Arab leaders to meet in Egyptian blast resort

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is expected to announce the holding of an Arab leaders summit next week in Sharm el-Sheikh, the target of Egypt’s deadliest ever terror attack, according to a copy of a speech Mubarak is due to deliver today.

The speech said the meeting is expected to be held on Wednesday in the Red Sea resort where three pre-dawn bombs killed 88 people on Saturday, according to hospital officials.

The Egyptian Health Ministry said 64 people died, but an unspecified number of body parts have not been identified.

Mubarak, president since 1981, is in the Nile Delta province of Menoufia, north of Cairo, where he is expected to announce his intention to stand in the September 7 elections, according to state-owned newspapers.