World News 15-04-2005 who: George W Bush what: Tells Ariel Sharon to stop expanding West Bank settlements where: Texas, USA when: Monday snippet: "Mr Bush showered praise on Mr Sharon`s `courageous` plans to withdraw from the Gaza Strip later this year, and honoured him with a rare invitation to his ranch in Crawford, Texas," says The Telegraph. "But the president also delivered an unusual rebuke, telling Mr Sharon to freeze settlements and dismantle `unauthorised outposts` as demanded by the international Road Map for a permanent peace." In the Middle East, "the fragility of the two-month-old ceasefire" was highlighted when thousands of Palestinians marched through Gaza on Sunday "to bury three teenagers shot dead by Israeli troops," says The Times. 3,000 Israeli police surrounded Jerusalem`s Temple Mount in fear of a violent protest and The Independent says the gathering coincided with a "moderate" senior Hamas leader being arrested by Israeli police as he left the city. [... more]

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