THE MIDDLE EAST Suicide bomber kills one

Israel's prime minister will submit his Gaza withdrawal plan in November.
JERUSALEM (AP) -- A Palestinian suicide bomber blew herself up near a crowded bus stop in Jerusalem today, killing one other person and wounding at least 14 others, Israeli authorities said.
The explosion occurred at a busy intersection in a Jewish neighborhood close to the West Bank that has been attacked by suicide bombers before.
The Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a violent group loosely linked to Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, claimed responsibility in a telephone call to The Associated Press.
Moshe Suissa of the Jerusalem fire department said the attacker tried to approach a hitchhiking post used by Israeli soldiers when a border police officer spotted her.
"He tried to stop her and she blew up," Suissa told Channel Two television.
The blast destroyed the bus stop, scattering shards of glass in the road as the smell of burned rubber wafted in the air.
Israeli rescue workers reported one dead and 14 wounded, including at least one person in serious condition.
It was the first Palestinian suicide bombing since Aug. 31, when two attackers killed 16 people in the southern city of Beersheba, and the first to strike Jerusalem since Feb. 22.
Withdrawal plan
Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he will submit his Gaza withdrawal plan for parliamentary approval by early November, despite mounting opposition to his proposal to uproot thousands of Jewish settlers from their homes.
The comments were broadcast on Israel Army Radio early today, a day after Sharon drew a chorus of boos at a convention of his own Likud Party when he mentioned the "disengagement plan."
"In late October or early November, I intend to bring to the Knesset for approval the Cabinet's decision regarding the disengagement," Sharon said in the radio interview, which was recorded before the party convention.
Sharon wants to withdraw from the entire Gaza Strip and four West Bank settlements by September 2005.
The November target for parliamentary approval is in line with Sharon's previous timeline. But a growing chorus of hard-line opposition has raised questions over whether Sharon can stick to the schedule.
Divided
The Likud is bitterly divided over the plan, and Sharon has been left with a minority coalition in parliament after the defections of several hard-line partners.
Sharon has relied on the opposition Labor Party to block attempts to bring down the government. A senior official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Sharon believes he has enough support to win parliamentary approval for his plan.
At Tuesday's Likud convention, Sharon's mere mention of the plan set off several minutes of boos and catcalls. Facing down the noisy protest, he pledged to stick to the timetable approved by his Cabinet last June.
Sharon himself was once the chief architect of Jewish settlements, but he now believes the continued occupation of Gaza -- where 8,500 settlers live amid 1.3 million Palestinians -- is unsustainable.
In other developments today, a Palestinian militant was killed by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip, while three Palestinian civilians were moderately wounded in clashes with troops in the West Bank.