Would-Be Successors Rush to Claim Arafat's Mantle
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Yasser Arafat may be dead -- but his image and his spirit hovered over the fight to succeed him, as seven candidates launched campaigns on Saturday playing up their links with the late Palestinian president.
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s death raises considerable speculation about who will ultimately succeed him as leader. On paper, the Palestinian transition of power is quite clear: the speaker of the parliament - Rawhi Fattouh - temporarily becomes president.
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EL-BIREH, West Bank -- Candidates vying to succeed Yasser Arafat as president of the Palestinian Authority kicked off a two-week election campaign Saturday with rallies and speeches that largely invoked the late leader&#39;s legacy and vowed to continue his
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nearly three decades, a dress rehearsal for a presidential ballot next month to choose Yasser Arafat&#39;s successor. Fatah movement and Islamists sworn to destroying Israel.
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November 21, 2004 -- Palestinians began registering candidates yesterday for a presidential election to replace Yasser Arafat, as the late leader&#39;s family considers releasing his medical records and revealing his cause of death.
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Long locked in struggle, Sharon and Arafat both confront fights for survival that could reshape the Middle East
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Palestinians began registering candidates on Saturday for a presidential election to replace Yasser Arafat, while officials warned the vote may be delayed if Israel does not halt military activities.
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Seven candidates are contesting the Palestinian presidential elections on Jan. 9. They are:
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BAQAA CAMP, Jordan -- Yehya Shatarat punched his fist into his hand as he watched satellite television pictures of Palestinians in the West Bank voting for a successor to the late Yasser Arafat.
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Arriving in the Middle East for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Secretary of State Colin Powell said yesterday he would press both sides to take steps to enable Palestinians to elect a legitimate successor to Yasser Arafat.
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After four decades of conflict with Israel, Yasser Arafat seems destined to spark yet another battle in the event of his death. The 75-year-old guerrilla leader- turned-Palestinian
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The Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, has received another boost in his campaign to replace Yasser Arafat. The militant al-Aqsa Martyrs&#39; Brigades - the armed wing of the Fatah movement - has announced that it will back his candidacy for the January poll.
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The G.O.P. race for 2008 starts now, and many of the contenders are already working hard for the right to inherit the Bush mantle
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Palestinian leaders will demand Secretary of State Colin Powell to pressure Israel to pullout its forces from disputed areas in the West Bank ahead of January elections to choose a successor to the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, a top Palestinian
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Yasser Arafat may be dead  -- but his image and his spirit hovered over the fight to  succeed him, as seven candidates launched campaigns on Saturday  playing up their links with the late Palestinian president.
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It will be a long time before a new Palestinian leader commands the public admiration and political power that Yasser Arafat did. This power enabled him to make concessions that no previous Palestinian leader would have considered.
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Ramallah - The race to succeed the late Yasser Arafat as Palestinian leader formally kicked off on Saturday, with the opening of the registration period for potential presidential candidates.