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White House defends G-8 guest list

SEA ISLAND (GEORGIA), JUNE 8. The U.S. President, George W. Bush's National Security Adviser on Monday criticised the Arabic-language broadcaster Al-Jazeera for ``purely inaccurate'' reporting, suggesting the Qatar-based satellite station was presenting a biased account of developments in West Asia. Ms. Rice's complaint came as she and other administration officials defended their Arab-world guest list for this week's international economic summit here. Many key players in the region — including Egypt and Saudi Arabia — will not be attending, though efforts to promote democracy in West Asia are a key theme of this year's Group of Eight summit.

The G-8 members will meet on Wednesday the leaders of Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Jordan, Turkey, Yemen and a representative of the Iraqi interim Government to discuss Mr. Bush's proposal for a broader West Asia initiative.

AP

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