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Saudi King Invites Ahmadinejad Rival To International Conference

Saudi King Abdallah has invited Hashemi Rafsanjani, the main political rival of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to participate in an international conference on intra-Islam discourse.

The king stressed the importance of Rafsanjani's participation, "because of the high status accorded to him by the Islamic world."

Source: Mehr, Iran, May 14, 2008

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