August 26, 1998

Arab intelligence official says Palestinian guerrilla chief, Sabri al-Banna, better known as Abu Nidal, is being held by Egyptian authorities in Cairo; US has accused Abu Nidal, one of world's most wanted terrorists, of having killed or injured 900 people in attacks in 20 countries since 1974; he is wanted in US, Great Britain and Italy and was condemned to death by Palestine Liberation Organization, from which he broke in 1972; details of his capture are unclear; Abu Nidal photo (M)

Actress Dixie Carter will lead cast of 17 in Shakespeare Theater production of Oscar Wilde's A Woman of No Importance, in which she will play title role of Mrs Arbuthnot; her photo; Cor Suijk, former employee of Anne Frank Foundation, pledges to return five missing pages from Anne Frank's original diary, but only if his fellow Dutch scholars promote his Holocaust research in US; claims Otto Frank, Anne frank's father, gave him pages before his death in 1980 on condition that they would not be published until entire family died; 32 watercolors by John Dos Passos, some drawn in trenches during World War I, will be exhibited by Century Assn; photo; Miramax and MTV release results of poll that ranked top 54 dance songs of Disco Era (M)

Toms River, NJ, defeats Greenville, NC, to advance in Little League World Series; photo (M)

Acceleration of housing development in New York City threatens 14 community gardens that have sprung up on vacant lots throughout borough; people who created Rincon Criollo garden in Bronx are told to move to make way for next phase of Melrose Commons urban renewal zone; community gardeners band together to mount campaign to save their land (M)

Article by pastry chef Charlie Palmer on time-saving way of making napoleons; recipe; photo (S)