U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell called Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat to urge the two sides to hold cease-fire talks. During his conversation with Powell, Sharon compared Arafat to Saudi terror mastermind Osama bin Laden, a leading suspect in organizing suicide terror attacks this week in the United States.
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