POWELL: LEAVES WITHOUT CEASE-FIRE OR PULLBACK- MIDEAST TRUCE ELUDES POWELL

Secretary of state rebukes both sides

JERUSALEM - Secretary of State Colin Powell ended his Mideastpeace mission Wednesday without achieving the cease-fire he sought orrealizing a withdrawal by Israeli troops from their sweeping militaryoffensive.

Powell's departure left the region in turmoil and uncertainty. Thehighest-ranking Bush administration official to visit the regionappeared rebuffed by both sides and departed the region chastisingIsrael and the Palestinians.

Late Wednesday night, Israeli troops remained fanned acrossPalestinian cities in the West Bank and had made a new incursion intoan area near Jerusalem.

Palestinian Authority President …

POWELL: LEAVES WITHOUT CEASE-FIRE OR PULLBACK- MIDEAST TRUCE ELUDES POWELL

Secretary of state rebukes both sides

JERUSALEM - Secretary of State Colin Powell ended his Mideastpeace mission Wednesday without achieving the cease-fire he sought orrealizing a withdrawal by Israeli troops from their sweeping militaryoffensive.

Powell's departure left the region in turmoil and uncertainty. Thehighest-ranking Bush administration official to visit the regionappeared rebuffed by both sides and departed the region chastisingIsrael and the Palestinians.

Late Wednesday night, Israeli troops remained fanned acrossPalestinian cities in the West Bank and had made a new incursion intoan area near Jerusalem.

Palestinian Authority President …