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Compton, Calif. - A 24-year-old man has been arrested for investigation of murder in the fatal shooting of the older sister of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, authorities said Monday. Yetunde Price, 31, was shot in the chest early Sunday about 11Ú2 kilometres from the tennis courts where her sisters first rose to prominence in this Los Angeles suburb that has long been notorious for gang activity and violence. Jerusalem - Israel has not adopted a formal decision to kill Yasser Arafat, Israel's foreign minister said Monday, in an apparent attempt to soften remarks by the vice-premier who said that assassination was an option. Many nations have criticized the Israeli decision. The Russian deputy foreign minister, Yuri Fedotov, said an attempt to kill Arafat could lead to "an immense and wide-scale growth in the threat of terrorism." Cancun, Mexico - Talks designed to change the face of trade around the world collapsed Sunday amid differences between rich and poor countries, the second failure for the World Trade Organization in four years. Delegates from many poor countries celebrated what they called a victory against the West. An increasingly powerful alliance of poor but populous farming countries said they have found a new voice to rival the developed world. Many poor countries accused the United States and Europe of trying to bully poor countries into accepting trade rules they didn't want.
