NATION/WORLD Explosion in Gaza kills three Americans BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip (AP) - A remote-controlled bomb exploded under a U.S. diplomatic convoy yester- day, ripping apart an armored van and killing three Americans in an unprece- dented deadly attack on an official U.S. target. President Bush blamed Palestinian officials for the attack, which wounded another American. "Palestinian author- ities should have acted long ago to fight terror in all its forms," Bush said. The State Department identified the slain Americans as John Branchizio, 36; Mark Parson, 31; and John Martin Linde Jr., 30 - all employees of Dyn- Corp, a Virginia-based security firm. Palestinian officials condemned the bombing and promised to help the investigation. But they will likely now come under intensified U.S. pressure to take action against militants. If Palestinian militants were to blame, it could signal a dramatic change in strategy. While targeting Israeli soldiers and civilians for years, the main militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad have not attacked U.S. officials. Both groups repeated their stance yesterday that they don't attack Ameri- cans, and there was no claim of respon- sibility for the bombing. The attack targeted a convoy of U.S. Embassy diplomats heading to Gaza to interview Palestinian candidates for a Fulbright scholarship, Bush said. The three dead and the wounded man were American security personnel working on contract with the embassy, said U.S. ambassador Dan Kurtzer. The U.S. Embassy advised U.S. citi- zens to leave the Gaza Strip after the attack. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat condemned the bombing as an "awful crime." The Palestinian prime minister, Ahmed Qureia, called Secretary of State Colin Pow- ell to express his condolence and promise swift action. An FBI legal attache is investigating, the FBI said. A team of investigators who photographed the charred van was pelted with rocks by Palestinians and had to cut short the visit. The Israeli Supreme Court tem- porarily blocked the expulsions of 15 Palestinians accused of militant activities yesterday until the court can hear, their appeals, expected within a week. The Israeli army on Tuesday ordered the 15 Palestinian detainees to be expelled from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip. It issued similar expulsion orders for three more Palestinians on Wednesday. Human rights groups con- demn the policy as a violation of inter- national law. Yesterday's bomb exploded around 10:15 a.m. (4:15 a.m. EDT) as the three-car convoy, escorted by Palestinian police, was heading south on Gaza's main road just after entering the Gaza Strip from Israel. In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Brooke Summers said the blast came from a "previously - planted explosive device." 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The ferry pilot, responsible for docking the vessel, fled the scene immediately after the crash, went to his Staten Island home and attempted suicide by slitting his wrists and shooting himself with a pellet gun, a police official said on the con- dition of anonymity. The pilot was rushed to the same hospital as many of the vic- tims and underwent surgery. The 310-foot ferry, carrying about 1,500 passengers, plowed into the enormous wooden pilings on the Staten Island end of its run from Manhattan, ripping a giant hole in the right side of the three-level, bright-orange vessel. "There was a lady without legs, right in the middle of the boat," said ferry passen- ger Frank Corchado, 29. "She was screaming. You ever see anything like that?" Corchado said it felt as if the ferry accelerated as it approached land, waking him as he napped on the trip home to Staten Island. He ran away from the front of the boat to safety, but saw others who weren't as lucky - six people dead, includ- ing one who had been decapitated. PINELLAS PARK, Ra, Removal of feeding tube sparks debate Doctors removed the feeding tube yesterday that has been keeping alive'a severely brain-damaged woman at the center of an epic, six-year legal battle between her husband and parents. Terri Schiavo, 39, underwent the procedure at the Tampa Bay area hospice where she has been living for several years, said her father, Bob Schindler. Attor- neys representing her husband, Michael Schiavo, said it will take between a week and 10 days for her to die. The tube removal came just hours after Gov. Jeb Bush told Bob Schindler and his wife, Mary, that he was instructing his legal staff to find some means to block the court order allowing Michael Schiavo to end his wife's life. "I am not a doctor, I am not a lawyer. But I know that if a person can be able to sustain life without life support, that should be tried," the governor said, adding the "ultimate decision of this is in the courts." The brother of the woman said the family was heartened by the gover- nor's last-minute effort. GOB DESERT, China First Chinese man in orbit: 'splendid' view China's first astronaut carried the hopes of his nation into orbit with him Wednesday, promising to do a good job and telling his family far below that the view from space was "extremely splendid." The apparently flawless launch of the Shenzhou 5 capsule capped a decade- long effort by China's secretive, military- linked space program that communist leaders hope will boost the nation's image abroad. The rocket carrying Lt. Col. Yang Liwei, a 38-year-old fighter pilot turned astronaut, streaked into a clear blue sky at precisely 9 a.m. (9 p.m. EDT Tuesday) from a Gobi Desert launch pad in China's remote northwest. The govern- ment said the capsule entered orbit 10 minutes later. China Central Television broke into its programming to announce the liftoffand 28 minutes later broadcast the first grip- ping scenes of the rocket blasting off. WASHINGON FDA works to lift ban on breast implants Eleven years after most silicone- gel breast implants were prohibited, government advisers recommended yesterday that the ban be lifted despite lingering questions about safety and durability. But the Food and Drug Adminis- tration's advisers urged that Inamed Corp.'s sales be allowed only under certain conditions, including ensur- ing that all users get detailed brochures explaining the devices' known risks - such as a need for frequent reoperations for pain or breakage. Women will need annual exams o be sure their implants haven't silently begun leaking, the panel stressed. FORT LAUDERDALE, a. 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