Sharon cancels talks with Peres and Arafat

Ariel Sharon has cancelled a planned meeting between Simon Peres and Yasser Arafat.

At a weekly cabinet meeting journalists heard the talks were unlikely to go ahead on Sunday because there had not been 'two days of quiet' - one of the preconditions for the talks to go ahead.

There was violence in the Gaza strip on Saturday, so there has to be a further 48 hours of peace before Sharon will allow the talks to begin, reports said..