But the president rebuffed a request by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that the US severe ties with Mr Arafat.

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But the president rebuffed a request by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon that the US severe ties with Mr Arafat.

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Sharon meets with Bush on Palestinian conflict

US President George W Bush has insisted that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat ‘‘must do everything in his power to fight terror’’.

Fri, 08 Feb, 2002