Tributes to Arafat led by Blair
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Tony Blair pays tribute to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat after his death in a French hospital aged 75.
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Leaders from various parts of the world have started arriving in the Egyptian capital Cairo to pay their last respects to the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who died on Thursday morning.
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The following dignitaries are expected at Yasser Arafat's funeral in Cairo on Friday, according to Palestinian and Egyptian planners and other officials.
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In a ceremony isolated from the Arab throngs that loved Yasser Arafat best, kings and diplomats, presidents or proxies from more than 50 countries paid tribute Friday to the man who personified the Palestinians' aspirations for statehood.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank Yasser Arafat&#39;s coffin had barely touched the ground in Ramallah when George W. Bush and Tony Blair, seemingly jovial over Arafat&#39;s passing, offered yet another nonstarter for moving the Middle East from its never-ending peace process
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Kings, presidents and dignitaries from  more than 50 countries said a last farewell to Palestinian  leader Yasser Arafat in Cairo on Friday but the public was  excluded from the military funeral.
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&quot;The death of Yasser Arafat is a significant moment in Palestinian history. We express our condolences to the Palestinian people.
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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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British Prime Minister Tony Blair launched the first Mideast peace initiative since the death of Yasser Arafat, arriving for meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders about a London conference.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair attended a memorial service in the northwestern English city of Liverpool for Kenneth Bigley, who was beheaded last month after being taken captive in Iraq.
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From the Vatican to the Palestinian refugee camps of Jordan, tributes poured in today for Yasir Arafat, a man regarded as an international leader by many and a terrorist by others.
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WASHINGTON - George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair raised hope yesterday for Middle East peace and the creation of an independent and democratic Palestinian state, following the death this week of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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BRITISH Prime Minster Tony Blair called for new efforts to revive the Middle East peace process today after the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and just hours before he sets off to visit US President George W. Bush.
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The following dignitaries are expected at Yasser Arafat's funeral in Cairo on Friday, according to Palestinian planners and other officials.
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JERICHO, West Bank A Palestinian leader who is campaigning to take the place of the late Yasser Arafat is pledging to follow in the footsteps of the longtime leader.
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Britain&#39;s prime minister participated Saturday in a memorial service for murdered Iraqi hostage Kenneth Bigley, at the request of Bigley&#39;s family.
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One day ahead of a meeting with visiting British Prime Minister Tony Blair, PLO Chairman Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) on Tuesday recommitted the new Palestinian Leadership to peace as the strategic option and to late Palestinian leader Yaser Arafatâs legacy