Qatari club Al-Gharafa's Bilal Mohammed (L) fights for the ball with Saudi Arabian club Al-Shabab's Nasser Alshamrani during their AFC Champions League soccer match in Doha March 10, 2009. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR SPORT SOCCER) 

Saudi Arabian club Al-Shabab's Marcelo Camacho (8) of Brazil scores the team's first goal against Qatari club Al-Gharafa during their AFC Champions League soccer match in Doha March 10, 2009. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR SPORT SOCCER) 

Saudi Arabian club Al-Shabab's players celebrate after they scored a goal against Qatari club Al-Gharafa during their AFC Champions League soccer match at the Al-Gharafa stadium in Doha March 10, 2009. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR SPORT SOCCER) 

Saudi Arabian club Al-Shabab's players celebrate after they scored a goal against Qatari club Al-Gharafa during their AFC Champions League soccer match at the Al-Gharafa stadium in Doha March 10, 2009. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR SPORT SOCCER) 

Qatari club Al-Gharafa's Bilal Mohammed (C) fights for the ball with Saudi Arabian club Al-Shabab's Abdulaziz Saran (L) during their AFC Champions League soccer match in Doha March 10, 2009. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR SPORT SOCCER) 

Saudi Arabian club Al-Shabab's Abdulaziz Saran (R) celebrates after scoring against Al-Gharafa during their AFC Champions League soccer match in Doha March 10, 2009. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR SPORT SOCCER) 

Qatari club Al-Gharafa's Saad Al-Shammari (rear) fights for the ball with Saudi Arabian club Al-Shabab's Marcelo Camacho of Brazil during their AFC Champions League soccer match in Doha March 10, 2009. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR SPORT SOCCER) 

Players of Saudi Arabian club Al-Shabab celebrate after scoring against Al-Gharafa during their AFC Champions League soccer match in Doha March 10, 2009. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR SPORT SOCCER) 

Qatari club Al-Gharafa's Othman Al-Assaas (L) fights for the ball with Saudi Arabian club Al-Shabab's Abdo Autef during their AFC Champions League soccer match in Doha March 10, 2009. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR SPORT SOCCER) 

Qatari club Al-Gharafa's Lawrence Quaye (L) fights for the ball with Saudi Arabian club Al-Shabab's Talal Al-Bloushi during their AFC Champions League soccer match in Doha March 10, 2009. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR SPORT SOCCER) 

Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal (L) holds a joint news conference with Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa at the end of a day long meeting with Arab foreign ministers in Kuwait City January 16, 2009. Arab foreign ministers meet in Kuwait and other officials gather in Qatar on Friday to deal with the Israeli offensive in Gaza that has highlighted deep splits in the Arab world. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee (KUWAIT) 

Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal holds a joint news conference with Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa at the end of a day long meeting with Arab foreign ministers in Kuwait City January 16, 2009. Arab foreign ministers meet in Kuwait and other officials gather in Qatar on Friday to deal with the Israeli offensive in Gaza that has highlighted deep splits in the Arab world. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee (KUWAIT) 

Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal sits with Arab League Secretary General Amr Mousa at the start of a meeting with Arab foreign ministers in Kuwait January 16, 2009. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee (KUWAIT) 

Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal (R) sits with Arab League Secretary General Amr Mousa at the start of a meeting with Arab foreign ministers in Kuwait January 16, 2009. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee (KUWAIT) 

General view of the Arab foreign ministers meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, December 31, 2008. Arab foreign ministers met to seek a common position in response to Israeli attacks which have killed 385 people in Gaza. REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT) 

Al Hilal's Ahmed Al Suwalih (2nd R) and Ronald Raildes (2nd L) fight for the ball with Al Raed's Abed Al Ilah Housari (R) and Tareq Mira (L) during their Saudi Super League soccer match in Riyadh September 18, 2008. REUTERS/Fahad Shadeed (SAUDI ARABIA) 

