New mood in West Asia as Arafat passes into history
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The sombre official end to mourning for Yasser Arafat today contrasted with a new sense of optimism in the West Asia after his death.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat greets wellwishers prior to his departure from the West Bank town of Ramallah in this picture released by the Palestinian Authority Friday Oct. 29, 2004.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who died on November 11, has left the Middle East a more brutal, nasty, and toxic place. Arafat&#39;s disastrous leadership exploded the once promising Arab-Israeli
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Description: Despite recent violence, there have been increasingly positive signs in the Middle East over the last few weeks. The death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and the withdrawal of Israeli settlers may be thawing the hardened conflict.
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As Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat clung to life Thursday, many in the West began to hope -- not for his death, but for the possibility that peace might follow it.
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12 November 2004 -- While the coffin containing Yasser Arafat was being flown to the West Bank, thousands of Palestinian mourners burst into the walled compound where the Palestinian leader is to be buried later today.
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It&#39;s been almost a week since Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died. With constant conflict in the Middle East , some wonder if Arafat&#39;s death will bring about peace in his former home.
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The exit from the world stage of Palestinian leader and icon Yasser Arafat will mark the end of a turbulent era, and the beginning of a period of uncertainty and possible instability in the volatile cauldron of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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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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YASSER Arafatâs death is a development of monumental dimensions. The void it has left in one of the worldâs most disturbed and disturbing regions would be hard to fill, but filled it has to be.
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As the body of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was flown from Paris on Thursday, en route to a funeral in Cairo and burial in the West Bank, Arafat's powers and responsibilities were transferred to four new leaders.
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NABLUS, West Bank -- Talk about the Middle East is upbeat these days in Washington, Europe, and Jerusalem, as presidents, prime ministers, and diplomats express enthusiasm about new opportunities for peace created by the death of longtime Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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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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Looking back at the major events that took place in the Middle East in 2004, the death of veteran Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is undoubtedly a world-shaker.
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The death of Yasser Arafat historical leader of the Palestinians marks the beginning of a new era in Middle East power politics. Arafat, who died in a Paris military hospital, has been the embodiment of the
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CLAMART, France (CBS) The body of long-time Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat began its journey home Thursday, as his people mourned his death at the age of 75.
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PARIS:An ailing Yasser Arafat has arrived at a Paris military hospital for treatment of a blood disorder after leaving his West Bank compound for the first time in nearly three years.