SPORTSWEDNESDAY , PAGE D1 After Shunning Arafat , Sharon Phones Abbas Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel , after years of refusing to deal with Yasir Arafat , telephoned the president-elect of the Palestinian Authority , Mahmoud Abbas , to congratulate him on his election victory .
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