U.S. envoy meets Arafat; fierce fighting kills 40 Palestinians

Saturday, April 6, 2002

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Breaking Yasser Arafat's isolation, a U.S. envoy met with the Palestinian leader at his tank-encircled headquarters Friday on the bloodiest day of fighting since the beginning of the week-old Israeli military offensive.

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