Refugees&#39; hopes for return will outlive Arafat
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BEIRUT, Lebanon - Yasser Arafat promised Palestinians he would return them to the homes they lost when Israel was founded in 1948.
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Ramallah, West Bank -- Apprehension settled over the Middle East Thursday night as Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat lay near death in a Paris hospital, and Israelis and Palestinians braced themselves for a new era in the region&#39;s long and turbulent history
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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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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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The planned departure today of the ailing Yasser Arafat from his battered compound -- a decade after he arrived in the West Bank with the promise of Palestinian nationhood -- could mark the end of an era.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the leading candidate in next week's presidential election, on Monday promised Palestinian refugees they'll be able to return home one day &#151; his most explicit comment yet on an explosive issue that has derailed peace talks in the past.
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Palestinians reacted with tears and tributes to the death of their leader Yasser Arafat on Thursday.
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Palestinians begin rebuilding their lives in refugee camp flattened by the Lebanese
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As memorial posters of Yasser Arafat fade fast in Bethlehem&#39;s Manger Square, Palestinians in the birthplace of Jesus dare to hope this Christmas will not be as bleak as the last few.
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BEIT LAHIA, Gaza Strip Sept. 9, 2004 - Yasser Arafat&#39;s expulsion is &quot;closer than ever,&quot; the Israeli foreign minister said in remarks broadcast Thursday, and seven Palestinians were killed and 27 wounded
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Thousands of Palestinians surged into Yasser Arafat&#39;s battered West Bank compound on Friday to pay tumultuous homage to their late president at the end of his final journey home.
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For those who remember Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat primarily as a merciless terrorist leader who encouraged violent attacks against Israel, his death at age 75 will prompt no tears -- and may inspire a few cheers.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has laid a wreath at Yasser Arafat&#39;s West Bank grave and says talks with new Palestinian leaders have given him optimism about a revival of Middle East peacemaking.
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The critical illness of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who was reported near death as this page went to press, is a pivotal event that could quickly lead to increased turmoil in the ever-troubled Middle East, but could offer hope for a long-term
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PARIS, Nov 1  - Palestinian officials voiced optimism Monday about Yasser Arafat&#39;s condition, saying the ailing Palestinian Authority president had shown improvement at the start of a crucial week for his political future.
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THE approaching death of Yasser Arafat will throw most Palestinians into mourning but breathe new life into the failed Middle East peace process.
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s illness and his departure from the West Bank presents a blessing and a curse for Israelis and Palestinians alike.