Israel fumes at Straw&#39;s floral tribute to Arafat
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw laid a wreath at the grave of Yasser Arafat in Ramallah on Thursday, initiating a new diplomatic rite certain to vex many Israelis.
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s wife accused Palestinian leaders hoping to travel to France Monday to visit her critically ill husband of plotting to &quot;bury him alive.
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Former foreign secretary Jack Straw has said he was concerned the veil was a &quot;visible demonstration of separateness&quot; as he defended his request that Muslim women remove it when they come to his constituency surgeries.
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The mass outpouring of grief at Yasser Arafatâs burial Friday was a powerful assertion of continued Palestinian defiance in the face of Israelâs brutal military occupation.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw today won an assurance from Palestinian leaders that they would act to halt the violence against Israelis amid renewed efforts to restart the Middle East peace process.
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At a solemn vigil outside the hospital treating Yasser Arafat, an unusual interfaith moment: A haredi rabbi from New York leaving flowers for the ailing Palestinian leader.
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A confidante of the ailing Palestinian leader has warned Israel that Yasser Arafat&#39;s death could bring an end to the peace process.
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip, Feb 14 (IPS) - After generations of occupation, Valentine's  Day has meant little in the Gaza Strip. But the flowers that  lovers presented in Europe has.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat condemned Friday the bombing attacks against Egypt&#39;s Red Sea resorts in Sinai Peninsular on Thursday night, in which dozens were killed and more than 100 wounded.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is to represent the UK government at a memorial service at Auschwitz later this month.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has put off a planned visit to Egypt this week because it would have coincided with the anniversary of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, officials said here.
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&quot;I&#39;ll be leaving Israel and the occupied territories more optimistic than when I came,&quot; Straw said. Much of Straw&#39;s agenda focused on upcoming Palestinian elections to choose a successor to Arafat.
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PALESTINIANS at home and abroad wept, waved flags, and burned tyres in an eruption of grief over the death of Yasser Arafat, the man they consider the father of their nation.
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s Palestinian Authority blamed Israel and the United States for the three bombings in Taba, Egypt, which killed 30 people.
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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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Mideast diplomacy has taken off after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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The Israeli government has made plans for Yasser Arafat to be buried in the Gaza Strip, against the ailing leader&#39;s reported wish for a grave in Jerusalem.