Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied an Israel Radio report that he had agreed to a redeployment from an additional 13 percent of the West Bank on condition there be no further redeployments prior to launching final-status negotiations. Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright concluded a meeting in London with Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat without reaching a breakthrough, according to a U.S. State Department spokesman.
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