Sharon is said to favour a piecemeal approach to implementing the Mitchell recommendations starting with a ceasefire.

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In 1986, Den Watts famously handed divorce papers to wife Angie in the pub and in 1994 Grant Mitchell exposed his brother Phil's affair with Sharon to customers.

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The committee, led by the former American Senator George Mitchell, is expected to meet the new Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, on Friday.

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White House officials said the president talked on Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, with both leaders agreeing on the need to avoid escalation and implement the Mitchell committee report.

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