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...Mousa Abu Marzuk, a Palestinian businessman detained in New York Thursday. U.S. officials claim he is a senior leader of the militant group Hamas. Hamas, which has claimed responsibility for several bombings in Israel, quickly warned the U.S. against turning him over. A Hamas leaflet issued in the Gaza Strip today demanded the immediate release of Abu Marzuk, saying his detention would "add to the Arab and Muslim anger that is raging against the U.S. hostile policies." Marzuk was detained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service in New York City as he returned from a two-month trip abroad. Leaders...
...French hospital? "Our child was conceived in Gaza, but sanitary conditions are so appalling I was afraid to deliver there," Mrs. Arafat said after the birth. "Not for me, but for the baby. That's a mother's natural reaction...
...this presidential campaign, they will be spending less time plying the pine-smelling living rooms of New Hampshire or enjoying the watery coffee of Iowa diners. Instead, they will be tramping through the fevered political swamp of Florida, where they will have to contend with issues like Fidel, the Gaza Strip and Medicare, Part B. That's because, now that Senator Robert Dole has spooked his opponents into believing he's invincible on the early New England and Midwestern turf, Florida -- with its Hispanic, Jewish and elderly voting blocs -- is emerging as the must-win primary state...
...residents generally give Arafat's administration low marks for efficiency, the leading Gazan complaint is economic. Responding to the suicide bombings, Israel has limited the number of Palestinian laborers working in Israel to 29,000, down from the normal 100,000 or so at this time of year. The Gaza Strip has been especially hard hit, as it has little local industry. Trade with Israel has also been sharply curtailed. Because of the new strictures, the unemployment rate is at 58% in Gaza, and merchants are starving for business. True, self-rule there has brought some degree of pride...
...WITH REPORTING BY JAMIL HAMAD/ GAZA CITY AND ERIC SILVER/JERUSALEM