Arafat Admits Palestinians Made Mistakes
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RAMALLAH, West Bank - Yasser Arafat acknowledged Wednesday that the Palestinian Authority had made mistakes, but the rare admission appeared to be aimed more at deflecting criticism about his corrupt government than making real changes.    In a decade at the helm of the Palestinian Authority, Arafat has resisted attempts to get him to fight official corruption, reform the security services and relinquish some of his near-absolute powers...
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Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, issued an unprecedented mea culpa yesterday, admitting that he had made mistakes and promising to rectify them.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank - In a rare admission of wrongdoing, Yasser Arafat said Wednesday that he has made "mistakes" and promised to correct them.    The veteran Palestinian leader issued his plea for reform of the Palestinian Authority in an address to lawmakers at his battered headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah...
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Yasser Arafat, admitting to mistakes, promised to rein in corruption, but Palestinian lawmakers complained that their leader&#39;s long-awaited speech Wednesday fell far short of expectations, offering no way out of the chaos plaguing ...
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President  Yasser Arafat's health has worsened sharply and he is slipping  in and out of consciousness at his besieged West Bank  headquarters, officials and medics said Thursday.
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Despite Arafat's flaws, area residents say the leader represented struggle of the state.
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KUWAIT CITY -- Palestinian leader Mahmound Abbas apologized to Kuwaitis on Sunday for Palestinian support of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein after his army invaded Kuwait in 1990, making the long-awaited remarks on the first leg of a Middle East tour
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Israeli television says Palestinian President Yasser Arafat&#39;s health had deteriorated. It said it was quoting Palestinian sources but gave no details.
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Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, under pressure to enact anti-corruption reforms, said on Wednesday that some officials had misused their posts and urged efforts to correct "all the mistakes."
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President  Yasser Arafat, under pressure to enact anti-corruption reforms,  said on Wednesday that some officials had misused their posts  and urged efforts to correct "all the mistakes."
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Visiting Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) executive committee chairman Mahmud Abbas here Sunday apologized to Kuwait for PLO&#39;s past stance on the 1990 Iraqi invasion against the emirate.
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Israel's president apologized Wednesday for what he called the "accidental" killings of Palestinian civilians by Israeli soldiers, but said the deaths occurred because Palestinian militants hid among civilians and launched rockets from residential areas.
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Mahmoud Abbas, on the first visit by a top PLO official to Kuwait in 14 years, apologised to the Gulf state for the Palestine Liberation Organisation&#39;s failure to condemn Iraq&#39;s 1990 invasion of its small neighbour.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, hospitalized in Paris, condemned Monday a suicide bombing which killed three civilians and the bomber in Tel Aviv, his senior advisor Nabil Abu Rudeina said.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei urges reflection on successes and failures of four years of the intifada.
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OPINIÃN (*)The Legacy: Yasir Arafat has been a disaster for the Palestinians, for Israelis, and for hopes of peace in the region.
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Doctors decided to fly ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to Paris for treatment, as associates described a Palestinian leader who was too weak to stand Thursday, appeared confused and spent most of the ...