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		<title>Algeria seeks Arab League top post rotation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The rotation of the post of Arab League secretary general among the member countries is &#8220;a perfectly sensible&#8221; move that should be adopted by the Arab states, a senior Algerian official said. &#8220;The nature of regional and international organizations comprised of several national members is to rotate posts,&#8221; Abdelaziz Belkhadem, the personal representative of the Algerian president, said. &#8220;This is a matter of logic and common sense. All Arab states should discuss it. If there is a consensus that the Secretary General should be an Egyptian national, so be it. However, if the member states agree on rotating the post among them, then the agreement should be implemented. Either way, we should ensure that logic and law prevail over tradition,&#8221; Belkhadem told Algerian daily Echerouk on Tuesday. Belkhadem&#8217;s call was made a few weeks before the Arab League holds its annual summit in Libya on March 30. Belkhadem insists that the issue should be debated then. In its 65-year history, the Arab League has had six secretaries general, five of whom were from Egypt. Chedli Kelibi, a Tunisian national, was in charge of the League when its headquarters were moved to Tunisia in 1979 following the suspension of Egypt after [...]]]></description>
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