World Recalls Arafat the Icon, Hopes for Peace
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Thousands poured onto Palestinian  streets to mourn Yasser Arafat on Thursday while world leaders  praised him as an icon of his people's struggle whose death  could usher in a new Middle East peace drive.
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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.
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While Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat lingers in a coma, the world contemplates what his death will mean to the Middle East&#39;s future.
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It is uncertain just how history ultimately will judge Yasser Arafat, the erratic but charismatic Palestinian leader who died this week in Paris at age 75.
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Few people gained as much fame, or notoriety, in their lifetime as Yasser Arafat. To millions of Palestinians, he embodied their quest for an independent state.
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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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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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World leaders have been sending their condolences following the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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Global attention remains focused on Yasser Arafat -- not so much on when he will die, but what will happen afterwards, including the contentious issue of his burial site, and the future of mideast peace.
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Although peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians stalled several years ago, todayâs death of longtime Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat marked the end of an era in the Middle East peace process.
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ITHACA -- Local experts and community leaders reacted to the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat with the thread of hope that a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is near.
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CAIRO -- Although he did not live to see Palestinian statehood, Yasser Arafat was given a funeral yesterday worthy of a head of state and attended by kings and presidents from around the world.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who  rose from guerrilla icon to Nobel peace prize-winner but ended  up isolated and locked in conflict with Israel, died in a  French hospital on Thursday. He was 75.
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NABLUS, West Bank -- Talk about the Middle East is upbeat these days in Washington, Europe, and Jerusalem, as presidents, prime ministers, and diplomats express enthusiasm about new opportunities for peace created by the death of longtime Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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FOR ALMOST a half century, the name Yasser Arafat was synonymous with Palestinian nationalism. Even as his global influence wanes, and his physical health deteriorates, Arafat provides a reed of continuity
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ONE OF Yasser Arafat&#39;s least-admired roles in the last few years was as the constantly cited excuse for international futility in Middle Eastern peace efforts.
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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.