Arafat Remembered as Public Servant
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His wooden coffin is draped in the Palestinian flag and has been brought into an Egyptian military mosque. Prayers for the Palestinian leader were given.
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records would be given to Nasser al-Kidwa, Arafat&#39;s nephew and the Palestinian representative at the United Nations. The 75-year-old Palestinian leader died of an undisclosed illness at a French hospital on November 11.
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The United Nations has accorded Yasser Arafat honors as a head of state, holding a tribute in the General Assembly and flying the flag at half staff.
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Description: Following the death of Yasser Arafat, the most popular Palestinian political figure just might be Marwan Barghouti. Barghouti was convicted in an Israeli court of ordering attacks on civilians and now sits in an Israeli prison cell.
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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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Describing Yasser Arafat as one of the giants of the twentieth century, SA president Thabo Mbeki said it was important for him to be at his memorial service in Cairo on Friday.
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MURDERED Iraq hostage Ken Bigley was remembered yesterday at a memorial service attended by family, friends and senior politicians.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank - Yasser Arafat was buried Friday in the place where he spent his last years as a prisoner, buried in a huge and chaotic outpouring of grief for the man who embodied the Palestinian people&#39;s dream of statehood.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair described Yasser Arafat as an icon of the Palestinian movement, as he offered condolences on Arafat&#39;s death Thursday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Yasser Arafat, the father of the Palestinian national movement who died today at the age of 75 in France, was one of the most durable figures on the international scene.
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A Palestinian pollster says Yasser Arafat&#39;s death will not leave a political vacuum because others effectively replaced him years ago.
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Palestinians reacted with tears and tributes to the death of their leader Yasser Arafat on Thursday.
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The body of late Palestinian President  Yasser Arafat arrived in Cairo from Paris on Thursday for a  military funeral which presidents and other dignitaries from  around the world are due to attend.
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LONDON: Thousands of Palestinians poured onto the streets to mourn Yasser Arafat on Thursday while world leaders praised him as an icon of his people whose death could nonetheless pave the way for a new Middle East peace drive.
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To Palestinians, Yasser Arafat was &quot;Mr Palestine&quot;, a historical figure who embodied the Palestinian nationalist movement.
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CHARLOTTE, NC -- Charlotte&#39;s Palestinian community remembered Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat Saturday. The Palestine Right to Return Coalition held a memorial ceremony at Marshall Park in uptown Charlotte.
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I will not shed a tear for the passing of Yasser Arafat, a man who invented modern terrorism. He was a leader who taught generations of Palestinians how to hate and how to kill.