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Sat 07 Jul 2008Arab leaders unsure of project
FRANCE:FRENCH PRESIDENT Nicolas Sarkozy may have high hopes for his Mediterranean Union initiative but Arab leaders are far more sceptical about a project some suspect will bring little benefit to their region.
A number will not attend Sunday's launch summit for different reasons, among them Libya's Muammar Gadafy who recently described the union as an "insult" to Arabs and Africans, saying the economic co-operation it envisaged was nothing more than "bait" to lure Arab states.
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