Nebojsa Vuckovic, coach of Saudi Arabian team Al-Ahli, controls the ball during a training session at the al-Sadd stadium in preparation for the AFC Champions League soccer match against al-Sadd, in Doha March 11, 2008. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR) 

Nebojsa Vuckovic of Serbia (2nd R), coach of Saudi Arabian team Al-Ahli, talks to his players during a training session at the al-Sadd stadium in preparation for the AFC Champions League soccer match against al-Sadd, in Doha March 11, 2008. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR) 

Nebojsa Vuckovic (C) of Serbia, coach of Saudi Arabian team Al-Ahli, talks to his players during a training session at the al-Sadd stadium in preparation for the AFC Champions League match against al-Sadd, in Doha March 11, 2008. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR) 

Nebojsa Vuckovic of Serbia, coach of Saudi Arabian team Al-Ahli, smiles before a training session at the al-Sadd stadium in preparation for the AFC Champions League match against al-Sadd, in Doha March 11, 2008. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR) 

Al-Ahli's Husain Abdulghani of Saudi Arabia controls the ball during a training session at the al-Sadd stadium in preparation for the AFC Champions League match against al-Sadd, in Doha March 11, 2008. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR) 

Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Mouallem (L) and Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa gesture as Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit (top L) looks on before a meeting at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo January 6, 2008. Syria and Lebanon's parliamentary majority leader support an Arab plan to end the constitutional crisis in Lebanon, which has not had a president since November 23, diplomatic and political sources said on Sunday. REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT) 

Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal's coach Cosmin Olaroiu of Romania watches the GCC championship league soccer match between his club and Oman's Masqat in Doha August 27, 2007. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR) 

Omani club Masqat's Mohammed Taqi fights for the ball with Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal's Abd Alaziz Khatran (19) during their GCC championship league soccer match in Doha August 27, 2007. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (QATAR) 

Hamzi Masri (R) of Ansar club battles for the ball with Mohamed Soweid of Al Kadisiya club during their match at the Arabian Champions League in Beirut October 22, 2006. REUTERS/Ayman Saidi (LEBANON) 

Saad Hafez (L) of Ansar club battles for the ball with Mohamed Soweid of Al Kadisiya club during their match at the Arabian Champions League in Beirut October 22, 2006. REUTERS/Ayman Saidi (LEBANON) 

Msaad Al-Anzi (13) of Al Kadisiya scores against Lebanon's Ansar club during their match at the Arabian Champions League in Beirut October 22, 2006. REUTERS/Ayman Saidi (LEBANON) 

Al-Ahli's Sabin Cedric (top) jumps over Shabab Al-Ordon's Rafaat Jalal during their Arabian Champions League soccer match in Doha September 17, 2006. REUTERS/Fadi AL-Assaad (QATAR) 

Al-Ahli's Sabin Cedric (top) jumps over Shabab Al-Ordon's Shadi Nazmi during their Arabian Champions League soccer match in Doha September 17, 2006. REUTERS/Fadi AL-Assaad (QATAR) 

Al-Ahli's Sabin Cedric (L) fights for the ball with Shabab Al-Ordon's Saleh Taha during their Arabian Champions League soccer match in Doha September 17, 2006. REUTERS/Fadi AL-Assaad (QATAR) 

Jordanian fans cheer Al-Wehdat club during their Arabian Champions League qualifying soccer match with Bahrain's Ahli Bahrain club at King Abdullah Stadium in Amman November 24, 2005. Al-Wehdat won 3-1. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji 

Goalkeeper Ali Saied (L) from Bahrain's Ahli Bahrain and Hassan Abdull-Fatah from Jordan's Al-Wehdat club fight for the ball during their Arabian Champions League qualifying soccer match at King Abdullah Stadium in Amman November 24, 2005. Al-Wehdat won 3-1. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji 

