World IN BRIEF : TUNISIA : Arab League Agrees to Return to Cairo
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Foreign ministers of the Arab League agreed to move the group’s headquarters back to Cairo from Tunis, thus ending an arrangement that began in 1979 after Egypt was expelled from the league for making peace with Israel. According to Arab diplomatic sources, specialized economic and cultural agencies of the league will stay in Tunis. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had been campaigning for the Arab League’s return to Cairo since his government regained full membership in the organization in May.
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