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• v  meet formally
  The council convened last week
• v  call together
  The students were convened in the auditorium

• The Save the Earth forum decided a convene a emergent meeting on the oil spill.
• The interim President pledged to convene elections as soon as it was possible.
• The United Nations proposed to convene a meeting of all members to discuss a way out of the present imbroglio.

• convoke

News & Articles

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• GDS International Leads the Way for the Pharmaceutical Industry at its Upcoming NGP DD 30 Summit in Madrid
  MADRID, June 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On 9 th - 11 th September, a selection of the region's most prominent C-level executives from across the pharmaceutical industry will convene at the Sheraton Mirasierra ...
  June 12, 2013 - PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
• Turkish prime minister to convene party leadership
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey's prime minister prepared to convene his party leadership Saturday as anti-government protests enter their ninth day, with thousands of people still occupying Istanbul's central Taksim Square.
  June 8, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• Turkey's PM to convene party leadership
  ISTANBUL (AP) — Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan prepared to convene his party leadership Saturday as anti-government protests enter their ninth day, with thousands of people still occupying Istanbul's central Taksim Square.
  June 8, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in FOXNews
  It will require doing all we can to get exploding deficits under control as our economy begins to recover,Obama said in his weekend Internet and radio address. "That work begins on Monday, when I will convene a fiscal summit of independent...
• President Bush in Telegraph.co.uk
  When this meeting happens, Mr Bush said: "America and other nations will set a long-term global goal for reducing greenhouse gases. To develop this goal, the United States will convene a series of meetings of nations that produce the most greenhouse...
• Frank McAveety in BBC News
  Any decision to convene parliament will be a clear repudiation of the Memorandum of Understanding, and an indication beyond reasonable doubt of ZANU-PF's unwillingness to continue to be part of the talks. In short convening parliament decapitates... Tendai Biti http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tendai_Biti&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHRkO36-3Sftj6xxZkiu3YuQZvuzA Reuters http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSLK20548220080820&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGNwGblUDWD_fze0zp5sICX7n98xg Aug 20, 2008 22003 29545 convener Mr McAveety, who is married, added: I am proud of the progress made during my time as convener and that it has become much more accessible to the public. I would like to reiterate my apology for any offence which my comments may have caused."