British Prime Minister Tony Blair spoke to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over the weekend, and Straw said he held talks with his Syrian counterpart Farouk al-Sharaa on Friday.

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Interestingly enough, however, Farouk Al-Hijazi was not on the list of 55 most-wanted Iraqi officials that was drafted by the U.S. military.

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Mr Clinton's comments follow a week of top-level negotiations at Shepherdstown, West Virginia, attended by Mr Barak, and the Syrian Foreign Minister, Farouk al-Sharaa.

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Syria, meanwhile, sent only its foreign minister, Farouk al-Shara.

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As part of the school's summer program, Khan spent a month in Egypt and two weeks in Dubai, where he attended meetings with corporate and government officials, including Farouk al-Okdah, a Wharton alumnus and governor of the Central Bank of Egypt.

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