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WASHINGTON – Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is responding cautiously to President Bush’s proposal for a provisional Palestinian state ruled by a “new anddifferent Palestinian leadership.” Arafat said that only the Palestinian people can decide whom their leaders should be, butadded that the speech represented “a serious effort to push the …

WASHINGTON – The American general who would run a war against Iraq is quietly assembling hundreds of battle planners in the Persian Gulf nation of Qatar for a war game that will test their ability to command and coordinate land, sea and air forces throughout the region. Although planning for …

JERUSALEM – Israeli soldiers stopped two Palestinians in a car at a checkpoint in the West Bank Saturday and found an explosive belt inside, the army said. The men were stopped at Tappuah junction, south of Nablus and later taken in for questioning. The belt was detonated, an army spokesman …