Arafat, Icon of Palestinian Cause, Dead at 75
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who  rose from guerrilla icon to Nobel prize-winning peacemaker only  to fall into isolation amid new violence with Israel, died in a  French hospital on Thursday, a hospital spokesman said.
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Palestinians looked to their leadership to lift confusion over Yasser Arafat's fate in a French hospital on Wednesday as preparations gathered pace to bury the icon of the fight for a state. Arafat, 75, suffered a brain hemorrhage on Tuesday at the hospital where he was flown from the West Bank on Oct. 29 and had lain in a coma. Officials insisted in public that he was alive, though aides said privately that he was dead.
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LONDON -- Nearly a week after his death, speculation still swirls around what killed Yasser Arafat. Cirrhosis of the liver, AIDS, a blood disorder, or poisoning are frequently mentioned in unconfirmed reports -- as little is publicly known about the medical condition that landed the Palestinian leader in a French hospital.
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The health of Palestinian president Yasser Arafat is being questioned today after conflicting reports say the 75-year-old leader is suffering from the flu, while others say he is suffering from gallstones and a intestinal infection.
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ANALYSIS:The death of Yasser Arafat will pose a challenge, but could result in a more legitimate government. BY STEVEN ERLANGER. RAMALLAH, West Bank - Yasser Arafat was both the symbol of the Palestinians&#39; hope
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EXACTLY what killed Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at the age of 75 looks like becoming one of the great political mysteries of our times.
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Palestine&#39;s leader Yasser Arafat has died, world media announced Tuesday afternoon, citing anonymous sources &quot;close&quot; to Arafat.
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In the international online media, Yasser Arafat is receiving gentler treatment in death than he usually received in life. Arafat was a &quot;truly great leader,&quot; said the Jakarta Post in Indonesia.
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Weymouth: Many say that Yasser Arafat&#39;s death is a turning point in the Middle East. Do you see it that way? Abbas: Arafat was a symbolic leader for the Palestinian people.
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The short man had a very long name. Mohammed Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini, who was 5 feet 4, proved larger than life when he died last Thursday, 13 days after he arrived for treatment in a military hospital in France.
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Throughout last week, the name of Yasser Arafat dominated the news of the world. Arafat was the 75-year-old Palestinian leader who had ruled 40 years.
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Yasser Arafat, the guerrilla icon turned  Nobel Peace Prize winner who ended up isolated and locked in  renewed conflict with Israel, died on Thursday, his dream of a  Palestinian state unfulfilled. He was 75.
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HERO or villain, statesman or terrorist - Yasser Arafat proved as divisive in death as he was in life. Leaders around the world yesterday saluted his devotion to the Palestinian cause, but George Bush said
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Palestinians looked to their leadership to lift confusion over Yasser Arafat's fate in a French hospital on Wednesday as preparations gathered pace to bury the icon of their fight for statehood. Arafat, 75, suffered a brain hemorrhage on Tuesday at the hospital where he was flown from the West Bank on Oct. 29 and had lain in a coma. Officials insisted in public that he was alive, though aides said privately that he was dead.
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NABLUS, 22 November 2004 - More than 80 percent of Palestinians believe that veteran leader Yasser Arafat died as a result of poisoning and not from natural causes, a poll published yesterday revealed.
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Ramallah: Yasser Arafat, the icon of the Palestinian freedom struggle, was laid to rest in his ravaged West Bank headquarters in here amidst a surge of emotions and hysteria with many of his supporters firing from Kalashnikovs in the air.
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Yasir Arafat, the Palestinian leader, died early Thursday morning in a Paris hospital, a French military spokesman announced.