Appeal by Pretty Woman Star Perplexes Palestinians
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - He's been a prostitute's  rich beau, an officer, a gentleman and a gigolo, but  Palestinians can't fathom Richard Gere's latest incarnation as  a cheerleader for their elections this weekend.
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The pretty actress is a hit with readers as she fields questions on kissing to the sexiest man alive, with aplomb
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Palestinian leader's condition is obscured by rumor and intrigue.
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PARIS -- Yasser Arafat's wife accused Palestinian leaders hoping to travel to France today to visit her critically ill husband of plotting to ''bury him alive.&quot;
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Thousands of Palestinians gathered at a West Bank park on Sunday, defying Islamic militant disapproval, in the hope their pop idol would become the first Palestinian to win an Arab song contest.
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Swedish Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds urged Yasser Arafat to play his part in creating a Palestinian society as she paid a rare visit by a top Western diplomat to the veteran leader.
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The government's Arabic-language satellite television network is seeking an outside review after recent broadcasts that included broadsides and inflammatory language referring to Israel or Jews.
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TYRE, Lebanon: Many Palestinians in refugee camps in Lebanon say they would rather see imprisoned West Bank Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti succeed Yasser Arafat than the movement&#39;s official candidate Mahmoud Abbas.
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Few people gained as much fame, or notoriety, in their lifetime as Yasser Arafat. To millions of Palestinians, he embodied their quest for an independent state.
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A confusing Paris scene as the Palestinian leader's wife, aides, and others wrangled over his health.
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JERUSALEM -- Rabi Mimi is a strong supporter of leading Palestinian presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas. But when the polls open Sunday, Mimi won't be voting.
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Senior Palestinian officials headed for a showdown with the wife of Yasser Arafat on Tuesday as pressure mounted on her to lift the veil of secrecy she has imposed on the critically ill leader.
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SALFIT, West Bank -- Worn down by four years of bloody conflict with Israel, Palestinians found a welcome diversion yesterday: Watching Ammar Hassan, one of their own, compete for the title of best singer in the Arab world.
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Last summer, Motaz Herzallah needed &#36;65,000 for an operation on a cancerous brain tumor. He said he sent an appeal to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat through contacts in the West Bank and received a check within three days.
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Arafat&#39;s wife accuses Abbas, Qorei, Shaath of wanting to bury him alive, Palestinian leaders scrap plans to visit him. By Hisham Abdallah - RAMALLAH, West Bank.
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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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the hope their pop idol would become the first Palestinian to win an Arab song contest. on Sunday as Ammar Hassan, 27, lost to a Libyan singer, Ayman al-A&#39;tar in the &quot;Super Star&quot; contest beamed from Lebanon.