A mistake to belittle Arafat or his vision
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For all his sly buffoonery - it was almost impossible to get him to answer a question properly - Yasser Arafat was a man with a vision.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat made a rare admission of mistakes on Wednesday and urged reforms to end corruption after an unprecedented wave of turmoil.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Anyone who didn&#39;t know better might have thought that Yasser Arafat was alive and well and running for Palestinian Authority president.
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When Ariel Sharon became Prime Minister, many believed the reckless general would notâ last long. They expected him to fall in the trap due to his exaggerated bet on force alone.
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News was contradictory over the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat formation of a tripartite committee as a precaution for any emergency because of his deteriorated health condition which is vague.
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Yasser Arafat was a terrorist and a peacemaker, an imperfect visionary who served as father to an unborn nation. An impish man with a perpetual stubble and a protruding lower lip, he was
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In a rare admission, Yasser Arafat suggested Wednesday that the Palestinian leadership has made "mistakes" and promised to correct them.
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Analysis: Why the Palestinian president's proposal to dissolve the elected Hamas government could make matters worse
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Arafat disabled is in some ways a bigger problem than Arafat dead. If he dies, Palestinians must accept it quickly and try to engineer a succession.
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For all the questions raised by last weekâs death of Yasser Arafat, one thing is certain: The debate over his legacy is likely to be as polarizing as the conflict that consumed his life.
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s death opens a window of opportunity. The Palestinian leader who loomed so large for so many years - and who had recently been rejected as a partner by Israel
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YASSER Arafatâs death is a development of monumental dimensions. The void it has left in one of the worldâs most disturbed and disturbing regions would be hard to fill, but filled it has to be.
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Ironically, as he was dying, world leaders and the media were rediscovering the importance of Arafatâs leadership. The sustained media coverage of him focused world attention on the Palestinian Question once again.
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Speaking from France, Palestinian officials say leader Yasser Arafat took a turn for the worse late Wednesday. Citing officials who spoke on condition of anonymity, The Associated Press reports that Arafat&#39;s
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(Corrects to read the third anniversary of Arafat's death in ninth paragraph instead of fifth anniversary)
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RAMALLAH, West Bank - Yasser Arafat acknowledged Wednesday that the Palestinian Authority has made "mistakes," but the rare admission appeared to be aimed more at deflecting criticism about his corrupt government than making real changes.    In a decade at the helm of the Palestinian Authority, Arafat has resisted attempts to get him to fight official corruption, reform the security services and relinquish some of his near-absolute powers...
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The death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has brought hope locally for a reopened peace process between Palestine and Israel - and a caution that Israel and the United States have the responsibility