The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (R), and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat wait for the start of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (ICO) in Doha on October 10, 2001. The Emir, head of the world's biggest Islamic organisation, the ICO, condemned the attacks on the USA, but said as he opened the emergency meeting of the group that retaliation should not harm civilians. —REUTERS