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nArafat Delays Return

n TUNIS () -- Yasser Arafat failed to leave for Jericho, seat of the new Palestinian self-rule government, as expected Thursday but aides said he would go by the end of June. Arafat, who was expected to make the trip after a three-day Organization of African Unity meeting that ended Wednesday, would say only "soon, soon" when asked the date of his departure. Aides said Arafat was likely to meet his own deadline to go to Jericho by the end of the month, but the final date apparently depends on concerns about money, personnel and media coverage.

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