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| Global update | Today Friday Saturday High: 54 High: 58 High: 54 Low: 47 Low. 47 Low: 42 Precip: 30% Precip: 30% Precip: 40% IN BRIEF Arafat collapses, three officials run his affairs RAMALLAH, West Bank — Yasser Arafat collapsed Wednesday night, was unconscious for about 10 minutes and remained in a “difficult situation,” Palestinian officials said. A team of Jor danian doctors was called to treat the Palestinian leader. A Palestinian official in Arafat’s office said the Palestinian leader had created a committee of three senior officials, to run Palestinian affairs while Arafat was incapacitated. Kidnapped woman urges Britain to leave Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq — A kidnapped British aid worker made another plea for her life in a video aired Wednesday, urging Britain to withdraw troops from the country as some 800 British sol diers headed north toward Baghdad to bolster U.S. forces. The tape showed Margaret Hassan, the 59-year-old head of CARE International in Iraq, blinking back tears as she spoke. Oregon athlete and brewer Robert MacTamahan dies PORTLAND — Oregon Sports Hall of Famer and beer brewer Robert Sharon dismisses party rebellion about Gaza plan The Israeli leader refuses to submit to opponents of his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip BY JOSEF FEDERMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Ariel Sharon angrily dismissed a new rebel lion in his Likud Party on Wednesday, saying he would not cave in to oppo nents of his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip. Bolstered by a parliamentary vote Tliesday, Sharon said he would stand firm against the rebels, who include his top rival, Finance Minister Ben jamin Netanyahu, and pledged to pull out of Gaza and parts of the West Bank on schedule next summer. “I know that many problems await us along the way. The disengagement will be carried out,” Sharon told the newspaper Yediot Ahronot. “1 am meeting the timetable that 1 have de termined.” Also Wednesday, some 40 Israeli tanks and armored vehicles moved into the West Bank refugee camp of Jenin, exchanging fire with Palestinian militants, witnesses said. No injuries were immediately reported. Military officials said the raid was intended to root out Palestinian mili tants in the camp and was expected to last a number of days. Israel has fre quently raided West Bank towns and refugee camps during the last four years of fighting. Meanwhile, scores of top Palestinian officials descended on Yasser Arafat’s West Bank compound in Ramallah amid news that the 75-year-old Pales tinian leader’s health was worsening. Arafat collapsed Wednesday night and remained in a “very difficult situation,” Palestinian officials said. A team of Jor danian doctors was urgently sum moned to treat the ailing leader. In Tuesday’s vote, parliament for the first time approved the disman tling of Jewish settlements in lands Israel occupied in the 1967 Mideast war that are claimed by the Pales tinians for a state. Sharon says his “disengagement” plan will improve security and ensure Israel’s identity as a Jewish democra cy. However, he also intends to keep large West Bank settlements and east Jerusalem, areas the Palestinians also seek for their state. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell called Sharon Wednesday to congratu late him on the parliamentary victory. Powell called the parliament’s action a step toward President Bush’s vision of a Palestinian state living side by side in peace with Israel, a senior U.S. official said on condition of anonymity. Sharon won the parliament vote by a comfortable 67-45 margin, with sev en legislators abstaining. But nearly half the Likud lawmakers and two reli gious parties voted against the plan, underscoring Sharon’s break with his former hard-line allies. Sharon had little time to savor the victory. Just before the vote, the Na tional Religious Party, a key partner in the coalition government, said it would quit within two weeks unless Sharon pledged to hold a nationwide referendum on the pullout plan. . Four Likud ministers, Netanyahu, Limor Livnat, Yisrael Katz and Danny Naveh, voted for the plan and then im mediately demanded Sharon accept the referendum demand or they would quit the government. “We are acting according to our con sciences,” Netanyahu told Israel Radio. “We think the decision to go forward and to tear to shreds the people, the coalition and the Likud is a mistaken decision.” The turmoil raised doubts about Sharon’s ability to go ahead with the planned withdrawals. The resignations of senior Likud ministers could cause the government to crumble, forcing Sharon to call new elections, or delay implementation. But Sharon said he would not be swayed. While opinion polls say a sol id majority of Israelis support the plan, he says opponents are pushing a refer endum as a stalling tactic. “1 will never give in to pressure and threats,” he told Yediot. “There will be no referendum on disen gagement, as the ones behind this initiative are interested in sabotag ing the disengagement plan.” Raanan Gissin, a top Sharon advis er, said the prime minister was confi dent he had enough support to push forward, with or without the rebel ministers, although he might need to reshuffle the government and bring in the moderate Labor Party. “The prime minister is determined to continue, and if need be, enlarge and change the structure of his coali tion in order to move forward,” Gissin said. Sharon still needs several more par liamentary votes in the coming months to implement various stages of the pullout, and an upcoming battle over the annual budget could also threaten the government. MacTarnahan has died. He was 89. The most accomplished senior athlete in state history had attended the grand reopening of the MacTar nahan’s Taproom in Portland on Monday, where he shook hands, slapped backs and touted the health benefits of his MacTarna han’s Amber Ale. Born in Missoula, Mont., on May 1, 1915, MacTarnahan died in his sleep Uiesday morning at his south west Portland home. The Jefferson High School gradu ate began his lifelong commitment to fitness in 1936 at the Multnomah Athletic Club. But it was not until age 60 when MacTarnahan began amassing a long list of athletic victories. MacTarnahan was a five-time Na tional Masters Wrestling Champion and a seven-time National Masters 3,000-meter steeplechase champi on. In all, MacTarnahan won more than 50 World Masters gold medals. rtam—r Severe storms batter Ireland with wind, floods DUBLIN, Ireland — The city of Cork and several towns were severely flood ed Wednesday as the year’s strongest Atlantic storm arrived with heavy rain and wind gusts of more than 70 mph. No deaths or injuries were reported. The River Lee, which runs through Cork, flooded the city’s main roads with up to 9.5 feet of water. Records say it was the worst flood since 1962. — The Associated Press The University Studies Abroad Consortium, with programs in 24 countries, allows students to master languages and study disciplines — including business, fine arts and history — at distinguished, overseas schools. 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