On a recent morning Nardelli sat alone in the front row of the 250-seat amphitheater at Chrysler's headquarters for a monthly quality review session.

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Afterwards, Egypt's Grand Imam summoned rival political factions, youth groups and church officials to the headquarters of al-Azhar, the 1, 000-year-old institution that is the top seat of Sunni Islam.

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