Palestinians fail first post-Arafat leadership test
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The Palestinian Authority Friday failed its first post-Arafat test to determine whether or not it was serious about making peace with Israel.
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Even while mourning the loss of Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leadership ordered preparations for new presidential elections to start immediately and appealed to the United States to take an active role in securing a vote in 60
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Palestinian leaders decided in the absence of President Yasser Arafat on Sunday to carry out a plan to restore law and order in the West Bank and Gaza, a government minister said.
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An American-sponsored meeting between Israeli and Palestinian leaders ended Monday with little more than a promise to meet again.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who died on November 11, has left the Middle East a more brutal, nasty, and toxic place. Arafat&#39;s disastrous leadership exploded the once promising Arab-Israeli
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Middle East News, RAMALLAH, West Bank, Palestinians voted on Thursday in the first municipal elections in the West Bank in nearly three decades, a dress rehearsal for a presidential ballot next month to choose Yasser Arafat&#39;s successor.
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SALFIT, West Bank -- Palestinians hoping for a morale boost after four years of bloody conflict with Israel were disappointed yesterday, when their contestant in a much-watched contest for the Arab world's best singer lost to a Libyan.
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Description: Palestinian officials meet at Yasser Arafat&#39;s headquarters in Ramallah for the first time since the Palestinian president was flown to France for medical treatment.
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JERUSALEM -- Three senior Palestinian leaders have left the West Bank to visit Yasser Arafat in Paris. The trip was on, off and then on again within several hours.
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Palestinian officials pushed forward on Sunday with plans for life without Yasser Arafat, meeting to set a date for elections to replace their longtime leader after his death.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank &#151; Yasser Arafat fended off another challenge to his authority Wednesday when Palestinian lawmakers backed away from sweeping reform demands, instead approving a watered down set of recommendations.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Lawmakers angered by the  Palestinian leadership's failure to make reforms plan to force  a parliamentary no-confidence vote that could bring down the  government appointed by Yasser Arafat, legislators said.
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ANXIOUS Palestinians braced themselves for a future without Yasser Arafat last night as the father of their stateless nation lay dying in a Paris hospital.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday installed an emergency government and declared the Parliament led by his Hamas rivals powerless, a move that paves the way for an end to a Western financial embargo.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat appears to have faced down the biggest challenge to his leadership in years without giving ground on demands
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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.
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Leaders around the world expressed concern for Yasser Arafat&#39;s health as he left the Palestinian territories for Paris for urgent medical tests.