Yasser Arafat conferred in Cairo with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak one day before the Palestinian leader was slated to meet in Washington with President Clinton on how to advance the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. Earlier in the week, Arafat said his meeting with Clinton would prove crucial.
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