Press ponders future without Arafat
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Arafat died on Thursday aged 75 in a Paris hospital. His body has now arrived in Egypt, where a military funeral is expected to be held on Friday.
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Without Yasser Arafat, the individual who has dominated Palestinian politics for the past 36 years, the Middle East may be entering the political equivalent of the &quot;perfect storm.
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On his deathbed in a French military hospital, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat remains at the center of controversy -- this time, over the future of the volatile Middle East without this larger-than-life leader.
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Ramallah: Supporters bade a tearful farewell to Yasser Arafat Friday, as the man who has symbolised the Palestinian struggle for statehood for four decades flew out of the West Bank for possibly the last time.
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Arguments over where to bury Yasser Arafat&#39;s body leave out opportunities to talk about the future of the Palestinians&#39; soul.
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The somber 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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The death or long-term incapacitation of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be a turning point in Middle East history. It could suddenly remove an obstacle to peace or unleash a bloody power struggle among Palestinians factions.
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(November 12, 2004) - In the hours since Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, it seems one question has been on the world&#39;s mind: What will it mean?
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The passing of Yasser Arafat marked the end of an era. The question is, what new era will now unfold? Elections for a new President of the Palestinian Authority will be held on Jan 9. Even then, it is still
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TEL AVIV -- As Yasser Arafat's condition deteriorated in a hospital outside Paris yesterday, an explosive political crisis was brewing in Israel and the occupied territories over where the man who personifies the Palestinian national movement eventually would be buried.
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IN WEST BANK: Under a portrait of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia talks to journalists after an emergency Fatah Central Committee meeting Thursday at Arafat&#39;s headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah.
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Is there hope in the Middle East in the aftermath of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, or will the optimistic noises now being made fizzle out into the usual confrontation?
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UMW professor says people should not expect quick, dramatic change in dynamics following death of longtime leader. As Palestinians mourn the death of their leader, Yasser Arafat, attention is shifting to who
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THE DAY after Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, headlines declared a &quot;New Middle East&quot; and commentators described his passing as &quot;a window to peace&quot; and &quot;a great opportunity.
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Senior Palestinian and Israeli leaders held separate meetings Sunday to plan a path forward in the absence of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who was being examined in a French hospital for an unknown ailment.
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Former President Bill Clinton suggested in print that Yasser Arafat &quot;..simply couldn&#39;t make the final jump from revolutionary to statesman...it would be different if the end of violence took Palestine out of the headlines and instead he had to worry about
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European and domestic topics take a back seat in the papers today in favour of the Palestinian presidential election