According to State Department spokesman Richard Boucher, Mr Powell was "quite firm with Arafat about this".
Last week Richard Armitage, Mr Powell's closest ally, suggested an international force under American command.
The visitors dominated the opening stages, with England centre Riki Flutey, playing at fly-half after missing the autumn Tests with a calf injury, Powell and flanker Richard Birkett, back for his first match since October, all prominent.
Powell timed 9.95 while Richard Thompson of Trinidad (9.98) and Britain's Dwain Chambers (10.04) also qualified.
Richard Grant (77 off 44 balls) and Mike Powell (51 off 41) put on 116 for the first wicket for the home side.
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His source, Richard Armitage, was principal deputy to Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Mr Mandelson's friends, who are conducting his defence while he takes a holiday, say that he was subjected to a kangaroo court composed of Jonathan Powell, the Downing Street chief of staff, Sir Richard Wilson, the cabinet secretary and the Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine of Lairg.
You don't hear from Colin Powell some of the things that you hear from say Richard Pearle who's not actually a member of the administration, but you can hardly turn on a radio or television programme without hearing the ubiquitous Mr Pearle, and there are probably European voices which grate on American ears.
Richard Schiff as Jerry Wexler. (Others in the excellent cast include Clifton Powell, Aunjanue Ellis, Harry Lennix, Terrence Howard, Larenz Tate and David Krumholtz.) Although the filmmakers were constrained by a limited budget, you'd never know it from Stephen Altman's resourceful production design, or Pawel Edelman's scintillating cinematography.
Powell's comments came in a strongly worded statement read by State Department spokesman Richard Boucher in Washington.
Inept handling hampered the home side's efforts before the break but teenage stand-off Richard Horne sparked the fightback just two minutes into the second half when he skipped past veteran Daryl Powell for his side's first try.
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