World pays Rich Tributes to Yasser Arafat
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ISLAMABAD: The world on Thursday mourned Palestinian leader Yasser Arafatâs demise, as condolence messages and words of praise for the visionary leader continued to pour in.
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The Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has died in Paris, France, officials confirm. Send us your comments.
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ABU DHABI: Arab and Muslim leaders joined thousands of grieving Emiratis on Wednesday to pay their last respects to Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahayan, president and founding father of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates.
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President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam led India's condolences on the death of Yasser Arafat, praising the Palestinian leader's lifetime devotion to his people.
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On the day that Yasser Arafat left for urgent medical treatment in France, the press in the Palestinian territories and the wider Arab world hails his commitment to the Palestinian cause and prays for his speedy recovery.
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CAIRO  - Yasser Arafat&#39;s funeral in Cairo was held in a solemn atmosphere amid tight security, as presidents, kings and princes paid their final respects to the Palestinian leader, while crowds from the city of the veteran leader&#39;s birth were kept
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An Egyptian military honour guard escort the coffin carrying late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat during the funeral procession in Cairo, Egypt, Friday Nov. 12, 2004.
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Yasser Arafat, head of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and president of the Palestinian Authority, is dead. The Arab world mourned his passing.
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Candles and flowers surround a portrait of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in front of the Percy Military Teaching hospital in Clamart outside Paris Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004.
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(CBS) On Friday, when thousands of Palestinians accompanied the coffin of Yasser Arafat to his final burial site in Ramallah on the West Bank, it was a tribute to his enormous popularity among his own people.
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Ironically, as he was dying, world leaders and the media were rediscovering the importance of Arafatâs leadership. The sustained media coverage of him focused world attention on the Palestinian Question once again.
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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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Politics: 12 November 2004, Friday. A procession paying respect to late Yasser Arafat was carried out in Sofia Friday, as his funeral was taking place in Ramallah in the meantime.
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Tears and gunshots, praise and condemnation marked the death of Yasser Arafat, whose fight for the Palestinian cause made him a towering and controversial figure on the world stage.
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Yasser Arafat, long-time leader of the Palestinian people, died in Paris on November 11 at the age of 75. He had been taken to France for medical treatment after falling gravely ill at the Palestine Authority
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Nations of the world honored Yasser Arafat as a head of state Thursday, with many joining the deceased leader&#39;s call for a quick transition to a Palestinian state living in peace with its neighbors.
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In much of what we laughingly call the &quot;civilized world,&quot; the death of arch-terrorist and murderer Yasser Arafat was mourned with the usual solemnity given to a distinguished head of state.