations rejected Saddam exile plan From correspondents in Dubai29-10-2005 From: Reuters   Deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had secretly accepted a last-minute plan to go into exile to avert the 2003 Iraq war, but Arab leaders shot the proposal down, Al Arabiya television reported today.UAE President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan made the proposal for Saddam to go into exile at an emergency Arab summit just weeks before the US-led war began in March 2003. But the 22-member Arab League, led by Secretary-General Amr Moussa, refused to consider the initiative. "We had got the final agreement from the...

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine - President Bush shuttered the White House to business Friday and escaped - with a gaggle of daughters, wayward pets, nieces, nephews and brothers - for a long birthday weekend at the seaside compound where his family has spent summers for more than 100 years. First up: a spin in his father's speedboat with daughter Jenna. No driving privileges for the birthday boy, though; it was the former president at the wheel when the boat zipped into a cove, and the current president called out to neighbors that he felt great. The president, who turns 56 today, flew...