Israel gave the Palestinian Authority control over Jericho. Israeli troops withdrew Wednesday from checkpoints around the West Bank city, the first of five to be handed over under last month’s cease-fire agreement reached by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
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