Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams accepted Yasser Arafat’s invitation to visit the Palestinian self-rule areas. Adams spoke by telephone from Canada with the Palestinian leader, who was near Washington for the Middle East peace summit. The two discussed the “centrality of self-determination and democracy in securing a lasting peace settlement,” Sinn Fein, the Irish Republican Army’s political wing, said in a statement.
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