P.L.O. Picks Abbas, a Pragmatist, as Followers Mourn Arafat
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Yasir Arafat's body was flown to Cairo to lie in state before a military funeral on Friday to be attended by Arab leaders.
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The sombre official end to mourning for Yasser Arafat on Tuesday contrasted with a new sense of optimism in the Middle East after his death.
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GAZA CITY, NOVEMBER 16: The new chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, Mahmoud Abbas, met here last night with militant leaders as he began trying to solve the intricate political puzzle that Yasser Arafat left at his death.
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Since the death of the Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat, a mood has been spreading in the Middle East that had not been felt for a long time: optimism.
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Ramallah - Former prime minister Mahmud Abbas appears in pole position to grab the lion&#39;s share of power from Yasser Arafat, taking temporary charge of the Palestine Liberation Organisation and the Palestinian leader&#39;s Fatah faction during his enforced
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Dr. Mahmoud Fahmy, a prominent local educator, believes that the death of Yasser Arafat could mark a positive new chapter in Israeli-Palestinian relations.
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As members of Long Island&#39;s tiny Palestinian community absorbed the news of the death of Yasser Arafat Thursday, many spoke reverently of a man who had given the disposessed Palestinian people a voice.
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For those who remember Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat primarily as a merciless terrorist leader who encouraged violent attacks against Israel, his death at age 75 will prompt no tears -- and may inspire a few cheers.
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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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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.
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Foreign dignitaries paid a last tribute to Yasser Arafat at a solemn funeral on Friday in Cairo, the city where the leader was born and fashioned as the founding father of Palestinian resistance.
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Jerusalem: The Fatah Party has approved the candidature of reformist leader Mahmoud Abbas for Palestinian presidential elections to choose a successor to Yasser Arafat amid expectations that jailed uprising leader Marwan Barghouti may enter the fray as an
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat attends a PLO executive committee meeting at his office in the West Bank town of Ramallah, in this Sunday, Aug. 8, 2004 file photo.
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Top Palestinian officials laid the groundwork Wednesday for the post-Arafat era, agreeing on burial and funeral plans for their gravely ill leader and dividing his powers among three members of his old guard.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinians yesterday mourned the death of Yasser Arafat, quickly installed new officials in the top positions that he held, and vowed to create the first true democracy in the Arab world.
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The death of PLO leader Yasser Arafat does not mean Israel will be able to make peace with the new Palestinian leadership, because the old guard -- backed by the same
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Meanwhile, the favored candidate, Mahmoud Abbas, escaped injury as Palestinians waged a deadly gun battle during a mourning service for Yasir Arafat.