Bahrain's Ahli Bahrain club's Mohamed Hussein (R) and goalkeeper Ali Saied (L) defend against Amer Zeeb from Jordan's Al-Wehdat club during their Arabian Champions League qualifying soccer match at King Abdullah Stadium in Amman November 24, 2005. Al-Wehdat won 3-1. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji 

Ahmed al-Hujairi (L) from Bahrain's Ahli Bahrain club tackles Mustafa Shehada from Jordan's Al-Wehdat club during their Arabian Champions League qualifying soccer match at King Abdullah Stadium in Amman November 24, 2005. Al-Wehdat won 3-1. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji 

Mahmoud Shelbayah (L) from Jordan's Al-Wehdat club tackles Mohamed Hussein from Bahrain's Ahli Bahrain club during their Arabian Champions League qualifying soccer match at King Abdullah Stadium in Amman November 24, 2005. Al-Wehdat won 3-1. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji 

Mahmoud Shelbayah (R) from Jordan's Al-Wehdat club tackles Mohamed Hussein from Bahrain's Ahli Bahrain club during their Arabian Champions League qualifying soccer match at King Abdullah Stadium in Amman November 24, 2005. Al-Wehdat won 3-1. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji 

Iraqi soccer player Hisham Fyad of Al-Zawra club (L) fights for the ball with Algerian player Mousa Kulenali of Moladiah club during their Arabian Champions League qualifying soccer match at King Abdullah Stadium in Amman November 21, 2005. Algeria won 3-1. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji 

Iraqi soccer player Mohaned Naser (R) of Al-Zawra club tackles Algerian player Deriad Baeiti of Moladiah club during their Arabian Champions League qualifying soccer match at King Abdullah Staduim in Amman November 21, 2005. Algeria won 3-1.REUTERS/Ali Jarekji 

Iraqi soccer player Hussein Abed al-Wahed (L) of Al-Zawra club takes a shot as Algerian Kamal bu Asseda (R) of Moladiah club looks on during their Arabian Champions League qualifying soccer match at King Abdullah Stadium in Amman November 21, 2005. Algeria won 3-1. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji 

Iraqi soccer player Omar Waleed of Al-Zawra club (L) runs for the ball while Algerian players Mousa Kulenali (R) and Ismail Shawa of Moladiah club look on during their Arabian Champions League qualifying soccer match at King Abdullah Stadium in Amman November 21, 2005. Algeria won 3-1. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji 

Supporters of Al Ittihad, Saudi Arabian soccer team, arrive with their team's mascot "tiger" before the final match of the Asian Football Confederation Champions league in Jeddah November 5, 2005. Al Ittihad face Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates in the second leg of the final in Jeddah and will be hoping to celebrate another major victory, following the national team's triumph in June when they qualified for next year's World Cup finals in Germany. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim 

A supporter of Al Ittihad, Saudi Arabian soccer team, shows a victory sign as he arrives for the final match of Asian Football Confederation Champions league in Jeddah November 5, 2005. Al Ittihad face Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates in the second leg of the final in Jeddah and will be hoping to celebrate another major victory following the national team's triumph in June when they qualified for next year's World Cup finals in Germany. REUTERS/Zainal Abd Halim 

Saudi Arabian club Al Ittihad's Marzouk Al Otaibi (3rd L) celebrates his goal with his team mates during the second half of the semi-final first-leg match of the AFC Champions League against South Korean club Busan I'Park at Gudeok stadium in Pusan, South Korea, September 28, 2005. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won 

Saudi Arabian club Al Ittihad's Marzouk Al Otaibi (R) is challenged by South Korean club Busan I'Park's Bae Hyo-sung during the semifinal first-leg match of the AFC Champions League at Gudeok stadium in Pusan, South Korea, September 28, 2005. Al Ittihad won over Busan I'Park by 5-0. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won 

Saudi Arabian club Al Ittihad's Mohamed Kallon (R) challenges South Korean Busan I'Park's Yoon Hee-jun during the first half of their semi-final first-leg match of the AFC Champions League at Gudeok stadium in Pusan, South Korea, September 28, 2005. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won 

