Leader detained in Israeli official's death

Wednesday, January 16, 2002

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian police have detained the leader of a faction that claimed responsibility for the assassination of an Israeli cabinet minister -- a move that appeared to be aimed at defusing spiraling tensions.

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