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-t A4 ARIZONA DAILY STAR Monday, September 24, 2001 BEST AVAILABLE COPY World Sharon calls off talks planned for Sunday ries of talks with Arafat. possible today if violence halts about' negotiating a full-fledged peace agreement that would include Palestinian statehood. Arafat and Peres have been trying to arrange a meeting for a month and Peres says meet THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM Despite a decline in Mideast violence, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon called off long-awaited truce, talks- Sunday and said Yasser Arafat must bring a pletehalt to Palestinian attacks before any discussions can begin. Angry Palestinians called the move "irresponsible," saying it undermined efforts by the United States and other foreign governments to calm tensions in a region racked by a year of tunity to form a state, but it would require genuine peace between the two sides. "We are not fighting the Palestinians, we are fighting terror," Sharon said at a speech at Latrun.

"Israel wants to give the Palestinians what no one else gave them before, the possibility of forming a state." Sharon has never given details of what he would be willing to offer the Palestinians. He has often said that long-term interim agreements are the best that can be achieved at present, and no final peace deal is possible for years, or even decades. The Palestinians have said they don't believe Sharon is serious ties," he said in an interview with the Fox News Channel. "We did not ask too much." Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres told Arafat in a telephone call Sunday night that if there were no acts of violence today, the two could meet in the evening, Israeli media reported. It was not clear where or when that would take place.

In a speech. Sunday night, Sharon raised a topic he has rarely broached the possibility of a Palestinian state. Sharon "said Israel wanted to give the Palestinians the oppor Peres skipped Sunday's Israeli Cabinet session, apparently to protest the cancellation of his meeting with Arafat, Israeli media reported. The media said Peres was considering resigning his post, a move that could threaten the stability of Sharon's government. Sharon's Cabinet appeared divided on whether Arafat had done enough to end the violence.

Cabinet Secretary Gideon Saar said Sharon felt a high-level meeting with Arafat was not appropriate while any Palestinian violence continued, saying it would "give legitimacy to certain types of terror." Just wants to be an ordinary student Prince William starts college Palestinian students re-enact suicide bombing in Jerusalem Israel's Sharon says he'd give the Palestinians their own state. had planned to meet But Sharon called off the meeting, increasing friction between the hardline Sharon and the dovish Peres, who has pushed for a se- 5i 'l0t( "Hi 1 1 1 A 4 4 'A 'JZ S2 wry rat 0 The Associated Press accompanies son William on at the University of St. Andrews. Arafat, the Palestinian declared a cease-fire last Tuesday, and Israel immediately announced a halt to offensive military operations. Since then, one Palestinian and one Israeli have been killed.

The sides have exchanged fire on several occasions, and Palestinian militants have fired mortars in the Gaza Strip, but the level of violence has dropped. However, Sharon is insisting on a full 48 hours without any unrest. "These meetings can take place once there will be full cessation of terror and hostili girls, who traveled from Edinburgh to see the prince, squealed with delight when William waved at them. "We just wanted to see what he looked like in real life, and he's so beautiful," said Kirsten Taylor, 15. "I think I know where we'll be spending some of our weekends in the future." Even older locals were swept up in the moment.

"This university is very much part of everyday life and we're used to seeing the young ones," said Derek Black, 76. "But I'm sure we'll all be paying extra attention to them from now on to see if we can catch a glimpse of William." One of William's fellow students, Amy McGregor, 18, said she and the other undergraduates she had spoken to wanted to make the young prince feel as comfortable, as possible, but weren't exactly sure how. "None of us are sure if we'll ij 'fi I 6 (la i i'q i (fJ 7U I 1 i Prince Charles his first day THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NABLUS, West Bank Commemorating the year-old uprising against Israel, Palestinian university students opened an exhibition Sunday that included a grisly re-enactment of a suicide bombing in Jerusalem. Wearing a military uniform and a black mask, a Palestinian set off a fake explosion in a replica of the Sbarro pizzeria in Jerusalem, where a suicide bomber killed himself and 15 other people last month. It was one of the deadliest attacks in a year of Mideast violence and drew widespread international condemnation.

The exhibit at Al-Najah University in Nablus was put on by students who support the militant Islamic movement Hamas, which carried out the Jerusalem attack. Support for Hamas traditionally runs high at the university, which is a hotbed of Palestinian militants and has produced a number of suicide bombers. Thousands of people, most of them university students, visited the exhibit, which is to run for a week in the university cafeteria. In another part of the exhibit; visitors looked through darl windows to see mannequins dressed as suicide bombers. IV.

Palestinian students visit a replica of a pizza restaurant that was the scene of a deadly suicide bombing a year ago in Jerusalem. The AN if THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -Prince William wants to be treated like a normal student, but his arrival Sunday at the University of St. Andrews was anything but ordinary. William, second in line to the British throne, looked the part in a dark sweater and faded jeans, but thousands of people lined the cobblestone entrance to the school for a glimpse of the 19-year-old.

William and his father, Prince Charles, arrived by car met privately with university staff. The pair of princes emerged a short time later to shrieks and screams from the crowd. The royals spent less than five minutes walking along the road and shaking hands before William disappeared into his residence hall. William starts his first semester Monday at the ancient University of St. Andrews, 30 miles north of Edinburgh.

Founded hi 1411, it is Scotland's oldest. The young prince stressed to Britain's media in the days before his arrival that he wanted to be ''an ordinary student," but Sunday stoked fears that the small town may be invaded by paparazzi and star gazers. A group of four teen-age in exhibit included fake body parts I .41 mm The Associated Press and pizza strewn acrois the room. approach him or just leave him alone," she said. "You don't want to appear to be hounding him, but at the same time he's just like everyone else and needs friends, too." "I think what we all feel most sorry for him about is the food in his halls of residence," McGregor said.

"It is just vile and has the reputation as being the worst of the lot." i Hi on fit 'I.