Palestinians forming cmte. to run affairs while Arafat recovers
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Three senior Palestinian officials formed a special committee early Thursday to run Palestinian affairs while Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat recovers, according to a Palestinian official in Arafat&#39;s office.
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Palestinian leaders plan to send a delegation to Paris to seek details on what caused the death of President Yasser Arafat last week at a French hospital, officials said on Wednesday.
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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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Palestinians are electing a successor to their late leader, Yasser Arafat.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian officials on  Saturday began registering candidates for an election to  replace Yasser Arafat as officials warned the vote may be  delayed unless Israel halted military activities.
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Yasser Arafat continues to fight for his life as Palestinian leaders gather to discuss who might succeed him if he dies.
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Palestinian politicians Thursday tried to fill the void left by the death of Yasser Arafat, a lone-style leader who put a nationalist movement on the world map but willed to his successors a fragile, stateless people.
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The move could put Mahmoud Abbas on a collision course with armed Palestinian factions.
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Moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will consolidate his rule in the West Bank on Friday night by installing a caretaker government that is expected to rule indefinitely, Palestinian officials said.
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Palestinian officials have agreed to a plan to increase patrols in the West Bank while Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat remains in intensive care in a Paris hospital.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank Palestinian officials are pushing ahead with plans for life without Yasser Arafat. The officials met today to set a date for elections to replace their longtime leader after his death last week.
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Sponsors of an internationally backed Mideast peace plan will send their foreign ministers to the region next week in hopes of restarting Israeli-Palestinian talks in the wake of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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CAIRO, Egypt -- Palestinian officials moved swiftly yesterday to install an interim leadership, convey a sense of calm and make plans to bury their leader, as debate swirled over whether the death of Yasser Arafat would provide an opening for renewed
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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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Senior Palestinian and Israeli leaders held separate meetings Sunday to plan a path forward in the absence of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who was being examined in a French hospital for an unknown ailment.
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Ramallah, West Bank - The Palestinian leadership held its first meeting Saturday since the departure of the ailing Yasser Arafat, putting on a show of unity to dispel concerns about possible chaos and infighting in his absence.
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Palestinian leaders have called for a speedy resumption of peace efforts with Israel, a day after Yasser Arafat's burial in Ramallah.