Standing firm, Arafat seen to counter his critics
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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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International leaders and newspapers around the world have engaged in cautious speculation about Yasser Arafat's condition, medical diagnosis and chances of recovery.
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PARIS, November 7 (Itar-Tass) -- The condition of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat remains critical and without any changes, official representative of the medical service of the French army Gen.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Senior Palestinian officials struggled yesterday to stabilize the financial operations of the Palestinian Authority, as Yasser Arafat lingered at what an envoy termed a &quot;critical juncture between life and death.&quot;
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Despite Arafat's flaws, area residents say the leader represented struggle of the state.
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Palestinians ready to compromise will claim to be completing Arafat's journey. So will those wanting to fight on
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JERUSALEM -- Embattled leaders Ariel Sharon and Yasser Arafat rebuffed demands from their backers yesterday, holding steadfast to positions posing great political risk: Sharon insisted he will press on with efforts to pull out of Gaza despite a stinging rebuke from his party, while Arafat refused to sign reform legislation.
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A Palestinian official says his &#39;ability to resist and the will of God&#39; will decide the leader&#39;s fate. PARIS -- A deeply comatose Yasser Arafat clung to life yesterday after suffering another downturn, his
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JERUSALEM - France yesterday insisted Yasser Arafat did not die of poisoning as it tried to control a wave of conspiracy theories sweeping the Mideast in the wake of the Palestinian leader&#39;s death.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Yasser Arafat was laid to an uneasy rest yesterday as impassioned young supporters vowed not to compromise with Israel and as rumors of foul play in Arafat's death threatened to undercut the standing of his successors.
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Leaders of the Palestine Liberation Organisation affirmed today that Yasser Arafat remained very much in charge despite his absence for urgent medical treatment in France.
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BBC Middle East analyst Roger Hardy assesses the Palestinian figures who may succeed to Yasser Arafat.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat remained on life support in a Paris-area hospital as factions in the Gaza Strip prepared to discuss his successor in an effort to avoid conflict.
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The chairman of the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat, today offered a rare admission that he had made mistakes, but his vague contrition angered Palestinian politicians who have been calling for reform and tougher anti-corruption measures.
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Doctors fought to keep Yasser Arafat alive as anxious Palestinian officials looked for ways to prevent unrest if their 75-year-old leader, said on Friday to be in a coma, dies.
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A REVERSIBLE coma has left Yasser Arafat between life and death, but he is not brain dead, a senior Palestinian official insisted today.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat both confronted challenges from within their own ranks yesterday in speeches that aimed to quash growing internal rebellions over their leadership and policies.