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Dutch tennis star Tom Okker, University of North Carolina basket- ball star Lennie Rosenbluth, Russian fencer Sergei Sharikov and Al Munro Elias, who established the Elias Sports Bureau, were also named to the hall, located at the Wingate Institute in Netanya, Israel. The honorees will be formally inducted next July. Haider Changes, Won't Resign Vienna/JTA — Austrian far-right leader Jorg Haider withdrew his res- ignation as governor of the state of Carinthia. Haider said that resigning would have been the "logical consequence" following his Freedom Party's poor showing in Sunday's national elec- tions. But he withdrew his resigna- tion after "party friends" said "my `Carinthian way' is good and I should continue." Austrian politi- cians blasted Haider's flip-flop, say- Washington/JTA — President Bush signed a bill that shifts most of the cost of terrorist attacks onto the fed- eral government. The new law, which provides insurance companies with up to $100 billion in government protec- tion against losses from terror attacks, is expected to help Jewish federations and other groups that have been burdened with high insur- ance.premiums. Arab Threatens Terror In U.S. Jerusalem/JTA — A Palestinian legis- lator threatened suicide attacks against the United States, according to Palestinian Media Watch. President Bush's policies toward the Arab work will leave Arabs so isolat- ed in world opinion that they will have no alternative but to carry out suicide bombings, Nahed Munir Alrayis wrote in the Palestinian Authority's official daily Al-Hayat Al- Jadida, the media watch group reported. Palestinian Children Fight Israeli Forces Jerusalem/JTA — Palestinian chil- dren recently joined armed gunmen in fighting Israeli forces in Jenin, according to a journal published by Hezbollah. After being taught at a very early age to throw stones at members of the Israel Defense Forces, Palestinian children are now using grenades and homemade bombs, the publication said. Jewish Community Lauds Daniel Pearl New York/JTA — The father of slain Wall Street - Journal reporter Daniel Pearl accepted an award for his son from the umbrella group of North American Jewish federations. At the United Jewish Commun-ities' General Assembly last week, Daniel