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| | The “missing” observer, the “delegate” and Ople as foreign minister of Tajikistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | President Arroyo is listed as head of delegation of the Philippines, sharing the list on the page with the presidents, king, sultan and prime minister of OIC member-countries Iran, Oman, Jordan, Afghanistan, Burkina-Faso, Gambia, Indonesia, Mozambique and Lebanon, all of them with arrival schedules on October 15. |
 | | President Arroyo was here not as delegate but as guest, like Russian President Vladimir Putin, of retiring Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir, who also chairs the 10th Islamic Summit of heads of states. |
 | | Tajikistan, an OIC member, is a country located in Central Asia, west of China, with a population of 6.8 million. |
| www.mindanews.com /2003/10/17nws-ople.html (814 words) |
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