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Four Missing Journalists Leave Iraq Wed Apr 2, 6:41 AM ET
By FRANK ELTMAN, Associated Press Writer
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An adviser to the Palestinian Authority (news - web sites) told Newsday that the release of the two Newsday staffers was facilitated by the intervention of Palestinian leader Yassir Arafat.
Ed Abington, a Washington, D.C.-based adviser to the authority, said Arafat instructed one of his former ambassadors to Iraq (news - web sites) to contact the head of Iraqi military intelligence and push for the journalists' release.
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