Apparently Bush has urged the Palestinian people to replace Yasser Arafat, who has led them for more than 30 years, with a leader "not compromised by terror" [news.bbc.co.uk]. Well, that seems like an interesting little shift. Not sure what it will achieve though, if anything.
Meanwhile, across the world, 200 people are feared dead after a train crash in Tanzania [news.bbc.co.uk]. It seems that a train slipped going uphil and fell back into a goods train. Details are not that good though. Bad news whatever the cirumstances really.