Muhammad Zuhair of Jordan fights for the ball with Paulo De Silva of Saudi Arabia during soccer match in Amman. Muhammad Zuhair (R) of Jordan fights for the ball with Paulo De Silva of Saudi Arabia during their tournament of the Arabian Champions League soccer match at the Al-Hussein stadium in Amman February 22, 2005. The match ended 2-2. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji 

Abed al-Ilah al-Hanahna (R) of Jordan, fights for the ball with Muhammad al-Shlhoub of Saudi Arabia, during their Arabian Champions League soccer match at the Al-Hussein stadium in Amman February 22, 2005. The match was drawn 2-2. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji AJ/dbp 

Supporters of Nawaz Sharif's Muslim League chant anti-government slogans during funeral prayer of Mian Mohammad Sharif in Raiwind, about 15 km (9 miles) from the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore November 1, 2004. Sharif, the father of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, died in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah on Friday. Relatives attended the funeral in Pakistan on Monday but Nawaz did not try to return from exile for the burial because the government set conditions, his family said. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza MK 

Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Osman Ismail and his Saudi Arabian counterpart Saud al Faisal before the start of an emergency Arab League meeting in Cairo. Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Osman Ismail (L) and his Saudi Arabian counterpart Saud al Faisal (R) sit next to each other at an emergency Arab League meeting in Cairo August 8, 2004. Sudan sought Arab help on Sunday to head off possible sanctions threatened by the United Nations if Khartoum fails to rein in marauding militiamen accused of genocide and ethnic cleansing in its western Darfur region. (BEST AVAILABLE QUALITY) REUTERS/Mona Sharaf 

England's Amor Simon (centre) and Arabian Gulf's Nicolas Marco (R) in a
tussle for the ball as Mark Cathercole during the Dubai Rugby 7's
tournament at Dubai Rugby Club on December 6, 2002. REUTERS/Anwar
Mirza

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Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud el-Faisal (L) speaks to his
Sudanese counterpart Mustafa Osman Ismail before the start of an Arab
Foreign Ministers meeting in Cairo September 5, 2002. The two-day Arab
League meeting in Cairo focused on U.S. threats to topple Iraqi
President Saddam Hussein. REUTERS/Mona Sharaf

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Palestinians demonstrate in front of the Arab leage offices in
Damascus, March 25, 2002, to support of the Palestinian uprising
against Israeli occupation. The demonstration was staged as
preparations went ahead for a March 27-28 Arab summit in Beirut where
leaders will focus on a Saudi Arabian Middle East peace proposal and
oppose any U.S. military action against Baghdad. REUTERS/Khaled
al-Hariri

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A Lebanese worker fixes the symbol of the Arab League next to the Saudi
Arabian flag on the right at the main conference hall at the Phoenicia
hotel in Beirut March 22, 2002. Syria is poised to jump on the
bandwagon of the Saudi Middle East peace proposal at next week's Arab
League summit in Beirut. REUTERS/ Jamal Saidi REUTERS

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Players Philip Hect (C) Doug Wood (2nd from R) and Zach Fleck (R) of the Saudi Arabian American Little League team from Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, celebrate getting the final out of the game at second base against Canada's Jonathan Alves (L) of the Toronto High Park Little League from Toronto, Ontario, at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, August 23, 2000. Dhahran won 3-1 to end their World series record at 1-2 while Canada finished a disappointing 0-3.

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Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minster Prince Saoud al-Fayasal past posters of Lebanese victims of Israeli attacks on south Lebanon, during the opening meeting of the Arab League at the Grand Saray in Beirut March 11. Arab League Foreign Ministers gathered on Saturday in a show of support for Lebanon and Syria at a time when hopes for peace with Israel are vying with warnings of war.

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Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal listens to the opening session of an Arab League Foreign Ministers Meeting March 22. Arab Foreign Ministers gathered at the League's headquarters to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its foundation