Israel denounced Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority for failing to prevent a suicide bombing which killed one Israeli civilian and wounded more than 40 others yesterday at a bus stop in the commuter town of Kfar Saba, north-east of Tel Aviv, during the morning rush hour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . It is hard to say what was more astounding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Israeli peace campaigners and Palestinian officials angrily condemned a building plan yesterday, drawn up by an Israeli government company to boost the Jewish presence in Jerusalem's tinderbox Old City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . After at first remaining aloof, President George Bush has embarked on a drive to reduce hostilities in the Middle East as the dismal events of yesterday confirmed that the situation is steadily deteriorating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . An explosion ripped through an office of Force 17, a Palestinian security service, in downtown Ramallah during evening rush hour today, lightly injuring three officers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Victory is supposed to be sweet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
America's condemnation of the Israeli action in Gaza reflects a growing tension in the relationship, although not a breakdown or even a fundamental shift in US policy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . An Iranian dissident group accused the Tehran government of firing Scud missiles at its bases in eastern Iraq, killing one rebel fighter and a number of Iraqis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Officials in the United Arab Emirates said they were trying to salvage a leaking fuel tanker yesterday that sank off the Gulf state's northern coast on Saturday. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nothing to do with us, say US manufacturers of weapons inflicting random death on Palestinians .