Syria's been throwing up all day

Many Muslim countries including Egypt, Syria, and Algeria skipped a summit meeting opening a two-day conference with the European Union. After agreeing to attend, many of the top leaders of these nations announced that they could not, like King Mohammed VI of Morocco, who said he had business with Japan; President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, whose grandma died; and President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria, who had to wash his hair.