] York daily, Newsday. Palestinian Authority Chairman
] Yasser Arafat was instrumental in gaining the release of
] two Newsday reporters covering the war in Iraq and jailed
] there for eight days without trace.
]
] The two are reporter Matthew McAllester and photographer
] Moises Saman, of Palestinian origin from the West Bank
] town of Beit Jala, and they were covering the offensive
] in Iraq on behalf of the New York Daily, Newsday.