HEBRON, WEST BANK, July 3: In the firebomb-scorched alleys of Hebron and the sand dunes of Gaza, Israeli troops fired live rounds and rubber bullets on Wednesday to quell Palestinian riots. One protester was killed and dozens were wounded.

Palestinian police did nothing to calm tempers inflamed by an anti-Muslim leaflet in Hebron and a land dispute with Jewish settlers in the Gaza strip.Yasser Arafat's West Bank security chief, Jibril Rajoub, warned the violence would only get worse unless Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu implements the peace agreements the two sides have signed.

``We are not in charge of guarding Netanyahu's policies against the Palestinian people,'' Rajoub said contradicting Netanyahu's claims that Israel and the Palestinians have resumed security cooperation.

Rajoub took US Consul General Edward Abington on a tour of the Hebron clashes, where they watched dozens of Palestinians hurl rocks and firebombs at Israeli soldiers. Israeli snipers, perched on rooftops, responded with live rounds, fired at the rioters' legs.

It was the first time in weeks that Israeli soldiers used live ammunition in Hebron. Standing just feet away, Abington said: ``The situation is very tense. We need restraint on both sides.'' Israel's defense ministry sent a message to Palestinian and US officials warning that Israel would be forced to react harshly if riots continued in Hebron, an Israeli official said.Meanwhile in Cairo, Arafat, who had talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and complained that Israel was purposefully hampering the West Asia peace process.re¬Ut›8?¼Tt›small-town, religious upbringing and sense of responsibility: he was conservative politically, married only once, earned medals for his World War II missions and often returned to help out at the family hardware store in Indiana, Pennsylvania, where his best actor Oscar was displayed in the window for 20 years.With a stammering, humble manner, Stewart's acting seemed effortless and natural. Frank Capra, who directed Mr Smith and It's a wonderful life, once said that even better than a great performance was ``when the actor disappears and a real live person appears on the screen.'' Stewart was one of the few to reach that level, Capra has said of the man. Stewart made his feature film debut in 1935's The murder man as a newspaper reporter opposite Spencer Tracy. ``I was all hands and feet, and didn't know what to do with either,'' he once said.In 1980, he received the American Film Institute's life achievement award, and in 1985, an honorary Oscar.ist¬Ut›X;¬Ut›uarters, the area seems to have fallen into a time-warp. Its only links to civilisation are the road which connects Phulwaria to Miganj, a sub-division falling midway between Gopalganj and Siwan. The scores of labourers who have migrated from these villages to other states in search of livelihood too help the villagers keep in touch with the outside world. he ¬Ut›à9¬Ut›There would have to be a change of heart as far as all the communities were concerned, he added. a¬Ut›p9¬Ut›era and her husband Mahendra Singh Yadav (IPS officer and at present the Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Bulandshahar) had persuaded Ajamgarh MP Bali Ram to make a complaint against them.Bali Ram, however, when contacted, denied this, saying: ``I had taken the step in the interest of the public.'' He also claimed that though Bhandari had assured him of a probe, he had not received any response. ``I also sent him a reminder in this regard about one-and-a-half months ago,'' he said.a¬Ut›x7¬Ut›e six tmc feet of water, which the State obliges. In June, Tamil Nadu makes a fresh demand for 11 tmc feet of water and moves the Supreme Court. Karnataka releases five tmc and asks the Centre to initiate a negotiated settlement.

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